A team led by URS Corp.’s Washington division, the former Boise-based contractor Washington Group International, is now the “preferred bidder” for one of the biggest environmental contracts of the year. It is expected to be awarded a contract to clean up, decommission and redevelop the U.K.’s Sellafield nuclear site in northwest England, a project that may cost $2.6 billion annually for up to 17 years and be worth at least $100 million in fees. The competition drew major players in global nuclear waste cleanup and technology.
The URS-led team was chosen on July 11 by the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to move into contract negotiations, which the agency expects to complete in October. The team, called Nuclear Management Partners Ltd., also includes AMEC plc and French nuclear technology firm AREVA.