Decommissioning nuclear power plants that have reached the end of their useful life will be a growing market for engineering and construction firms over the next 30 years, according to an executive from AECOM.
“Decommissioning is becoming a big business, and it is going to get bigger. … It’s a slow business, and it’s a regulated business,” Eric Knox, AECOM’s senior project director for nuclear and environment, said at an Oct. 23 Washington, D.C., conference on the outlook for domestic and global nuclear power.