Fugro to Commence Site Investigation for Nuclear Power Station
Fugro is commencing site characterisation work in West Cumbria, UK, under a contract awarded by UK nuclear company NuGen. The contract is worth approximately GBP20 million. The programme will provide vital information to support the design and layout, licensing, planning applications and other consents required to build a new nuclear power station at Moorside. The new generation facility will be capable of generating up to 3.6GW - approximately seven percent of the UK’s electricity requirements.
The onshore work will involve geological site investigations, consisting of over 300 boreholes and laboratory analyses, 2D seismic surveys, topographical surveys and groundwater monitoring. Fugro will also conduct marine geotechnical drilling of 30 boreholes, sampling and testing, including wireline geophysics, as well as marine bathymetric surveys; 2D seismic and unexploded ordnance (UXO) surveys. The onshore investigation is the first stage of the project, which continues until summer 2016; the majority of the offshore element is scheduled to begin in spring 2016.
