# Cavendish Nuclear awarded £20M Dounreay waste drum handling contract

Cavendish Nuclear has won a circa £20 million contract to design, manufacture, install and commission a Drum Handling Facility at Dounreay to package intermediate level waste, over a five-year timeframe.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-12-02
- Where: Dounreay, United Kingdom
- Value: $27.0M (20.0M GBP)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 500 litre drums
- Products: waste drum handling facility, waste packaging systems
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Cavendish Nuclear](https://endata.com/companies/8651.md)

## Sources

- [babcockinternational.com](https://www.babcockinternational.com/news/cavendish-nuclear-awarded-20-million-dounreay-contract/), 2021-12-02: "Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a circa £20 million contract that will provide Dounreay with the capability to package solid Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) from the Dounreay Shaft and Silo."

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