Caunton have commenced Design and Drawing work on a new Dry Fuel Store at Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station. The steelwork itself will be fabricated at the company’s Moorgreen Works. The project, managed by main contractor Vinci Construction UK, commenced in January 2014. The Dry Fuel Store is required for spent nuclear fuel. The existing Spent Fuel Pool, which stores spent fuel under water, is expected to reach full capacity in 2015. The Dry Fuel Store will provide sufficient additional capacity for the lifetime of Sizewell B.
The building itself is framed to support a trussed roof, and comprises over 1000te of structural steelwork . All steel is hot rolled and then given a galvanised finish, and finally over-painted. The dimensions of the building are approx. 60m x 115m. The overall design is engineered by Sir Robert McAlpine Design Group.

Caunton are developing quite a reputation in serving the nuclear energy industry. Please refer to Caunton web site news of 17 September 2012 for details of Interim Storage Facilities of varying sizes, but similar in design, being built with Caunton steelwork at Bradwell, Berkeley, and Hinkley Point A Power Stations for Interserve as main contractor.