UK-based Sellafield Ltd has signed a two-year contract extension with Atos, a global leader in digital transformation.

Under the agreement, Atos will continue to provide a wide range of digital transformation services, with day-to-day operations at Sellafield focused on providing the site's 12,000 strong workforce with end user compute and service desk services, applications management, hosting and security services.

Atos said the contract extends its long-term relationship with Sellafield, which started in 2012 into 2022. 

Sellafield Ltd is responsible for cleaning-up the UK’s highest nuclear risks and hazards to safeguarding nuclear fuel, materials and waste on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The main Sellafield site in West Cumbria covers 6 square kilometres and is home to more than 200 nuclear facilities.

“With the support of Atos, Digital Sellafield will constantly evolve yet have one common focus – to underpin and accelerate Sellafield’s transformation and the delivery of its mission to deliver one of the world’s most crucial environmental clean-ups, safely, ahead of schedule and for lower cost,” said Angela Seeney, executive director for Transformation at Sellafield Ltd.

Clay Van Doren, CEO, Atos UK and Ireland, said: “We are very pleased to continue to work in partnership with Sellafield using Industry 4.0, as well as low-carbon technologies where possible, in order to build and deploy a new digital ecosystem across its extended enterprise.”