Mott MacDonald has been involved the design verification, safety cases and seismic assessments on a large number of above ground waste stores in the UK. The requirement for a waste store is to provide a safe and secure environment for the waste package so that it will meet Nirex specifications for long term disposal.

We believe that the following factors are all important to deliver a successful waste store be it an Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) store or a Low Level Waste (LLW) store:

• buildability
• containment
• innovation
• maintenance
• multi-disciplinary design services
• operations
• optioneering
• project management
• safety case led design
• shielding
• stakeholder engagement

We employ some key experts to deliver waste stores in the UK. We have experienced engineers and managers who can help customers define a robust strategy from initiation through to implementation. Mott MacDonald is a registered practitioner in the Directory of the UK Society of Earthquake Engineering and Civil Engineering Dynamics; and the foundations and geotechnics division is part of the focus of the Group's activity in this field

Our service covers the following:

• acoustics
• blast, pipe whip and jet loads
• building services
• civil, mechanical and electrical engineering
• containment
• finite element analysis
• fire engineering
• geotechnics and foundations
• HVAC
• independent technical assessment
• missile generation
• seismic engineering
• shielding
• shock and blast
• ventilation