Nuclear Facilities

Merrick & Company offers multi-discipline services for designing the facilities that house non-reactor nuclear operations and systems, for both public sector and commercial clients:

  • Process and manufacturing of nuclear facilities
  • Nuclear facility renovations
  • Design of nuclear treatment plants
  • Isotope production facilities and systems
  • Isotope production facility hot cell
  • Radio-chemical analytical laboratories
  • Associated office, change room, and non-radiological laboratory spaces
  • Experimental research facilities
  • Facilities housing gloveboxes and hot cells
  • Waste treatment and management facilities
  • Spent nuclear fuel R&D and re-processing facilities
  • Nuclear fuel manufacturing facilities

Services provided include:

  • Nuclear facility feasibility studies and conceptual designs
  • Preliminary and detailed design for nuclear and radioactive facilities
  • Nuclear facilities construction support services

Designs are provided for:

  • New facilities
  • Facility upgrades and renovations
  • Civil infrastructure and foundations
  • Structural systems
  • Electrical systems
  • I&C Systems
  • Mechanical HVAC systems
  • Piping, plumbing, and fire protection systems
  • Security systems
  • Force protection systems
  • Communication systems
  • PC-1, PC-2, PC-3, and PC-4 designs and associated seismic analysis and qualification (static and dynamic)

Project Examples

  • Construction at the Isotope Production Facility, Los Alamos Neutron Science Center

  • Isotope Production Facility, Los Alamos Neutron Science Center

  • Waste Management Facility, Brookhaven National Laboratory