| Today we feature a very interesting article in our energy news section from UKAEA who have safely and successfully remove the last remaining radioactive material from the nuclear reactor atthe Windscale site in Cumbria. For full press details please read on:
Major nuclear decommissioning milestone achieved at Windscale Site. Cumbria |
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UKAEA, supported by its Alliance partners CH2M Hill and AMEC Plc, have safely and successfully removed the last remaining radioactive isotope cartridges from the Pile 2 nuclear reactor on the Windscale site in Cumbria. This achievement is an important step in an exacting programme of work to decommission the two Windscale Pile reactors on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).
Following approval from the Health and Safety Executive’s Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (HSE NII), the 42 isotope cartridges have been successfully and safely removed from the Pile 2 reactor. This involved a creative approach to designing and deploying a remote retrieval and handling system which has been developed by James Fisher Rumic, a West Cumbrian Company. This work marks a key move forward for decommissioning on the Windscale site. Norman Harrison, Chief Executive Officer of UKAEA said: “This is a very significant achievement by the team at Windscale who have not only completed a complex task on the road to the decommissioning of Pile 2 but have done so in a way which shows our capability to apply a creative but robust approach to decommissioning.”
The Project Management team of Dave Tyson of UKAEA and Dick Sexton of CH2M HILL are similarly delighted with the smooth completion of the project. Senior Project Manager Dick Sexton said: “Safely completing this work is a significant milestone in the decommissioning progress of the Windscale site.” The Piles Reactor Decommissioning Team are also responsible for carrying out decommissioning activities to remove the fuel and isotopes from The Pile 1 reactor which was damaged by fire in 1957. The team is currently working in conjunction with an American company, SA Robotics, on an innovative and technically credible ’Top Down’ approach to decommissioning both Pile reactors. |
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