During an event held in May at Strathclyde University’s Technology and Innovation Centre, Sellafield issued a call for innovative ways of addressing the challenges of POCO. Post Operational Clean Out (POCO) is the process that takes place when a nuclear plant has reached the end of its operating life and…
The waste ‘packages’ currently stored on the Sellafield site was the focus of the Game Changers’ Condition Monitoring & Inspection call for innovation. Over thirty applications were received with four progressing to Proof of Concept stage after generating interest from Sellafield’s technical teams.
A challenge launched during the summer of 2018 was to explore technologies which would enable Sellafield to analyse the contents of gloveboxes, specifically allowing them to identify the presence of potentially unknown objects. Applications were invited for solutions to meet this challenge, the difference with this Game Changers call for innovation being that more mature technologies…
A new proof-of-concept project is being launched to demonstrate that sensors for monitoring critical assets and processes can be built with a self-healing capability. The result of an ongoing collaboration between Lancaster University’s Engineering Department and a local SME, enablingMNT UK Ltd, the project is being developed to support complex…
The Game Changers Team are delighted to be part of this year’s NDA Estate Supply Chain event, the biggest networking event in Europe for nuclear decommissioning.
Pile One – the scene of the 1957 Windscale fire – will be dismantled. A chimney which has dominated the skyline in West Cumbria for nearly 70 years is to be dismantled. The historic 110 metre structure which towers above Sellafield will be demolished later this year as part of…
Work to empty the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo has taken a significant step forward. A waste transfer package has been lifted into the building for the first time. The 50-tonne package was safely placed onto one of three machines that will begin grabbing waste out of the building’s 22 silo…
The Game Changers team and technical leads from Sellafield Ltd and the National Nuclear Laboratory will be heading north in early September for a lunch date with the subsea industry.
By Kirsty Hewitson, VP Innovation at the National Nuclear Laboratory Significant challenges facing the UK nuclear industry are cost and timelines, both in terms of new build construction and dealing with legacy material during decommissioning programmes. If the UK is going to move away from fossil fuel energy production, and…
Scientists have successfully developed a technology that can harness muons – essentially heavy electrons derived from space particles – to detect and safely manage radioactive waste. The £7m project, led by scientists from National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), the University of Glasgow and spin-off company Lynkeos Technology Ltd, could have major implications for…
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