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…
A major breakthrough has been achieved in the Sellafield clean-up programme – and a Cumbrian company has played a key part. For the first time ever, empty nuclear fuel skips have been removed from the floor of the First Generation Magnox Storage Pond – one of the most hazardous…
Work has begun to remove Sellafield’s most hazardous material. Highly radioactive ‘liquor’ has been taken out of one of the oldest parts of the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo for the first time. The material has been inside the waste store for many decades. It was created when water was used…
Glasgow may have been bathed in glorious sunshine, but the focus for delegates attending the latest Game Changers event inside the University of Strathclyde’s Technology & Innovation Centre was very much on the challenges presented by Sellafield’s POCO teams and sector experts. As with all of the Game Changers challenge-led events,…
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