Sellafield
TSP Engineering will provide containers that will transfer nuclear waste from the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo to newly-built storage facilities on the Sellafield site
The company said it carried out a temporary ‘ramping up’ of the plant to finish processing some spent fuel that had remained while it was shut down
Potential technologies include robotics, sensors, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems
The nuclear decommissioning facility will focus on high hazard projects with a reduced workforce and social distancing norms in place
The funding will be used to provide the elderly, disabled and low income families with food parcels and cooked meals along with activity packs for 1,200 children under the age of 16
Researchers say the growing microbe colonies could hamper decommissioning plans underway at the site
The company is responsible for the safe and secure operation and clean-up of the Sellafield nuclear site
The firm claims its plasma vitrification technology could ‘truly revolutionise the treatment’ of nuclear waste
The Calder Hall nuclear power station is empty of fuel for the first time since the 1950s
The Sellafield nuclear site is home to one of the most complex portfolios of construction projects in the world
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