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Friday 17th December 2010
Sellafield Ltd ‘Concrete Doctor’ awarded Fellowship
Sellafield Ltd’s Neil Tait, construction materials technical manager, A.K.A the company’s very own ‘concrete doctor’ has been named a Fellow of the UK’s Institute of Concrete Technology.
SITE NEWS
Thursday 16th December 2010
Change in Personnel - EHS&Q Director
Sellafield Ltd has announced that Ms Kliss McNeel is to replace Fran Williams as Environment, Health, Safety & Quality (EHS&Q) Director of Sellafield Ltd.
SITE NEWS
Thursday 9th December 2010
New recycling contract will save space at repository
Sellafield Ltd has signed an important metals recycling contract to treat Multi Element Bottle (MEB) racks which will save valuable disposal space at the Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR).
SITE NEWS
Thursday 9th December 2010
The host with the most
The growing reputation of the work carried out by Sellafield Ltd’s Risk Management team has received international endorsement when they were chosen to host a visit to the Sellafield site by a delegation from the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC).
SITE NEWS
Thursday 9th December 2010
SAV project reaches a key milestone
Sellafield Ltd achieved a key milestone this week almost two months ahead of schedule, by completing the structural steelwork for the Separation Area Ventilation (SAV) Project plant room.
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Thursday 9th December 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s Glen is named student of the year
Sellafield Ltd’s Glen Caldock has just been named as the National Skills Academy, Nuclear Foundation Degree Student of the Year 2010.
SITE NEWS
Friday 3rd December 2010
Nuclear Project utilises Pioneer Point
Sellafield Ltd’s £400 million clean-up project on Europe’s largest nuclear site in Cumbria has created around 175 new highly skilled jobs at the Interserve Pioneer Point facility in Cheshire.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 24th November 2010
First steps as a STEM ambassador
Participating in any new venture can be a daunting experience, but for two of Sellafield Ltd’s graduate trainees, their first involvement as one of the sites Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) ambassadors proved to be an experience worth repeating.
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SITE NEWS
Monday 22nd November 2010
Two take prize as Sellafield Ltd's Graduate of the Year
Sellafield Ltd’s Graduate of the Year award for 2010 has been awarded jointly to Vicky Harold and Jason Farrell, two outstanding graduates from the 2008 intake, both of whom have now successfully completed their first two years on the company’s graduate training scheme.
SITE NEWS
Friday 19th November 2010
Safe acceleration of high hazard risk reduction continues as PCM retrieval targets are met early
Waste teams from Sellafield Ltd are helping to make the Sellafield site safer having successfully reached two major milestones to retrieve historic Plutonium Contaminated Material (PCM) – ahead of schedule.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 16th November 2010
Launch of the Redfern inquiry report - Sellafield Ltd's response
Sellafield Ltd’s primary concern is for the feelings of the families of former employees who have been personally affected by this matter, and who may be distressed by the findings of this report.
SITE NEWS
Thursday 11th November 2010
Sellafield golfers support Search 4 a Vaccine campaign
A cheque for £2,580, raised from the High Level Waste Plants (HLWP) Ryder Cup 2010, has been handed over to Meningitis UK.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 10th November 2010
From science club to graduate scheme
Sellafield Ltd’s Education programme, developed over a number of years by the sites educational team has had many notable successes. A prime example of which is the provision of educational opportunities and support provided to Andrew Wignall, one of Sellafield Ltd’s new intake of Graduate trainees.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 9th November 2010
Legacy waste processing plant construction achievement
A new plant being constructed at Sellafield, known as the Silos Direct Encapsulation Plant (SDP), has seen significant progress towards its goal to treat legacy radioactive waste.
SITE NEWS
Friday 29th October 2010
Sellafield worker is named Young Project Manager of the Year
Sellafield Ltd’s Neil Crewdson has just been named Young Project Manager of the Year at the prestigious Association for Project Management Awards 2010.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 27th October 2010
New Director of Infrastructure for Sellafield Ltd
Nuclear Management Partners have appointed Paul Foster as the new Director for Infrastructure for Sellafield Ltd.
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Wednesday 27th October 2010
Sellafield Ltd and URENCO UK Ltd Joint Statement
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and URENCO UK Ltd have signed a set of non-binding commercial principles to support a potential transfer of the NDA-owned Capenhurst site to URENCO. Formal discussions will now commence with an aim of achieving final agreement by mid 2011.
SITE NEWS
Monday 25th October 2010
Partnership approach to training raises professional standards
Fourteen members of the Sellafield Ltd commercial team have become the latest to successfully complete a professional training programme created by the company in association with the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).
SITE NEWS
Monday 25th October 2010
Sellafield Ltd help Priestley College
Sellafield Ltd help Priestley College students to win awards from the British Science Association for tackling a real-life problem set by the local Nuclear firm
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Wednesday 20th October 2010
Innovative Techniques to Stabilise Redundant Radioactive Plant
Sellafield Ltd is leading the way in decommissioning highly radioactive nuclear facilities by using innovative techniques to both scan redundant facilities where man access is not possible and to stabilise these using a new foaming grout to allow safe dismantling.
SITE NEWS
Monday 18th October 2010
Call for Expressions of Interest to support the Sludge Centre of Expertise
The Sellafield Ltd Technical Directorate is looking for one or more Universities with which it can develop ongoing links that will support its continuing long term objectives of:
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 13th October 2010
Leading the way through NVQs
Congratulations to employees from EHS&Q Monitoring Services and Decommissioning who recently received their National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) certificates at a joint awards presentation.
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Wednesday 13th October 2010
Round Table Discussion Programme Launched
The first in a series of ‘round table’ discussions hosted by Bill Condon was held at Risley on Tuesday 5th October.
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Wednesday 13th October 2010
Preparations for HAW returns
Preparations are currently underway to make the second return of solid Highly Active Waste (HAW) from the UK to Japan.
SITE NEWS
Monday 4th October 2010
Legacy Fuel Storage Pond Purge begins operation
A significant step forward in hazard reduction work on the First Generation Magnox Storage Pond has been taken at Sellafield with the commissioning trial of a new pond purge unit to treat radioactive pond water.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 29th September 2010
Hunter helps tell Sellafield’s story
Acclaimed author Hunter Davies is to play a key role in telling the story of the Sellafield nuclear plant.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 29th September 2010
Project Managers Forum
Over 180 Sellafield Ltd project managers attended the latest Project Management Forum in Lancaster in September.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 29th September 2010
It’ll be all white on the night for Kevin
A Sellafield worker is using his position within the local snooker community to organise a charity event featuring Jimmy ‘the whirlwind’ White.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 21st September 2010
All the President’s men
Sellafield Ltd’s Panos Frangos and Simon Hughes from the company’s operational research group are celebrating this month after winning the President’s Medal at the Operational Research Society Annual Conference.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 15th September 2010
Decommissioning project ahead of schedule
The Highly Active North Outer cell (HANO) in the former Magnox Primary Separation Plant has been successfully filled with 505m3 of light-weight foaming grout to the required level for the PBI, 8 days ahead of schedule.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 15th September 2010
Sellafield Workers from HLWP (High Level Waste Plants) have raised over £2,500 for Meningitis UK.
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SITE NEWS
Thursday 2nd September 2010
NDA publishes draft strategy for consultation
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has published it's draft strategy for consultation.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 1st September 2010
Interactive new feature shows users ‘what we do’
A new feature designed to give website users an overview of the main facilities on the Sellafield site and a brief outline of their functions is now available on Sellafield Ltd’s corporate website - www.sellafieldsites.com
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 1st September 2010
Sellafield golfer putts himself on TeeV
Sellafield employee worker, Rhys Hatton, has hit the tee and ended up on television.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 1st September 2010
Historic radioactive waste store meets the mark
Ten years of improvement work have been rewarded when a radioactive waste store dating back to the 1950s received approval for its continued safe operation as an interim beta gamma waste store.
SITE NEWS
Friday 27th August 2010
Team working grapples savings
Collaborative working by teams at Sellafield has delivered a solution to a problematic waste disposal issue, saving the company over £250,000 in the process.
SITE NEWS
Thursday 19th August 2010
Emma's moonwalk was simply grand
Emma Hancock’s fundraising midnight marathon walk around London has raised £1,000 for UK breast cancer charities.
SITE NEWS
Thursday 19th August 2010
Penny's an inspiration
Penny Rathbone, from Sellafield Ltd's Technical directorate, has become an 'Inspirational Woman' for the Women into Science Engineering and Construction (WISE) website.
SITE NEWS
Thursday 19th August 2010
Sellafield Ltd annual review for the 2009/10 financial year
The Sellafield Ltd annual review for the 2009/10 financial year, which includes the annual report and accounts for the same period, is now available on the Sellafield Ltd website.
SITE NEWS
Thursday 19th August 2010
Sellafield Ltd awards multi million pound waste storage contract
The contract for the first phase of a massive new multi-million pound waste storage facility at Sellafield has been won by a Babcock and Balfour Beatty Joint Venture.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Radioactive liquid waste safely transferred from aging silo to treatment plant
Hazard reduction at Sellafield has taken a major step forward today with the successful transfer of 14,800 litres of historic radioactive liquid waste from a fifty year old waste storage silo for safe treatment.
SITE NEWS
Monday 2nd August 2010
Safety milestone for Sellafield Ltd
Sellafield Ltd has now achieved more than 2 million man hours worked without a lost time accident.
SITE NEWS
Monday 2nd August 2010
Sellafield workers are welcomed as Mayor and Mayoress of Millom
More than 12 Mayors, Mayoresses and Deputy Mayors joined Sellafield Ltd workers Doug and Fee Wilson in a recent service to welcome them as Mayor and Mayoress of Millom.
SITE NEWS
Monday 26th July 2010
Reprocessed uranium is successfully shipped to Russia
In the last few weeks Sellafield Ltd has exported a shipment of reprocessed uranium to Russia for processing to allow its manufacture into new fuel. The uranium is owned by a German reprocessing customer and this is the ninth such shipment of material from Thorp.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 21st July 2010
Engineering awards for Sellafield Ltd students
In addition to winning a top award at the recent National Apprenticeship Awards, a Sellafield Ltd apprentice has also recently received the Best National Certificate Mechanical Engineering Student 2009/10 award.
SITE NEWS
Friday 16th July 2010
Sellafield Ltd Apprenticeship scheme wins top national award
Sellafield Ltd has received a top national award for the quality of its growing apprenticeship scheme.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 14th July 2010
Geoff’s idea lets the cat out of the bag!
An ingenious idea involving cat litter could potentially save Sellafield Ltd up to £100,000 while also earning Sellafield Ltd employee, Geoff Thomas, a Suggestion Scheme award.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 7th July 2010
“You’re hired!” First apprentices for 20 years at Sellafield Ltd’s Risley base
Following a gap of over 20 years six new apprentices arrived at Sellafield Ltd’s office at Risley in June and are quickly getting to grips with the business including a visit to the Sellafield site.
SITE NEWS
Friday 2nd July 2010
Sellafield Ltd awards multi million pound contract for the Highly Active Liquid Effluent Facility Project
Sellafield Ltd has today announced that the contract for the Highly Active Liquid Effluent Facility project has been awarded to the HALEF Partnership, a consortium comprising AMEC, AREVA and Balfour Beatty.
SITE NEWS
Friday 2nd July 2010
Press Response – SMP New Rod Line
On 12 May 2010, the NDA confirmed that an agreement has been reached with the Japanese Utilities on the way forward for manufacturing Japanese fuel in the Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP).
SITE NEWS
Friday 25th June 2010
Sellafield Director is sworn in as new Consul for Whitehaven
Sellafield Ltd’s Waste and Effluent Disposition Director Mike Johnson has just been sworn in as Consul to the United States Navy for Whitehaven.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 23rd June 2010
URS project management certifications for Sellafield team
Members of the Sellafield Ltd Executive team were rightfully proud to be informed recently that they were the first group to successfully complete the URS Project Management Path Certification for Project Executives.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Sellafield Ltd becomes full member of the World Association of Nuclear Operators
At a recent Extraordinary General Meeting in WANO Paris Centre, Sellafield Ltd became a full member of WANO.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 22nd June 2010
High Active Waste containers transferred to store
Following the successful transportation of the first highly active waste (HAW) containers to Japan, final inspections have successfully been completed and the waste transferred to the Rokkasho-Mura storage facility.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Sellafield Ltd receives 'high commendation' at Independent Living Awards
Having been shortlisted to receive an award at the Independent Living Awards 2010 in the "Good Practice in Employing Disabled People" category (Public and Private sector), Sellafield Ltd has received a 'high commendation' for its ongoing commitment to equal opportunities.
SITE NEWS
Friday 18th June 2010
Saving space, saving cash – metals recycling team continue to deliver
Following the successful removal of four of the top duct sections from the Calder Hall heat exchangers, the 10 tonne a piece items have now been processed through Sellafield’s Metals Recycling Facility (MRF) as part of a six year project that will save the company £360,000 in disposal costs.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 9th June 2010
Walking together and working together - Sellafield teams take on Keswick to Barrow Walk
A group of Sellafield Ltd staff teamed up with reachback colleagues to take part in a challenging walk which has become an historical tradition.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 9th June 2010
8 tonne purge unit is successfully installed in legacy pond facility
A significant step forward in hazard reduction work on the First Generation Magnox Storage Pond has been taken at Sellafield with the delivery of a pond purge unit to treat the pond water and reduce dose uptake to workers during future retrieval operations.
SITE NEWS
Friday 4th June 2010
Reaction to events in West Cumbria
The primary concern for Sellafield Ltd is the welfare of our workforce, and we have put a number of measures in place to ensure that the needs of our employees who have been affected directly or indirectly by the events in West Cumbria are being met.
SITE NEWS
Friday 28th May 2010
Twenty-five years engineering achievement
One of Sellafield’s effluent treatment plants has just celebrated 25 years of operation during which time over 20 million cubic metres of contaminated water has been treated.
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Thursday 27th May 2010
New Secretary of State for energy and climate change visits Sellafield
Sellafield Ltd was delighted to welcome Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Department of Energy and Climate Change, and Charles Hendry, Energy Minister, to the Sellafield site yesterday (Wednesday 26 May).
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Tuesday 25th May 2010
Clean up of historic fuel pond at Sellafield takes a major step forward
Two important high hazard risk reduction milestones have been achieved in the clean up of the historic Pile Fuel Storage Pond facility at Sellafield.
SITE NEWS
Monday 24th May 2010
Sellafield Ltd makes Independent Living shortlist
Sellafield Ltd has been shortlisted to receive an award at the Independent Living Awards 2010 thanks to the organisation’s ongoing commitment to equal opportunities.
SITE NEWS
Friday 21st May 2010
State-of-the-art nuclear material store constructed at Sellafield
The first major project to be completed by Sellafield Ltd, under the ownership of Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) has just been delivered - ahead of schedule and under budget.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 19th May 2010
Capenhurst receives RoSPA award
Sellafield Ltd's Capenhurst site has just been awarded the second highest award in the Chemical Industry Sector at the RoSPA awards ceremony.
SITE NEWS
Friday 14th May 2010
Sellafield MOX plant statement
Sellafield Ltd is delighted that the NDA’s commercial arm International Nuclear Services (INS) has secured a commercial framework with the Japanese utilities in order to allow the continued operation of the Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP). This means that SMP has the opportunity to continue to manufacture MOX fuel subject to improved performance and meeting customer requirements.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 12th May 2010
Sellafield Ltd announcement
Sellafield Ltd and the site’s Unions can confirm that a formal Consultation process has begun regarding potential impact on jobs, arising from the continual drive for greater degrees of efficient working across our sites in a funding constrained environment.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 11th May 2010
Claire is best in class
It's congratulations all around for Sellafield safety team member Claire Jones who has just gained the highest mark in the UK in the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) National Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management qualification during 2009/2010.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 11th May 2010
Site emergency exercise at Sellafield – 27 May 2010
The next site emergency exercise at Sellafield will be held during the morning of Thursday 27 May 2010.
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Tuesday 11th May 2010
Safety success for ILW team
The excellent safety record at Sellafield’s Miscellaneous Beta Gamma Waste Store (MBGWS) continues with teams at the facility reaching 13.7 years without a lost time accident.
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Monday 10th May 2010
HAW returns received in Japan and Holland
Sellafield Ltd and International Nuclear Services (INS), working in partnership, have successfully completed the first shipments of solid highly active waste (HAW) to Japan and the Netherlands, safely, securely and in full regulatory compliance.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 4th May 2010
SPRS construction project nears completion
Under the ownership of Nuclear Management Partners, Sellafield Ltd has now completed and approved the last safety commissioning test of the inactive safety commissioning phase on the Sellafield Product and Residue Store (SPRS) project.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 28th April 2010
Safety achievement for SPP1 team
Work to construct the new Sludge Packaging Plant 1 (SPP1) Buffer store at Sellafield is progressing well with the team involved on the project recently achieving six years, and almost 700,000 man-hours, without a Recordable Injury or Reportable Incident.
SITE NEWS
Friday 23rd April 2010
Capenhurst focuses its mind on 20% efficiency savings
The starting gun has been fired for this year’s Capenhurst Lifetime Plan (LTP) at an employee briefing morning in the Workshops.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 20th April 2010
Speculation regarding redundancies at Sellafield - formal response
We are aware of speculation regarding redundancies at Sellafield.
SITE NEWS
Thursday 15th April 2010
Pilot waste scheme paves way for future savings
Teams at Sellafield are nearing completion on a pilot scheme to segregate potential Plutonium Contaminated Material (PCM) from Low Level Waste (LLW), which could save the company up to £1.42M in disposal costs.
SITE NEWS
Thursday 25th March 2010
Call for innovation proposals and suggestions
Sellafield Ltd values the knowledge and experience that lies within the supply chain and academia. As such we are seeking new, novel and emerging technologies and processes to support delivery of the operational and clean up requirements for Sellafield Ltd sites.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 23rd March 2010
One of the largest asbestos removal projects in Europe is completed at Calder Hall
One of the largest asbestos removal projects in Europe has just been completed as part of decommissioning the Calder Hall nuclear power station at a cost of £26m.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 23rd March 2010
PM invites IAEA officials to Sellafield
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has invited International Atomic Energy Authority officials to inspect the Sellafield site in the near future as part of UK backing to a US-led move to secure all fissile material around the world.
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Thursday 18th March 2010
Sellafield offshore particle data collection
As part of the ongoing programme of beach monitoring for radioactive particles, Sellafield Ltd is required to 'develop a programme of work to undertake the assessment of offshore areas for radioactive particles.'
SITE NEWS
Thursday 18th March 2010
Decommissioning of historic waste store progressing well
Work to construct an engineered overbuilding on one of Sellafield’s historic beta gamma waste stores which will allow waste retrieval operations to commence, has taken another major step forward.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 17th March 2010
Safe and successful completion of highly active waste shipment to The Netherlands
Sellafield Ltd and International Nuclear Services, working in partnership, have completed the shipment of solid highly active waste to The Netherlands, therefore completing the return of all Dutch HAW from the UK. This fulfils contractual obligations and also UK Government policy by returning the waste to the country that benefited from the reprocessed fuel from which the waste originated.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 17th March 2010
Sellafield Ltd Business Excellence Awards
Sellafield Ltd celebrated the best of the best at the Business Excellence Awards, held at Energus.
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Wednesday 17th March 2010
Shipment of highly active waste arrives in The Netherlands
Sellafield Ltd and International Nuclear Services, working in partnership, are in the process of transporting a flask of solid highly active waste to The Netherlands. This is a continuation of the programme of repatriating foreign waste to overseas customers, a programme which is fulfilling contractual obligations and also UK Government policy.
SITE NEWS
Monday 15th March 2010
Sellafield Ltd receives flood support award
Sellafield Ltd has received an award from Allerdale Borough Council as a ‘thank you’ for the support we gave during last year’s floods.
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Saturday 13th March 2010
High Active Waste departs UK for The Netherlands
Sellafield Ltd and International Nuclear Services, working in partnership, are in the process of transporting a flask of solid highly active waste (HAW) to the harbour of Vlissingen in The Netherlands.
SITE NEWS
Thursday 11th March 2010
Local innovation helps pave the way for decommissioning
An 18 month characterisation project using laser and gamma scanning technology within the early primary separation plant at Sellafield has now been completed, paving the way for future decommissioning work to begin.
SITE NEWS
Thursday 11th March 2010
Shipment of highly active waste to the Netherlands commences
Sellafield Ltd and International Nuclear Services, working in partnership, are in the process of transporting a flask of solid highly active waste to The Netherlands. This is a continuation of the programme of repatriating foreign waste to overseas customers, a programme which is fulfilling contractual obligations to customers and also UK Government policy.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 9th March 2010
Highly active waste arrives in Japan
The first shipment of highly active waste (HAW) from Sellafield has arrived safely in Japan.
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Tuesday 9th March 2010
Energize makes final again
Sellafield Ltd’s Stakeholder Relations team are celebrating this week having been short-listed for a CiB North West award for their internal newspaper, Energize.
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Tuesday 9th March 2010
Joint nuclear waste and safety conference in Brussels
Lofoten mot Sellafield, Bellona and Sellafield Ltd have held their latest conference on nuclear waste and safety in Europe and Sellafield, in Brussels.
SITE NEWS
Friday 26th February 2010
Spring Supplier Forum hailed a success
Sellafield Ltd’s latest Supplier Forum has been hailed as the best yet – with 500 people from a range of supply chain companies in attendance.
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Monday 22nd February 2010
102 tonne shield door is loaded into place on EPS3 project
A major milestone in the construction of the Encapsulation Product Store 3 (EPS3) was achieved at Sellafield recently when a 600 tonnes crawler crane was used to lift the 102 tonnes shield door into the plant.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 16th February 2010
Decommissioning of Primary Separation Plant continues
Comprising over 100 tonnes of steelwork, brick and concrete, six instrument bulges historically used to extract process liquor for analysis in Sellafield’s primary separation plant have been removed from the facility and the waste treated accordingly, ahead of the planned schedule.
SITE NEWS
Wednesday 3rd February 2010
Capenhurst ladies promote working in the nuclear industry
At the end of January four ladies from the Capenhurst team took time out to chat to over 100 female students at the Manchester Creative and Media Academy for girls, about the opportunities for females working in the nuclear industry.
SITE NEWS
Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Decommissioning of historic waste store picks up pace
Using over 90 tonnes of steel and delivered three weeks earlier than planned, an important decommissioning project that will enable historic waste retrieval operations to commence has taken a major step forward.
SITE NEWS
Friday 22nd January 2010
Highly active waste departs UK for Japan
Sellafield Ltd’s transport of highly active waste (HAW) has departed the UK.
Wednesday 20th January 2010
Highly Active Waste returns from Sellafield to overseas customers begins
The programme of returning solid Highly Active Waste (HAW) from Sellafield to overseas customers has commenced.
Wednesday 6th January 2010
Highly active waste to be repatriated from Sellafield to overseas customers
The programme of returning solid Highly Active Waste (HAW) from Sellafield to overseas customers will commence shortly. In the near future we will announce the name of the vessel, the departure port, the departure date, the route and the approximate time of arrival.
Monday 4th January 2010
Uranium sent to Russia
Sellafield Ltd has exported a shipment of reprocessed uranium to Russia for processing to allow its manufacture into new fuel. The uranium is owned by European reprocessing customers in Germany and the Netherlands and is the eighth such shipment of material from Thorp.
