The Berkeley site is the
first commercial nuclear power station in the UK to be
decommissioned16 September 2011
UK based engineering support services organisation, Babcock has been awarded a contract by Magnox for an intermediate level waste (ILW) retrieval and processing project, at its Berkeley site - the first commercial nuclear power station in the UK to be decommissioned.
According to Babcock, the project is placed under the Magnox ILW Management Programme, for which a framework contract was awarded to Babcock by Magnox earlier this year.
Magnox is owned by EnergySolutions and is the management and operations contractor responsible for 10 nuclear sites and one hydroelectric plant in the UK.
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Under this contract Babcock will be undertaking ILW retrieval and processing of the Fuel Element Debris (FED) from the Active Waste Vault 2 (AWV2) at Magnox's Berkeley site in Gloucestershire, in preparation for packaging into containers by Magnox in line with the strategy for safe, long-term storage. The circa £14 million total project will take around four years to complete.
Babcock says that the key areas to be addressed include the FED waste retrieval from Vault 2 and the waste transfer module which will facilitate the transport of the waste to the sorting module, where the low level waste (LLW) and ILW level wastes can be separated.
According to the company, the waste can then be prepared for packaging in containers.
The initial contracted phase involves concept design through to completion of the engineering design.
Phase two will include the detail design, manufacture, integrated works testing, installation and inactive and active commissioning. Once the equipment has been formally accepted the third and final phase of the project will cover the operation of the installed plant to remove the FED waste, and carry out the sorting and packaging into the appropriate containers.
Babcock claims that it has gained an in-depth knowledge of the waste streams produced at each of the Magnox stations during generation, and the historically stored wastes following cessation electrical generation.
Steve Templar, ILW Programme Director for Magnox located at Berkeley explains: "Delivering the Intermediate Level Waste campaign at Berkeley is a big priority for the Magnox decommissioning programme."
Babcock is one of six companies to have been awarded a framework contract for ILW retrieval and processing work across all the Magnox sites, and one of only three to have secured a contract for both solid and wet wastes.
UK based engineering support services organisation, Babcock has been awarded a contract by Magnox for an intermediate level waste (ILW) retrieval and processing project, at its Berkeley site - the first commercial nuclear power station in the UK to be decommissioned.
According to Babcock, the project is placed under the Magnox ILW Management Programme, for which a framework contract was awarded to Babcock by Magnox earlier this year.
Magnox is owned by EnergySolutions and is the management and operations contractor responsible for 10 nuclear sites and one hydroelectric plant in the UK.
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Under this contract Babcock will be undertaking ILW retrieval and processing of the Fuel Element Debris (FED) from the Active Waste Vault 2 (AWV2) at Magnox's Berkeley site in Gloucestershire, in preparation for packaging into containers by Magnox in line with the strategy for safe, long-term storage. The circa £14 million total project will take around four years to complete.
Babcock says that the key areas to be addressed include the FED waste retrieval from Vault 2 and the waste transfer module which will facilitate the transport of the waste to the sorting module, where the low level waste (LLW) and ILW level wastes can be separated.
According to the company, the waste can then be prepared for packaging in containers.
The initial contracted phase involves concept design through to completion of the engineering design.
Phase two will include the detail design, manufacture, integrated works testing, installation and inactive and active commissioning. Once the equipment has been formally accepted the third and final phase of the project will cover the operation of the installed plant to remove the FED waste, and carry out the sorting and packaging into the appropriate containers.
Babcock claims that it has gained an in-depth knowledge of the waste streams produced at each of the Magnox stations during generation, and the historically stored wastes following cessation electrical generation.
Steve Templar, ILW Programme Director for Magnox located at Berkeley explains: "Delivering the Intermediate Level Waste campaign at Berkeley is a big priority for the Magnox decommissioning programme."
Babcock is one of six companies to have been awarded a framework contract for ILW retrieval and processing work across all the Magnox sites, and one of only three to have secured a contract for both solid and wet wastes.
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