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Sellafield Ltd.
Sellafield Ltd is owned and operated by nuclear Management Partners on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in the UK. Sellafield Ltd prepared a report to provide an overview of the research, development and technical work supported by Sellafield Ltd during 2011-2012, ranging from research in universities, development of existing technologies for nuclear use, and direct deployment of processes and technologies. It includes key research areas and high priority development work being delivered to support the safe delivery of site activities and to provide needed future technology. Technologies related to D&D were extracted from this report and added to the D&D Knowledge Management Information tool technology module.
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Improvements in the decontamination of items from the treatment of medium active liquors have been identified. Currently, items are decontaminated through heated washes with nitric acid. However, some
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Sellafield Ltd
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Decontamination > Chemical Surface Cleaning > Chemical Foams or Gels
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Sellafield Ltd has examined the use of ultrasonics to aid decontamination on several occasions from 1970-1990’s. These have been reliant upon immersion of items in a liquid to be effective. The Univer
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Sellafield Ltd
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Decontamination > Surface Cleaning > Ultrasonic Cleaning
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In some instances, ignition source control is not sufficient to provide the level of safety required in a plant design and measures must be taken to suppress or mitigate the effects of an explosion. T
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Sellafield Ltd
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Worker Health & Safety > Engineering Controls > Explosion Suppression
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Ice pigging has been deployed in the food & drinks industries but also by water utilities companies to clean pipework systems of solids / debris over a range of pipe diameters (1”-36”). Ice Pigs are c
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Sellafield Ltd
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Decontamination > Miscellaneous Equipment/Methods > Ice Pigging
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Characterization and imaging of the internal contents of drums, flasks and silos present significant technical challenges. The need to characterize these items has led to the development of a 3D imagi
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Sellafield Ltd
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Characterization > Camera & Surveillance > 3D Imaging
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Sellafield experts are leading the development of a repair patch methodology for civil structures, specifically reinforced concrete structures. The technique developed can be used in isolation or in c
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Sellafield Ltd
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Worker Health & Safety > Engineering Controls > Others
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There are tight specification limits on the use of pulverized fuel ash in cementation processes in the nuclear industry, compared to construction, due to the need to guarantee performance of waste pac
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Sellafield Ltd
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Waste Management > Waste Disposal > Radioactive
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A demonstration of earlier works to a wide variety potentially interested plant bodies has given rise to modification and consent for an active plant trial. This type of tent enclosure can be erected
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Sellafield Ltd
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Worker Health & Safety > Engineering Controls > Portable Shelters and Tents
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Technology is being developed to identify and characterize spent fuel elements to establish if it is potentially suitable for retrieval and reprocessing. A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) deployable e
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Sellafield Ltd
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Characterization > Sampling & Analysis Equipments > Analysis Equipment
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The supply of consistent cement powders to the nuclear industry is needed to ensure encapsulation of intermediate level waste ensures the longevity of waste packages identified for long term geologica
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Sellafield Ltd
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Waste Management > Waste Material Handling & Storage > Containment
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