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Sellafield Decommissioning Programme Update and Lessons Learned.

DE2004826279

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Lutwyche, P. R.; Challinor, S. F.
Page Count	14
Abstract	The Sellafield site in North West England has over 240 active facilities covering the full nuclear cycle from fuel manufacture through generation, reprocessing and waste treatment. The Sellafield decommissioning programme was formally initiated in the mid 1980s though several plants had been decommissioned prior to this primarily to create space for other plants. Since the initiation of the programme 7 plants have been completely decommissioned, significant progress has been made in a further 16 and a total of 56 major project phases have been completed. This programme update will explain the decommissioning arrangements and strategies and illustrate the progress made on a number of the plants including the Windscale Pile Chimneys, the first reprocessing plan and plutonium plants. These present a range of different challenges and requiring approaches from fully hands on to fully remote. Some of the key lessons learned will be highlighted.
Keywords	Decommissioning Lessons learned Waste management Waste processing Sellafield site
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	British Nuclear Fuels Ltd., Sellafield (England).; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200509

Sellafield Decommissioning Programme Update and Lessons Learned.

Sellafield Decommissioning Programme Update and Lessons Learned.
DE2004826279

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Lutwyche, P. R.; Challinor, S. F.
Page Count	14
Abstract	The Sellafield site in North West England has over 240 active facilities covering the full nuclear cycle from fuel manufacture through generation, reprocessing and waste treatment. The Sellafield decommissioning programme was formally initiated in the mid 1980s though several plants had been decommissioned prior to this primarily to create space for other plants. Since the initiation of the programme 7 plants have been completely decommissioned, significant progress has been made in a further 16 and a total of 56 major project phases have been completed. This programme update will explain the decommissioning arrangements and strategies and illustrate the progress made on a number of the plants including the Windscale Pile Chimneys, the first reprocessing plan and plutonium plants. These present a range of different challenges and requiring approaches from fully hands on to fully remote. Some of the key lessons learned will be highlighted.
Keywords	Decommissioning Lessons learned Waste management Waste processing Sellafield site
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	British Nuclear Fuels Ltd., Sellafield (England).; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200509