Engineering

Beyond the fence: how testing and trialling are driving Pile 1 chimney demolition

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Windscale Sellafield SPIDA built on replica chimney off the Sellafield site

At the heart of our efforts to remove the Windscale Pile 1 chimney is SPIDA: the Suspended Platform with Incremental Descent Developed by ADAPT. It’s not just a machine - it’s a symbol of how Sellafield Ltd is using innovation and rigorous testing to tackle one of the site’s most complex decommissioning challenges.

From valves and control systems to AI and robotics: is Sellafield the ultimate engineering training ground?

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David Jones, Sellafield Ltd’s head of Operational Technology Group, explains why our nuclear heritage creates the ultimate engineering training environment for budding engineers.