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

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.

How NWS is making sure the right waste, is in the right place with safe, sustainable and cost effective solutions

Chris Macey, Service Lead for Treatment and Conditioning Services at Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), speaks about how his team is safely diverting huge quantities of nuclear waste away from permanent disposal at the UK’s Low Level Waste (LLW) Repository in …

We welcome interest from smaller businesses and nuclear newcomers

Sellafield worker in protective suit next to robot cutting up waste

Sellafield’s Higher Activity Waste Disposability Lead Hilary Royston-Bishop was encouraged by the high level of interest in a recent webinar for organisations interested in the £3.9 million competition seeking new ways to sort and segregate nuclear waste.