Earlier emptying of waste will reduce both nuclear risk and costs

Posted by: Gary Snow - Head of Silo Programme at Sellafield Ltd, Posted on: 9 January 2017 - Categories: Innovation/savings, Waste management

Gary Snow, Head of the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo Programme at Sellafield, explains how a simplified, ‘lead and learn’ approach has meant waste will be retrieved earlier than previously planned, costing £250m less, from the UK’s oldest nuclear waste storage facility – leading to a significant new milestone in the NDA’s draft business plan for 2017 to 2020.