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The retrieval has been completed of more than 2100 tonnes of solid intermediate-level radioactive waste from five above-ground concrete bunkers at the Hunterston A Magnox nuclear power plant in Scotland. The project began 20 years ago.
The ILW waste consists of contaminated metallic components, debris removed from spent fuel elements and 30,000 fuel element graphite sleeves. ILW is one
Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) Board members were shown first hand the world-leading work being carried out at Scotland’s Hunterston A sit during a recent visit.
14 May 2021 Share The Chapelcross Site’s storage facility has taken its first active waste package - a Ductile Cast Iron Container with waste from the site’s former cooling pond, Magnox Limited announced today. Delivery of the first active waste package at Chapelcross ISF (Image: Magnox Limited) The Interim Storage Facility (ISF) can hold over 700 waste packages of four different approved package types, and will be filled over the next five years as part of decommissioning work. Standing at 57 metres long and 23 metres wide, it has been constructed to safely and securely store packages f...
Date Time Milestone for Chapelcross as store accepts first waste package The first package was a Ductile Cast Iron Container (DCIC) containing waste from the site’s former cooling ponds. The Interim Storage Facility (ISF) can hold over 700 waste packages of four different approved package types, and will be filled over the next five years as part of decommissioning work. Standing at 57m long and 23m wide, it has been constructed to safely and securely store packages for 120 years. The delivery of this milestone involved significant work from multiple teams, both at Chapelcross and across Ma...