Kibble Palace is a wrought iron framed glasshouse dating from the 19th century and covering 2137m². Originally designed for a domestic property, it was shipped up the river Clyde by barge and erected in 1873 at its current location. By 2004, the ironwork was showing
St Pancras Station was opened in 1868 and is one of the wonders of Victorian engineering. The station was built by the Midland Railway Company (MRC) to connect London with some of England’s major cities. The iron and glass roof of the Barlow Shed was
The forerunner to THORP, the plant was constructed in 1952 and last used in 1973. Due to high levels of radiation and contamination, innovative size reduction techniques and contamination control measures were required to design, develop and manufacture equipment for the removal of 50 tonnes
The Shepley Decontamination Services (SDS) Specialists were engaged to undertake a series of sampling and characterisation tasks at the Chapelcross site as part of the site wide Intermediate Level Waste characterisation program. These included the sampling of reactor desiccant driers, pond sludges and the internal
The Shepley Group are celebrating again after landing another hat-trick of internationally-recognised awards, for demonstrating high health and safety standards, taking them to a combined 58 years of Gold Awards. Organisations receiving awards from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents are recognised as
The Encapsulated Product Store 3 (EPS3) is an intermediate level waste (ILW) store, providing additional capacity to support the two existing stores. The store is designed to safely house ILW generated from nuclear reprocessing operations and clean-up work on site until disposal is possible. Shepley
The Red Extract system is critical to the operation of a facility at Sellafield and is the primary source of ventilation for the in-cell caves. The existing system has been in service for over three decades and is fast approaching the end of its intended