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
This project required Shepley Engineers to complete an overroof on a building that had been degrading over time, and due to the nature of the facility, it had to be repaired before the degradation caused any serious issues. The roof installed was Sika Decothane Ultra
The purpose of the refurbishment is to address the issue of standing water along the west elevation and also to address water ingress issues around the redundant roof light plinths. This project required us to clean and make-good the existing roof from water build-up, debris
Following an inspection of the building, it was documented that large areas of the north elevation were suffering from severe degredation, with the fixings that support the external claddings to the secondary steelwork having been completely corroded. The concern was that further degredation would result
The THORP facility located on the Sellafield Nuclear Site in Cumbria opened in 1994. Since opening it has processed 9331 tonnes of used nuclear fuel from 30 customers in nine countries around the world. However, reprocessing operations came to end in November 2018 due to
Sellafield Ltd have a requirement for a second transport flask for sludge recovered from a pond during their desludging operations. In order to prevent the costly purchase of an additional flask, Sellafield decided to re-purpose an existing SWEF flask which has been in service for
Following a significant contamination event within Waste Vitrification Plant Line 3, the SDS teamwas brought in to assess the situation and to develop a decontamination strategy. Acting as arapid response to the issue as part of their Sellafield decontamination framework contract, theSDS team are the
The Thorp Medium Active Salt Free Evaporator (MASFE) requires its evaporator tubes to be cleaned to enable a thorough inspection of the tubes to take place. Shepley Decontamination Services were contracted by Sellafield Ltd to high pressure water jet clean the internal bores of the
Shepley Engineers specialists have been undertaking specialist chemical reagent decontamination tasks across the Sellafield site over the past 30 years. They are recognized as the Sellafield site specialist decontamination team and they have built a reputation as the go to decontamination experts. With roots in