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nuclearfuture@barkerbrooks.co.uk NDA Estate Supply Chain Awards
Total dedication, absolute commitment and collaborative effort were the overriding qualities shown by the winners of the first- ever Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Estate Supply Chain Awards. The prestigious new awards recognise the importance of businesses both large and small to the nuclear clean-up mission, highlighting the value of joint working and innovative thinking.
The winners were: • Best example of Innovation (small company) WallRover Ltd WallRover has developed a unique lightweight wall- climbing vehicle, which is remotely operated, highly manoeuvrable and able to operate in hard-to-reach and contaminated areas. Dr Gary Sewell developed the model over 14 years, linking up with Smith Engineering of Maryport for the manufacture. Trials are now under way at Sellafield.
• Best example of Innovation (large company) ACKtiv Nuclear, a joint venture with Jacobs, Carillion and Atkins The partners adapted conventional water-jet cutting techniques from outside the nuclear sector to enable remote operations for the removal of foam grout from delicate pipework at Sellafield. Their approach allowed for rapid progress to complete the isolation of a major site risk in an area of high contamination and radiation.
• Best Example of Supplier Going the Extra Mile Project Time and Cost International Ltd. PT&CI carried out a review of ILW transfers from Sellafield legacy ponds and silos, going the extra mile by providing a strong independent leadership role when faced with significant resistance to change, working with all parties to develop an alternative option that created more than £100 million in savings.
• Highly Commended in Going the Extra Mile category Mon Maintenance Services Ltd The Welsh company was set up in the wake of Anglesey Aluminium’s closure to provide electrical and mechanical maintenance services, investing strongly to become an NDA estate supplier. In a short time, it has gained the necessary quality and safety accreditations, while also committing to the training of apprentices.
• Best Example of Collaboration (Across Borders) Studsvik UK Ltd, ALE Transport, LLWR with Costain, Assystem, Doosan Power Systems, Wynn & Sons, Meriaura and Oceaneering The collaborative project to recycle the massive Berkeley boilers involved nine organisations who jointly co-ordinated the programme to remove five of the 310-tonne boilers off site, transporting them through the nearby town for shipment to Sweden for recycling. Described as an “outstanding example of SLC and supply chain
collaboration across borders”, the judging panel wrote: “The sheer size of this project meant that it represented a huge step forward in the decommissioning of the Berkeley site and is the largest ever shipment of decommissioned components from a UK nuclear site, and has paved the way for more shipments in the future, saving vital resources in our low level repository.”
• Best Example of Collaboration Project Members of the Cumbria Nuclear Solutions Consortium, led by James Fisher Nuclear Ltd and including React Engineering, Shepley Engineers Ltd and WYG, supported by specialist sub-contractors Custom Composites Ltd and Romar Innovate Ltd. The team worked on a project to characterise four tanks in the
separation area at Sellafield, using an innovative concept that avoided use of an overhead crane, bringing savings of cost and time. The consortium has worked together for six years, with complementary skills in key disciplines and streamlined processes for bidding.
• Highly Commended in Collaboration category Radsafe CLG
While not, strictly speaking, a collaboration, judges wanted to recognise the work of Radsafe and its members, who provide emergency responses in the UK to road and rail incidents involving radioactive materials. Radsafe is owned by its members, who are major consignors of radioactive materials.
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