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British Nuclear Group completes Sellafield pipeline removal project
British Nuclear Group has this week successfully completed a three-year project to remove three redundant pipelines from the beach and offshore at the Sellafield site in Cumbria.
The project to recover almost 6km of redundant pipeline has been successfully completed in extremely challenging working conditions by British Nuclear Group, in conjunction with specialist marine contractors.
The project included removal of two steel pipelines, installed in 1949, and the recovery of a plastic Temporary Sealine installed in the early 1990s. The pipelines were historically used to discharge treated process effluent and rainwater from the Sellafield site into the Irish Sea.
Tony Price, British Nuclear Group’s Director of Clean-up, said: “This is an excellent example of our commitment to remediation and clean-up of our environment. I understand that these are the first ever process discharge pipelines from a nuclear facility that have been recovered, anywhere in the world.”
This project presented significant challenges and our priority has always been to complete the work safely and to minimise the impact on the environment and the local community.”
The final stage of the project, to remove the remaining sections of the Temporary Sealine was completed on 25 June. The remaining sections of redundant pipeline have been transferred for onward disposal to the Low Level Waste Repository.
