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About us
Sellafield Ltd is the company responsible for safely delivering decommissioning, reprocessing and nuclear waste management activities on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
Andrew Wignall
Mechanical Engineering, Lancaster University
Annual discharge & monitoring reports
Each year Sellafield Ltd produces a report summarising the previous year's discharges and results from the environmental monitoring programme. The report covers both of Sellafield Ltd's operational sites - ...
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The fact you are visiting this site means you are already realising that the nuclear industry offers some of the most exciting graduate opportunities around.
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Authorisation to carry out work for Sellafield Ltd
External suppliers should not accept instructions to carry out work for Sellafield Ltd without having received an official purchase order covering the specific scope of work. Obviously, this excludes goods ...
Ben Shotton
Chemical Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Benefits
The Complete Package
Benefits
As a Sellafield Ltd Industrial Placement student you’ll earn a competitive salary (approximately £14,000 per annum), work on challenging live projects and receive real responsibility from day one.
Bill Condon
Bill has more than 27 years of experience at both commercial power and government nuclear facilities. Prior to joining NMP, Bill was responsible for all operational activities within the Management ...
Bob Bonner
Prior to joining Nuclear Management Partners, Bob had worked within the BNFL Group of Companies, including Westinghouse, for 27 years. He has held a range of positions in Operations, Strategic ...
Bob Pedde
Bob brings 17 years of experience in a variety of leadership roles at the US Department of Energy Savannah River site – the US equivalent of Sellafield. As President of ...
Capenhurst site
The Capenhurst site is split into two, one owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and the other by Urenco UK Ltd. The NDA site is operated by Sellafield Ltd ...
Capenhurst's new future
Capenhurst's vision
Capenhurst's past
Process one
Challenge statements
Challenge 1 – Alpha Decommissioning
Commercial Opportunities
Welcome to the Commercial Opportunities area of the Suppliers section. Please use the links below to find out more about commercial opportunities with Sellafield Ltd:
Community support
Sellafield Ltd is constantly striving for the highest possible standards in all areas of our corporate responsibility.
Company Profile
Sellafield Ltd has sites at Sellafield in West Cumbria and Capenhurst in Cheshire. Engineering, design and functional support capability are also provided by employees based at our Risley office, near Warrington. ...
Complete Tender Management (CTM)
CTM change of web address:
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Project
Consultations
Where decisions on options for operations and clean-up at the Sellafield and Capenhurst sites have implications for communities or the environment Sellafield Ltd seeks the views of community stakeholders ...
Criteria
We are looking for tenacious, driven, talented and ambitious individuals who will strive to improve the company and who want to carve out a rewarding career.
CTM Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get trained on CTM?
CTM Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get trained on CTM?
CTM Tier 3 and 4 Involvement in CTM Tender Opportunities
If you are a Tier 3 or Tier 4 supplier and would like to be involved in Sellafield Ltd tenders, advertised in Complete Tender Management (CTM), this is the ...
CTM Tier 3 and 4 Involvement in CTM Tender Opportunities
If you are a Tier 3 or Tier 4 supplier and would like to be involved in Sellafield Ltd tenders, advertised in Complete Tender Management (CTM), this is the ...
CTM User Guides
CTM is the tool chosen by Sellafield Ltd to manage the tender process from raising the RFI to awarding the contract.
CTM User Guides
CTM is the tool chosen by Sellafield Ltd to manage the tender process from raising the RFI to awarding the contract.
Dan Becker
Dan Becker has 30 years financial management experience in the nuclear industry, which includes 18 years at Savannah River, with seven years specifically as Finance Director. Prior to this, Dan ...
David Gee
David is currently the Chairman of the ICI Pension Fund and is also a non-Executive Director of Lockton International. Between 1974 and 2007, David worked for ICI, covering most ICI ...
David McNerney
David McNerney has spent the last 23 years working in Human Relations, Change and Business services roles both here in the UK and abroad. He has worked in a variety ...
David Pethick
David A. Pethick is the General Manager of URS Corporation’s Global Management & Operations Services Group headquartered in Aiken, South Carolina. He has more than 38 years of nuclear industry ...
Dawn James
With over 20 years experience as a mechanical engineer, Dawn has a comprehensive understanding of the challenges facing the nuclear industry. She is currently responsible for over 500 engineers, scientists, ...
Decommissioning
Once a nuclear facility has completed its operational life it then undergoes decommissioning. Decommissioning involves the safe, cost-effective reduction of the radiological hazards. It includes the removal of nuclear ...
Decommissioning Framework Agreement 2
Decommissioning Framework Agreement 2 (DFA2) - Queries
Denis Hugelmann
Denis has a proven track record of managing spent fuel recycling activities for over 20 years. He currently leads La Hague and MELOX recycling site operations with an annual budget ...
Design Services Alliance
The Design Services Alliance (DSA) forms an integral part of the overall Sellafield Ltd site wide acquisition strategy, and will be the primary route to market for design, engineering, and ...
Dominique Mockly
Dominique MOCKLY, 51, is an engineer graduate of the French Ecole Polytechnique. He holds an Executive MBA from HEC. He began his career at DCNS, the French military shipyard. In ...
Doug Cooper
Doug joined Sellafield Ltd in early 2011 following his post as President and General Manager at the Yucca Mountain repository project in Nevada - probably one of the most challenging ...
Educational support
Sellafield Ltd is a knowledge-based company with a nationally important scientific, engineering and technology skills base. Having for many years played a part in developing the high level of ...
EHS&Q Resources
Reports
Employee involvement
We believe that the power of community involvement is in our own workforce. Many of them offer their time, concern and commitment to helping others in their local communities. ...
Encapsulated Product Store 3
Background
Environment
Our primary goal is to protect people and the environment.
Environment, Health, Safety & Quality
With expertise in nuclear, conventional, radiological, environmental safety and quality assurance as well as occupational health, our Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality (EHS&Q) team are providing a valuable service ...
Environmental Monitoring
Regular monitoring of the environment on and around the Sellafield site has taken place since the 1950s. The primary objective of this programme is to produce an annual retrospective radiological ...
Ethics Policy
The Commercial and Contract Management Directorate at Sellafield operates to a Code of Ethics. This applies to all personnel involved directly or indirectly in procurements.
Executive team
The Sellafield Ltd Executive team
FAQs
When does the Sellafield graduate scheme start?
Frank Winter
Frank is Vice President of Customer Relations and Strategy and head of AMEC’s programme management business. He is also global sector lead for AMEC’s nuclear business.
Freedom of Information
Making requests under Freedom of Information Act 2000
Fuel Manufacturing
The Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP) uses plutonium separated from used nuclear fuel during reprocessing and recycles it into new MOX fuel. MOX fuel is a valuable source of energy ...
George Beveridge
George Beveridge has spent 22 years in a variety of roles in the UK nuclear industry, including two previous spells at Sellafield. His experience includes plant and project management, R&D, ...
Grace Hudson
Location: Risley
Graduates
What could the future hold for you?
Graham Campbell
Graham Campbell is the General Manager of Nuclear Management Partners, which is the Partner Company (URS, AMEC and AREVA) responsible for the Sellafield management and operations contract. Previously, Graham held ...
Graham McKendry
Graham McKendry has spent the last 20 years working in manufacturing in the UK and overseas. He worked for Metal Box in Carlisle for three years before moving to the ...
Health
The health of our people and everybody that works for us is vitally important and we take a proactive stance to continuously improve our health and safety performance across ...
Hinton House, Risley
Hinton House was named as a tribute to one of the world's leading nuclear engineers - Lord Hinton of Bankside, who died in 1983.
How to apply for a role at Sellafield
We would like you to have a good experience in your contact with Sellafield Ltd and therefore we have provided direction to support you in completing your application to us.
How to Do Business
Life Time Plan documents set out the details of work that will be performed on the Sellafield site. These can be viewed at the NDA website: www.nda.gov.uk
How to find us
Find out how to get to each of the Sellafield Ltd sites with our easy to understand guides.
Iain Irving
Prior to joining URS IN 2006 Iain spent over 16 years in operational management roles at Sellafield, including – shift manager at THORP, Special Assistant to the Chief Executive, Head ...
Image library
If you wish to use any of the images below in conjunction with an article or publication then both the article and image must be submitted for approval to the ...
Industrial placement profiles
Grace Hudson
Information and Guides
Please see the attached guidelines:
Innovation & Suggestions
The contractor / supply chain innovation & suggestion scheme
Innovation and Suggestion Scheme Panel
Following a highly successful year at Sellafield Ltd the online Supply Chain Innovation and Suggestion Scheme has provided an ideal platform for companies and academia to bring forward innovative ideas, ...
Integrated Sellafield site Strategy (closed February 2006)
A consultation was held in early 2006 on the development of an integrated strategy for the Sellafield site covering site clean-up, production operations and waste management. Framework documents and workshop ...
Integrated Wastes Strategy 2009
A consultation was held in during 2007 to identify stakeholder views on version 2 of the Sellafield Integrated Waste Strategy. The consultation documents, along with an update published in ...
Invoice Queries
Invoice Queries
Jim French
Jim French has worked in the Nuclear Industry for over 36 years, starting his career as an enlisted grinders mate on submarines in the US Navy. After leaving the Navy, ...
Jonathon O’Gorman
Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester
Jürgen Krellmann
Jürgen is a senior MOX and uranium fuel manufacturing executive who brings over 35 years of experience to the PBO board. With a background of technical, research and managerial skills, ...
Katie Adamson
Chemistry BSc, University of Manchester
Keith Case
Keith Case has previously worked in senior commercial roles in utilities and the nuclear industry for companies including British Nuclear Fuels, National Grid and Southern Water. He has a degree ...
Kliss McNeel
Kliss spent the first 20 years of her career in private industry, she has a Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Universities in the US. She started in the nuclear ...
Latest News
February 2010
Laura Weddell
Location: Sellafield
Learning and development
Our commitment to Employee Development
Legal
Sellafield Ltd
Locations
Location, location, location.
Low level wastes on the Sellafield site (closed February 2008)
A public consultation was held from November 2007 to February 2008 on the best practicable options for treatment of low level waste oils, metals, combustible materials, process wastes, asbestos and ...
Management, Controls & Oversight of Contractors & Leaseholders Department
Introduction
Media Centre
With 24/7 access to the latest news about our activities across Sellafield Ltd, our media centre is home to articles covering site operations and the progress we are making on all ...
Mike Saunders
Mike Saunders is President of AMEC’s Power & Process Europe business (with revenues of ~£500M and 4000 people) having joined AMEC in 2007 to head up the global nuclear business. ...
NDA Shared Service Alliance
Collaborative Procurement focuses on aggregating demand and standardising procurement requirements across all the Site Licence Companies (SLCs) and other participating entities within the NDA estate, with the objective of delivering ...
Neena James
Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
NMP People
The Nuclear Management Partners mission is being delivered under the leadership of a team with proven ability and expertise.
Nuclear Management Partners
People, Partnering, Performance
Ombudsman
Stuart Wilson
Operations Updates
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Our People
Our people are our biggest asset. Between them, our Sellafield Capenhurst and Risley sites are operated by around 10,000 of the most experienced and highly regarded nuclear workers in ...
Our sites
Sellafield Ltd is safely delivering decommissioning, reprocessing, nuclear waste management and fuel manufacturing activities across sites at Sellafield in Cumbria and Capenhurst in Cheshire.
Parent FAQ
What is the aim of the Student Placement programme?
Particles in the environment
Background
Paul Foster
Paul is Executive Director, Infrastructure for Sellafield Ltd (since 2010), leading the team that provides a full span of support services for site operation, hazard reduction and clean up. These ...
Plutonium Contaminated Materials (closed March 2007)
Plutonium Contaminated Materials at Sellafield
Policies
Welcome to the Policies area of the Suppliers section. Please use the links below to learn more about the policies Sellafield Ltd applies to its work with Suppliers:
Privacy
Privacy Policy
Process
Our application process is really simple. Here's how it works:
Procurement Plan Information
Procurement Plan Strategy Document
Procurement Programme and Supply Chain Strategy Presentation
Attached is the presentation that Keith Case gave at the Decommissioning Suppliers Forum held on the 27th Septemeber 2011 at Castle Green Hotel, Kendal.
Profiles
Our people are our biggest asset. Between them, the Sellafield and Capenhurst sites are operated by around 10,000 of the most experienced and highly regarded nuclear workers in the ...
Projects
Successful project delivery is vital to delivering world class operations and accelerating high hazard risk reduction at Sellafield.
Quality
Our customers demand high standards from us and we strive to enhance their satisfaction through continuous improvement, operational excellence and delivery of high quality products and services.
Recent Design Service Alliance Workshop - updated
On 1st and 3rd June, Sellafield Ltd held two Design Service Alliance [DSA] Industry Open Days. These open days, in workshop format, were aimed at introducing the supply chain to ...
REMIT Report
What is REMIT?
Reprocessing
The Sellafield site is home to two nuclear fuel reprocessing plants. The Magnox reprocessing plant deals with metal fuel from British and overseas early nuclear reactors (such as the Calder ...
Resource Centre
Our comprehensive range of publications and reports gives further insight into our commercial and social and responsibility activities.
Robert Higham
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Loughborough University
Roles
When you apply to join the Sellafield Graduate Scheme you're not applying to a specific role or vacancy. That's just one more of the things that you might not ...
Roles
All student vacancies for 2011 have now been filled.
Safety
"One in five of our employees have a specific safety role – helping ensure that our safety performance is world class across our operations and sites."
SCN Search Results
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Scott Sax
Scott has 27 years of nuclear operational management experience, including serving as Chief Operating Officer at Washington River Protection Solutions where he provided executive management for the planning, staffing, control, ...
Security and Work Permits
Security Requirements
Security in the Supply Chain
Introduction
Sellafield Ltd
Find out more about Sellafield Ltd
Sellafield Ltd Business Excellence Day 2011
Sellafield Ltd Business Excellence Day 2012
Following on from last year's successful Sellafield Ltd Business Excellence day at the Energus centre,we would once again like to invite you to this year's spectacular two day ...
Sellafield Ltd Newsletter
The Sellafield Ltd newsletter is a fortnightly publication designed to bring you the latest news and information from across our three sites.
Sellafield Ltd Supply Chain Focus Group
The Sellafield Supply Chain Focus Group (SSCFG) is Sellafield's top level chain meeting; scheduled bi-monthly, it is chaired by the Commercial Director. Its aim is to lead communication to, and ...
Sellafield's Legacy Ponds and Silos (closed February 2006)
LP&S content
Separation Area Ventilation Project
Background
Sludge Packaging Plant (SPP1)
Background
Socio-economic and community relations
NMP and the comunity - going forward together:
Socio-economic projects
NMP COMMUNITY FUND 10/11
Stakeholder engagement
Our stakeholders are very important to us and gaining their respect is vital to our operation. They are intrinsic to our commitment to being economically viable, environmentally responsible and ...
Storage
Process one
Stuart Robinson
Mechatronic Engineering, Lancaster University
Students
As a Sellafield Ltd placement student you’ll earn a competitive salary, work on live projects and manage real responsibilities from day one. The hands-on experience we can offer will ...
Submit an idea
Please use the form to submit your ideas to Sellafield Ltd
Summer Students profiles
Andrew Wignall
Supplier Events
If you would like to register to receive information on our Supplier Forum events, please register here and you will receive further information closer to the date.
Supplier Forum - Tuesday 28th February 2012
Building and maintaining a capable Supply Chain
Supplier News and Events Register
To be kept informed about future supplier forums, please complete the form below:
Suppliers
Welcome to the Supplier Section of the Sellafield Ltd Website.
Supply Chain Innovation & Suggestion Scheme
Supply Chain Relationship Code of Practice
Processes and tools have been developed to re-engineer our procurement and supply chain activities. These are being used to engage with our supply chain to work one way, with common ...
Sustainability
We are committed to delivering the mission of our customer, the NDA which is to deliver a world-class programme of safe, cost effective, accelerated and environmentally responsible decommissioning of ...
Sylvain Esperou du Tremblay
Sylvain has more than 23 years experience in the nuclear fuel cycle including, reprocessing, plutonium and liquid effluent treatment.
The Sellafield Ltd Graduate Scheme
About the Scheme
Tier 3 / Tier 4 Opportunities
Highlighted Opportunities
Timescale
Our Assessment Centres will run from January 2012 to April 2012, so it's best to apply early as places get booked up quickly.
Todd Wright
Todd has over 27 years experience in Research and Development and nuclear operations. He is the former Laboratory Director of the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and Senior Vice President ...
Todd Wright
Dr. Todd Wright has more than 31 years of leadership experience in complex nuclear operations, project management, achieving safety performance excellence, and advanced technology research and development. In his leadership ...
Tom Foster
Tom joined Sellafield Ltd in April 2011, following his previous assignment as Director for Remediation at Washington Closure Hanford - a URS-led joint project. He has nearly thirty years of ...
Tom Zarges
Tom Zarges is President of URS Corporation’s Energy & Construction business with overall responsibility for Energy & Construction’s operations worldwide. With 41 years of experience in the global engineering and ...
Tony Green
Tony has been an Engineering Director with AMEC since 1995, initially in oil and gas and, for a number of years now, in the nuclear sector. He was involved in ...
Types of roles
Environmental
UK Radioactive Waste Returns Programme
Overseas used nuclear fuel has been reprocessed in the UK, under contract, to recover and separate the 97% of reusable nuclear materials from the 3% waste.
Useful links
The following websites may be of interest to our suppliers:
Vic Carlill
Vic Carlill is the Executive Director of the Transformation team at Sellafield Ltd; this includes Business Improvements, Knowledge Management and Intellectual Property activities.
Waste Management
Waste management activities across the Sellafield site involve the treatment, processing, disposal and storage of historic legacy materials as well as current wastes arisings from our commercial and decommissioning ...
Will Spalton
Location: Sellafield
William Poulson
Bill has more than 35 years of experience in managing programmes, projects and operations involving nuclear facilities and large engineering efforts in a regulatory environment. Bill’s expertise includes engineering, operations ...
Working for Sellafield Ltd
As a competitive, global organisation, Sellafield Ltd offers employees the rewards they would expect. These include attractive starting salaries, performance-related pay and bonuses; regular salary reviews, combined nuclear pension plan, ...
630 news items
Westlakes Shared Service Centre to move
18 May 2012
Westlakes Shared Service Centre (WSSC) change of address.
Focused on collaboration
16 May 2012
Progress on Sellafield Ltd’s R&D activities was under the spotlight recently when members of the Nuclear Waste Research Forum (NWRF) met for their quarterly meeting at Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) ...
Getting to the heart of it
16 May 2012
The British Heart Foundation is set to receive a cash donation of £2000 thanks to the magnificent collaborative response of two AMEC employees and one Sellafield Ltd employee in saving ...
Sellafield Ltd employee nominated for top national award
16 May 2012
A celebrated Sellafield Ltd worker has been nominated for a top national award.
Sellafield Ltd HR Director appointed to new government careers council
11 May 2012
Sellafield Ltd’s Human Resources Director, David McNerney, has been appointed as a member of the new National Council for Careers (NCC).
Collaborative research and development call
10 May 2012
Up to £15 million of investment is being made to support nuclear research and development (R&D) in the supply chain, following a joint initiative by Government organisations. Insight - ...
Tech-Ex 2012
10 May 2012
The Sellafield Technical Directorate are consistently seeking ways to accelerate, reduce the cost of, and enhance the safety of the decommissioning and processing operations at Sellafield site.
Executive Director short listed for top award
08 May 2012
Founded in 2005 by Real Business and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the First Women Awards recognise trailblazing women from the business, entrepreneurial, engineering, science and technology, and media ...
Robotic technology successfully helps nuclear decommissioning
08 May 2012
Sellafield Ltd has carried out a technically challenging piece of work in a high radiation environment in order to pave the way for decommissioning one of the high hazard plants ...
Local school benefits from educational workshops
02 May 2012
The Sellafield Ltd Education team has successfully delivered another hands-on workshop to Key Stage 1 and 2 (KS) pupils at Flimby Primary School, Flimby.
Step forward in sludge retrieval
02 May 2012
Progress to deal with radioactive sludge in the 60-year-old Pile Fuel Storage Pond (PFSP) has been impressive, with several milestones recently achieved.
Skydiving to raise awareness
01 May 2012
A Sellafield Ltd employee is hoping to raise as much money as possible for The Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Trust.
Exploring the depths
26 April 2012
Decommissioning one of the oldest nuclear storage ponds has reached new depths in risk reduction thanks to the use of mini submarines or more correctly Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV).
Functioning with safety as the focus
17 April 2012
Employees across Sellafield Ltd’s functional directorates have achieved more than three and a half million hours without a lost time accident.
What a difference a day makes
17 April 2012
Sellafield Ltd team leader Gary McKee has once again pushed himself to the limit to raise more funds for the Cumbria Appeal of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Summit promises greater security focus
17 April 2012
Nuclear security and safety have been under great scrutiny on a global stage this month, with more than 200 senior nuclear leaders from around the world attending the 2012 Nuclear ...
Supporting the Samaritans
17 April 2012
The funds of the Samaritans of West Cumbria have recently received a boost, to the tune of £1,200, thanks to the generosity of Nuclear Management Partners (NMP).
Secretary of State visit
12 April 2012
THE new secretary of state for the Department of Energy and Climate Change has made his first visit to Sellafield.
Local charity benefits from Sellafield Ltd donation
30 March 2012
Thanks to 5,480 employees at Sellafield Ltd who responded to a company travel survey, Sellafield Ltd has made a £3,000 donation to the nominated charity – Headway Cumbria.
Sharing best practice through the CMI
29 March 2012
Managers at Sellafield Ltd and further afield will have the opportunity to share their management and leadership experiences at a local forum due to take place in West Cumbria.
High hazard reduction takes another step forward
28 March 2012
The first stage in the physical works for the site’s Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store 1 and Comprehensive Import Export Facility (BEPPS CIEF) project commenced this month with the erection of ...
Great North Air Ambulance benefits from safety record
21 March 2012
The Great North Air Ambulance has received a £2,000 donation thanks to the magnificent efforts of the Sellafield Ltd Plutonium Contaminated Material (PCM) team who has achieved 5 years without ...
All in a days work
19 March 2012
At the age of fifteen, thinking about full time employment may not be your first priority, however year 10 students from St Joseph’s Business and Enterprise College, Workington were reminded ...
Joining forces to achieve priority decommissioning at Sellafield
16 March 2012
Sellafield Ltd is both buying and sharing expertise in order to decommission a redundant nuclear fuel storage pond.
Royal visitor sees Sellafield Ltd graduates make a big bang
16 March 2012
His Royal Highness the Duke of York yesterday visited the Sellafield Ltd stand at this years Big Bang Fair, which was held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham.
Leadership is the focus of UK nuclear conference
14 March 2012
A delegation of representatives from the UK nuclear industry visited Sellafield this month to attend the UK Nuclear Operators Conference and discuss the important role that effective leadership plays in ...
Local school benefits from make over
14 March 2012
Sellafield Ltd employees Karl Doran and Dave Siddle rubbed shoulders with Horrid Henry, Harry Potter and Mary Poppins during the opening of a newly refurbished library at Whitehaven’s St Begh’s ...
Sellafield Ltd celebrates National Science Week
08 March 2012
National Science and Engineering week is taking place from 9 - 19 March 2012 and Sellafield Ltd is joining in the celebrations by hosting a number of educational events.
Peer to Peer donations help young fire fighters
07 March 2012
The Sellafield Ltd workforce Peer to Peer programme has again been beneficial to a local safety initiative. Essential IT equipment has been donated to the Egremont Fire Station in Cumbria. ...
Supply chain given chance to strengthen links
06 March 2012
Sellafield Ltd has hosted another successful supplier forum event, providing an opportunity for supply chain members to meet the company’s executive and commercial teams as well as network with each ...
Sellafield Ltd Exercise
06 March 2012
A nuclear exercise will be held at Sellafield tomorrow (Wednesday 7 March 2012) to test the emergency procedures of the site.
Risley team dig deep to help our heroes
01 March 2012
Sellafield Ltd employees at the Risley site voted for Help for Heroes as their charity of the year for 2011 and have handed over a cheque for £13,001.55.
Sellafield Ltd names West Cumbrian contractor as winning bidder for £58 million contract
29 February 2012
Stobbarts Ltd, who already provided some of the services at Sellafield under an old agreement, beat off competition from a host of multi-national companies to win the contract, which draws ...
New land quality system
27 February 2012
Sellafield Ltd is purchasing a Land Quality Data Management System to enhance the site’s ground contamination management programme.
Sellafield Ltd announces a £1.5bn framework agreement with Progressive Alliance and AXIOM
27 February 2012
The framework contract, known as the Design Services Alliance (DSA), is projected to extend for 15-years and is the first of its kind for Sellafield Ltd.
Judging the crush factor
21 February 2012
Judging an engineering challenge as part of recent National Apprenticeship Week celebrations, Sellafield Ltd’s Graham Norman, and Les Agnew were impressed with the skills on show.
Buffer Storage Vessel ready for SPP1
15 February 2012
Construction of a new waste plant at Sellafield has taken a major step forward by completing assembly of the first Buffer Storage Vessel (BSV) for the Sellafield Sludge Packing Plant ...
Dive Dive Dive
10 February 2012
Sellafield Ltd has successfully used a mini submarine or more correctly a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to survey the contents of one of the historic fuel storage ponds.
Carol steps into the PIME light
09 February 2012
Sellafield Ltd employee, Carol Leak, has been invited to take the chair at an international communication conference in Warsaw, Poland.
Sellafield Ltd apprentice to speak at TUC conference
08 February 2012
One of Sellafield Ltd’s top young apprentices has been selected to speak at the Trade Union Congress’ (TUC) national apprenticeships conference.
You’re hired – apprentices join the Exec
07 February 2012
Stepping into Deputy MD George Beveridge’s’ shoes, apprentices James Edwards and Lauren Scrugham joined the executive team at their weekly planning meeting to get a chance to see a different ...
Sellafield Ltd names local company as winning bidder for training contract
06 February 2012
Sellafield Ltd has awarded a multi-million pound, long-term training contract to local provider GEN II.
Sellafield Power Supply
02 February 2012
Sellafield Ltd has experienced a short disruption to its power supply this morning. The power has now been restored and the cause of the issue is being investigated.
Sellafield Ltd celebrates National Apprenticeship Week 2012
01 February 2012
Sellafield Ltd is holding a number of activities to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2012 and to recognise its long-standing support of apprenticeship training.
24 months without a Lost Time Accident for EPS3 project team
01 February 2012
The continuing emphasis on safety by both Sellafield Ltd and the main contractor, Laing O’Rourke (LOR), on the Encapsulated Product Store 3 (EPS3) project, has resulted in the team recently ...
Voice of the Supply Chain Questionnaire
30 January 2012
Sellafield Ltd is constantly striving to improve its business model and considers Supply Chain feedback to be a key factor in learning from experience.
Supplier Forum Event
27 January 2012
The next Sellafield Supplier Forum will be held on Tuesday 28th February.
Sellafield Ltd becomes International member of INPO
26 January 2012
Sellafield Ltd has become the latest nuclear company to join INPO - the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations - to continue our commitment to learn from our nuclear colleagues across ...
50 years for charity
26 January 2012
Decommissioning Project Engineer Neil Carruthers is celebrating his half century by setting himself a target to raise £50,000 for UK charity Cancer Research.
MP visits Sellafield
18 January 2012
Mark Menzies MP visited Sellafield recently to witness the progress being made and learn more about the past, present and future operations on the site.
Local charities benefit from safety achievement
18 January 2012
Charities in West Cumbria are in the money thanks to the impressive safety performance of workers at the world’s first civil nuclear power plant, Calder Hall.
Conference Success for Sellafield Ltd Safety Advisor
11 January 2012
Sellafield Ltd’s safety advisor Izzy Styles has been selected to present a paper at the prestigious ‘13th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association’ that takes place in May ...
Double safety celebration at Capenhurst
10 January 2012
There’s been a double dose of safety success at Sellafield Ltd Capenhurst, with both the contractors and the site hitting major milestones.
Stakeholders work together to manage the trenches
04 January 2012
Cleaning up the Sellafield site and dealing with the historical nuclear legacy involves tackling some complex issues and one particular issue that has been addressed recently is the management of ...
Superstructure success at Sellafield Ltd
04 January 2012
Significant progress has been made on the construction of the Waste Retrieval Facility at Sellafield.
Work placement proves successful for Sellafield Skills Centre
04 January 2012
Sellafield Ltd has recently taken part in a work placement scheme which is run by the Government, Job centre plus and local disability employment advisors up and down the country. ...
Raising awareness for mens health
04 January 2012
Around our sites in November last year, those gents you would normally find sporting clean-shaven faces, all of a sudden donated their top lips to a worthy cause and sprouted ...
Sellafield Ltd Launches Schools Competition
15 December 2011
Sellafield Ltd provides cash prize in schools competition
The E Factor
15 December 2011
Sellafield Ltd’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) ambassadors were worthy winners of the Skills for Enterprise competition held at Energus on Friday 9 December 2011.
Weather update 12 December 2011
12 December 2011
The Met Office is warning that high winds are again likely to affect the North West of England this evening (Monday 12 December) and throughout Tuesday 13 December.
“Polar Bears” to take the plunge
09 December 2011
An annual charity fundraising event started several years ago by a Sellafield worker is going bigger and better this year.
Sellafield's safety first approach pays off for local charities
08 December 2011
CHARITIES throughout West and South Cumbria are celebrating a £10,000 cash windfall – thanks to the top class safety performance on a Sellafield site project.
Weather update 7 December 2011
07 December 2011
Weather warning: high winds
Design Services Alliance - preferred bidder announced
06 December 2011
Sellafield Ltd has today announced the preferred bidders for the Design Services Alliance contract as the Progressive alliance led by Babcock and Scott Wilson URS and AXIOM a joint venture ...
Sellafield Ltd celebrates the 'Best of the Best' at Excellence awards
29 November 2011
Sellafield Ltd celebrated the best of the best at the company’s recent annual Business Excellence Awards.
Sellafield Ltd helps keep the Vulcan in the Sky
29 November 2011
A £250 donation has recently been handed over to the Vulcan to the Sky Trust (VTTS), as a result of no Lost Time Accidents in the Pile Fuel Storage Pond ...
Sellafield Emergency Exercise
28 November 2011
As part of an exercise taking place on the Sellafield site on Thursday, December 1, 2011, the sounding of the site siren may be initiated.
Fuel fabrication facility hits decommissioning milestone
23 November 2011
Sellafield Ltd has hit a milestone towards decommissioning a redundant fuel manufacturing plant, which produced fuel for the Prototype Fast Reactor, located at Dounreay in the north of Scotland
Sellafield Ltd celebrate success at the IChemE awards for innovation and excellence
22 November 2011
Shortlisted in four categories at the recent IChemE awards for innovation and excellence, Sellafield Ltd won two categories and had a further two submissions Highly Commended.
Olympian James helps Sellafield Ltd strike gold with excellence awards
18 November 2011
Delegates to a recent Sellafield Ltd business excellence event enjoyed a gold standard performance from Olympics star James Cracknell OBE.
Guard force contract awarded
18 November 2011
Sellafield Ltd can confirm that it has awarded a contract to Mitie Security for the services of a commercial Guard Force for deployment on the Sellafield site.
Quick thinking Sellafield Ltd staff receive life saving awards
09 November 2011
Five Sellafield Ltd employees whose prompt action saved a colleague’s life have received special awards from the company.
Has Bryan got the Top Dog?
07 November 2011
Multiple nominations for a prestigious top dog award have been made for Jet, a whippet owned by Sellafield Ltd worker, Bryan Porter.
Calder Hall defuelling begins
03 November 2011
Hazard reduction on the Sellafield site has taken another significant step forward with the removal of the first batch of spent fuel from the Calder Hall reactors.
Safety success boosts Help for Heroes
02 November 2011
Sellafield Ltd has supported Help for Heroes who are benefiting from a £2,000 donation in celebration of Sellafield Ltd’s engineering directorate achieving over one million hours without a lost time ...
New supply chain agreement reached between Sellafield Ltd and local authorities
02 November 2011
CUMBRIA’S local authorities and Sellafield Ltd will, for the first time, work together in the process that determines how Sellafield Ltd spends its money in the supply chain.
Award for Sellafield Ltd Legal Team
31 October 2011
The Sellafield Ltd Legal Services team has picked up an award after being named the Best In House Legal Team at the first ever Law Society Commerce and Industry Group ...
Master Slave Manipulator training moves to Sellafield site
20 October 2011
Following a 4 year residency at the National Nuclear Laboratories at Workington, the Master Slave Manipulator (MSM) training facility has relocated to the Sellafield site making savings of £10,000 each ...
Historic Radioactive Sludge retrieved from 60 year old tank
20 October 2011
More than 1000m³ of radioactive sludge dating back to the 1950s has been retrieved from one of the oldest facilities on the Sellafield site, two months ahead of the schedule ...
Launch day of Engineering Education Scheme
20 October 2011
Sellafield Ltd is proud to be supporting six teams of students on the Engineering Education Scheme (EES).
Creating a bigger stir than ever before
20 October 2011
The world’s biggest coffee morning has yet again proved successful at Sellafield Ltd with our employees doing their bit to raise over £2,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
A nuclear decomminssioning supply chain event by the industry for the industry
14 October 2011
The event will take place on Monday 21 Novemeber 2011, at the DeVere Whites Hotel, De Havilland Way, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL6 6SF. For futher details click on the link - ...
Unite demonstration at Sellafield
12 October 2011
Sellafield Ltd has been made aware that a number of Unite union members working for contracting firms at Sellafield are proposing a demonstration outside the Sellafield site on Thursday 13 ...
Dr Mike Weightman final report published - Fukushima and the UK nuclear industry
11 October 2011
Sellafield Ltd welcomes the publication of Dr Weightman’s final report into the events at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan in March this year.
Waste Vitrification Plant Line 3 returns to service
06 October 2011
Sellafield Ltd has taken a major step forward towards its mission of high hazard reduction by successfully returning to service the Waste Vitrification Plant Line 3.
Six days and six hundred miles later
05 October 2011
A fantastic £12,000 has been raised for children’s cancer and leukaemia charity CLIC-Sargent by Sellafield Ltd employee Steve Doran and friends.
Engineering Directorate reaches over one million hours safety record
05 October 2011
Safe working in Sellafield Ltd’s engineering directorate has recently achieved over one million hours without a lost time accident. This equates to being accident free for over 858 days - ...
Skip handler moves for the first time in over 10 years
05 October 2011
Sellafield Ltd has taken an important step forward for future retrievals when the First Generation Magnox Storage Ponds specially designed crane, called a skip handler machine was successfully moved under ...
First nuclear fuel movement in 50 years is a decommissioning milestone
27 September 2011
Sellafield Ltd has taken an important step towards decommissioning a 60-year-old storage pond originally built to store fuel from the Windscale Pile Reactors, by retrieving the very first nuclear fuel ...
Data collection in the spotlight for Low Level Waste
27 September 2011
A reduction of up to £2.4 billion over the decommissioning lifetimes of nuclear sites could be one of the many benefits from increased levels of recycling, combustion, super-compaction and other ...
Party Science Show proves a blast for Workington pupils
22 September 2011
Sellafield Ltd’s education team made science fun for St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Workington this week when they presented their ‘party science show’.
Waste Vitrification Plant Line 3 returns to operation
22 September 2011
Waste Vitirification Plant (WVP) line 3 has been safely returned to full operations within a few days of the original schedule following an outage spanning 18 months.
New Nitrogen Generation Plant at Sellafield
22 September 2011
A multi million pound Nitrogen Generation Plant is to be installed at the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo at Sellafield, replacing the 30 year old existing facility.
Nuclear waste cargo ship arrives in Japan
16 September 2011
The programme of returning solid highly active waste (HAW) from the UK to Japan reached another successful milestone today with the arrival of the purpose-built vessel, Pacific Grebe, carrying the ...
Solo Sailor
08 September 2011
Imagine two weeks at sea on your own with limited sailing experience! Well Sellafield Ltd employee, Neil Braine has just completed this fantastic challenge for charity.
Progress made at SAV as milestones met
08 September 2011
Significant progress continues on construction work at the Separation Area Ventilation (SAV) project. A number of project milestones have been achieved including the successful dismantling of the slipform rig at ...
Sellafield Ltd employees do something amazing
08 September 2011
The NHS Blood and Transplant Service has thanked Sellafield Ltd employees for their fantastic support and valuable blood donations which continue to make a real difference and help save lives ...
New Director of Spent Fuel Management appointed
08 September 2011
SCOTT Sax has been appointed as the new Director of Spent Fuel Management for Sellafield Ltd.
Green approach to energy reaps savings
24 August 2011
In the last 6 months, Sellafield Ltd’s warehouse and logistics team, in conjunction with facilities management have saved £100K on their gas bill and £10K on their electricity bill, as ...
Young citizens at your service
24 August 2011
Employees from Sellafield Ltd’s business improvement team have been part of a trailblazing national youth programme, sharing their expertise with local students.
Preparations begin for Silos Maintenance Facility
19 August 2011
Preparations are being made at Sellafield for the new multi million pound Silos Maintenance Facility (SMF). The removal of up to 27,000 tonnes of rubble heralds the first step in ...
A key milestone has been achieved in the evolution of the Sellafield site's Residue Export Facility
10 August 2011
Following a lengthy period of active commissioning, the ONR (Office of Nuclear Regulation) has now issued REF with the required Licence Instrument. The Licence Instrument enables the Facility to move ...
Miscellaneous Beta Gamma Waste Store (MBGWS) Safety Record
10 August 2011
The excellent safety record at the Miscellaneous Beta Gamma Waste Store (MBGWS) continues with the teams this month reaching 15 years without a lost time accident. This sits alongside an ...
'F.UN Kidz on the Move' at the North Face Climbing Wall
10 August 2011
Sellafield Ltd has donated £220 towards an activity day for disabled children at the North Face climbing wall as part of its commitment to be a better neighbour.
Spirits lifted with sing-a-long
09 August 2011
Sellafield Ltd recently gave a donation of £200 towards a concert for the elderly at Three Elms Care Home as part of its programme to be a better neighbour in ...
SMP Closure
04 August 2011
The NDA has today announced the closure of the Sellafield Mixed Oxide Plant (SMP). Click here to view the statement.
Launch of the Sellafield Plan
03 August 2011
A groundbreaking plan has been published today that sets out the long term future of the Sellafield site.
SMP closure
03 August 2011
The NDA has today announced the closure of the Sellafield Mixed Oxide Plant (SMP). Click here to view the statement.
Nuclear waste cargo ship departs for Japan
03 August 2011
The programme of returning solid highly active waste (HAW) from the UK to Japan has continued today with the departure of the purpose-built vessel, Pacific Grebe, carrying the transport of ...
Japanese highly active waste return underway
02 August 2011
The programme of returning solid highly active waste (HAW) from the UK to Japan has continued today with the commencement of the transport of the second consignment of HAW from ...
Girls in Engineering event
27 July 2011
Sellafield based engineers Jen Corbett and Claire Jones recently helped pave the way for more girls to become the engineers of tomorrow.
New crane supports clean up project
27 July 2011
A new self erecting tower crane has been built at Sellafield as part of the work to retrieve historical waste from a 60-year-old silo. The Pile Fuel Cladding Silo (PFCS) ...
Second Japan waste shipment poised to commence
25 July 2011
Three transport flasks, containing 76 canisters of HAW, will depart Sellafield site by rail before being transported by sea from the UK to Japan. The vessel that will be used ...
Going for gold
22 July 2011
Pauline Deans was presented with a gold award for her outstanding contribution to the work of Young Enterprise at the North West finals held at Manchester airport.
Hurricane Buildings Demolished
18 July 2011
Nearly 60 years after they first operated, Sellafield’s Hurricane Run buildings have been successfully and safely demolished.
WED Engineering reach one million man hours without a lost time accident
13 July 2011
Mayfield School is to benefit from a £1,000 donation in celebration of two safety achievements at Sellafield.
Final preparation for second Japan waste shipment
12 July 2011
The programme of returning solid Highly Active Waste (HAW) from Sellafield to Japan will continue with a second shipment, this time consisting of three flasks.
£160 million contracts will boost local employment
07 July 2011
The decommissioning of one of Sellafield’s oldest nuclear plants has taken a giant step forward thanks to the awarding of three waste retrieval contracts worth more than £160 million.
Sellafield Ltd annual review of performance 2010/11
05 July 2011
Sellafield Ltd has today published its review of the 2010/11 financial year.
Orphan waste at Sellafield finds a home
28 June 2011
Sellafield Ltd's Waste and Effluent Disposition directorate is celebrating the successful trials of a new route established for the treatment and disposal of contaminated Low Level Waste oil from the ...
Will Watson receives 'Registered Project Professional' accolade
28 June 2011
`Registered Project Professional’ – this is the accolade recently received by Will Watson, Sellafield Ltd’s Vitrified Residues Returns Programme Manager, making him one of the first ever people in the ...
Warrington Wolves Giant wows the crowds
20 June 2011
Over a five week period the Wolves Foundation's staff, volunteers and young trustees built a 16ft giant to be a part of the Chester Giants parade on the 12th June. ...
A first for decommissioning: reactor cleaned up at Sellafield
16 June 2011
Decommissioning of a reactor at Sellafield has reached a significant milestone as the unique golf ball design reactor comes to the end of its 20 years of decommissioning.
Sellafield worker Swampy fits the Bill for charity walk
15 June 2011
Sellafield Ltd Control Systems engineer Bill “Swampy” Moore has successfully completed a charity walk to raise money for the Light Dragoons Colonel’s Appeal.
Historic storage pond supports Fukushima Power Plant
14 June 2011
The Pile Fuel Storage Pond (PFSP) is supporting the recovery operations at the Fukushima Power Plant which was badly damaged by the earthquake and tsunami earlier this year.
Mountain man Mike lands MBE in Birthday honours.
14 June 2011
SELLAFIELD development control manager Mike Park has been awarded the MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list.
Sellafield Ltd Awards Decommissioning Framework Contracts
07 June 2011
Sellafield Ltd has awarded four-year Decommissioning Framework Agreements to supply a range of services to support decommissioning to the following:
Employee challenge benefits local community
03 June 2011
Employees from Sellafield Ltd’s Engineering Design and Delivery Capability (EDDC) team, joined members of staff from Warrington Borough Council’s environment and regeneration team, to give a facelift to the 7th ...
Sellafield Ltd employees support young engineers
03 June 2011
Engineering students have been putting their skills to the test by solving real life problems with professional engineers.
Sellafield Ltd commences module delivery operations
03 June 2011
The completion of the UK’s largest current nuclear project, Evaporator D, has moved a stage nearer with the successful completion of the first of the module delivery stages required for ...
URS opens European headquarters in Whitehaven
26 May 2011
Nuclear Management Partner's lead company - URS has opened up its European headquarters in Whitehaven.
Contractor safety pays benefits to charities
26 May 2011
Excellent Safety performance on a Sellafield construction project has given sub contractors the opportunity to save lives by making charity donations through their safety scheme.
URS 2010 annual review is published
25 May 2011
URS - the lead company comprising Nuclear Management Partners (NMP), has now published its annual review for 2010, which contains details of the progress to date made at Sellafield.
Sellafield Ltd Supplier Forum 'Delivering Excellence' Presentation
25 May 2011
The 'Delivering Excellence' presentation from Sellafield Ltd Supplier Forum held on the 24th May 2011 is available to view on the suppliers section of the web-site.
Sellafield Ltd Employee Challenge benefits local community
23 May 2011
Employees from Sellafield Ltd’s Engineering Design and Delivery Capability (EDDC) team, joined members of staff from Warrington Borough Council’s Environment and regeneration team to give the 7th Warrington (Sankey Valley) ...
Evaporator D website launched
18 May 2011
A dedicated Microsite for Sellafield Ltd’s Evaporator D project has now gone live.
Removal of Thorp Bridge is the latest link in the Evaporator D project
18 May 2011
As preparations get underway for the arrival of the modules required for the largest nuclear build project in the UK - The Evaporator D construction project, the temporary removal of ...
Gantry system installed on UK's largest nuclear construction project
13 May 2011
The landscape at the Evaporator D construction site at Sellafield is changing as work is underway to complete the building of the gantry system in preparation for the arrival of ...
Decommissioning the world’s largest open air nuclear fuel storage pond continues
12 May 2011
One of Sellafield’s historic fuel storage ponds is benefiting from the development of a new sludge retrieval machine to help safely decommission what is a 60 year old facility. The ...
Decommissioning retrievals success for historic fuel pond
06 May 2011
Sellafield Ltd is forging ahead with the decommissioning of the legacy Pile Fuel Storage Pond (PFSP) and has successfully commenced the retrieval of contaminated waste from the pond, safely exporting ...
Hazard reduction project completed at Calder
04 May 2011
The final container of lagging material from Calder Hall heat exchangers has been successfully despatched from Sellafield for disposal at Lillyhall landfill site.
Sellafield Ltd's response to security incident
04 May 2011
Police forces in Cumbria and Greater Manchester are investigating an incident which took place close to the Sellafield site on Monday, May 2.
Celebrating nuclear degree success
04 May 2011
The first group of Sellafield Ltd Technical Specialist Trainees have attended a celebratory dinner having successfully achieved their Foundation Degrees in Nuclear Related Technology.
Safety accolade for Sellafield's Andrew
04 May 2011
Sellafield Ltd’s Andrew Eccles, a safety advisor and safety rep within the Infrastructure directorate, has won a prestigious award from the Trade Union Congress.
High Sheriff's Award
20 April 2011
Marion hits the top 10!
Project Management Career Path accreditation
20 April 2011
Project Management Career Path accreditation
New Supply Chain Ombudsman Appointed
18 April 2011
Sellafield Ltd is please to announce the appointment of Stuart Wilson as Sellafield Ltd Supply Chain Ombudsman as of Monday 18th April 2011.
Young Project Manager of the Year to share experience
14 April 2011
AN AWARD winning Sellafield project manager is to share his experiences with others in the business community at a free to attend workshop organised by the Association for Project Management ...
Norwegian Minister visit to Sellafield
07 April 2011
Sellafield site is hosting a visit from Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim today, 7 April.
Donation provides 'much needed' IT facility
05 April 2011
Children at the Rainbow pre-school group in Whitehaven can now ‘log on’ in style thanks to the generosity of Sellafield.
Safety success for teams at Sellafield
05 April 2011
Sellafield Ltd’s Effluent and Encapsulation Plants (E&EP) teams are celebrating having reached one year worked without a Lost Time Accident (LTA).
Sellafield site skyline has changed yet again
01 April 2011
Three and a half years after the Calder hall cooling towers came down, the Sellafield site skyline has changed yet again with the construction of a new 122 metre high ...
PATEX 2011
01 April 2011
PATEX 2011 Thursday 7th & Friday 8th April 2011
Growth and Innovations Fund opportunities for Businesses
01 April 2011
The Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF) has been set up to support new initiatives to increase the contribution skills make to enterprise, jobs and growth.
Capenhurst named in 2011 European awards
31 March 2011
Sellafield Ltd’s Capenhurst site near Chester were shortlisted in the Process Excellence awards.
Selection of Academic Partner – Sludge Centre of Expertise
31 March 2011
The Sellafield Ltd Technical Directorate wishes to develop ongoing links with one or more universities that will support the work of its sludge centre of expertise. To start that process ...
Sellafield Ltd's Ian shows his support for Japan
23 March 2011
Moved by the recent events in Japan, Sellafield Ltd’s Ian Gordon, head of Japanese Fuels Programme in the Sellafield Mox Plant, will be taking part in the Great Langdale Half ...
Nuclear Bursary Student of the Year
23 March 2011
The National Skills Academy for Nuclear has awarded Sellafield Decommissioning worker Paul Hughes their prestigious Bursary Student of the Year. TV’s Red Dwarf actor Chris Barrie presented Paul with a ...
Top notch - Evaporator D celebrates completion of 2nd phase of construction
23 March 2011
The UK’S largest nuclear project, Evaporator D has today celebrated the completion of the second phase of construction by holding a traditional ‘topping out’ ceremony.
Sellafield Ltd awarded Association for Project Management corporate accreditation
23 March 2011
The Sellafield Ltd Project Management Career Path has recently been awarded the Association for Project Management Corporate Accreditation. The accreditation demonstrates to our customers, stakeholders, suppliers and employees that Sellafield Ltd ...
New Call for innovation proposals and suggestions
18 March 2011
Sellafield Ltd values the knowledge and experience that lies within the supply chain and academia. As such we are seeking new, novel and emerging technologies and processes to support delivery ...
Sellafield Ltd proud to support Copeland Awards 2011
09 March 2011
There is still time to enter the Sellafield Ltd sponsored Copeland Pride Awards 2011 – with entries being accepted until close of business on Monday.
New Box Transfer facility at Sellafield gets the go ahead
09 March 2011
Sellafield Ltd has just received permission to construct, install and inactively commission a new plant known as the Box Transfer Facility (BTF).
MEB decontamination trials save on costs and valuable disposal space
09 March 2011
As part of Sellafield Ltd’s drive to continually minimise waste generation and volumes requiring long term disposal, a trialling project to treat Multi Element Bottles (MEBs) through a decontamination process, ...
12 months without a Lost Time Accident for EPS3 construction teams
02 March 2011
The continuing emphasis on safety by both Sellafield Ltd and the main contractor at work on the Encapsulated Product Store 3 (EPS3) project - Laing O’Rourke has resulted in the ...
Sellafield Ltd announces Executive changes
23 February 2011
Sellafield Ltd today announces three changes to the executive management team.
Sludge retrieval kit installed in historic storage pond
23 February 2011
The final piece in the jigsaw is now in place to start bulk sludge retrieval in one of the priority decommissioning projects at Sellafield.
Safety excellence is rewarded at Sellafield
16 February 2011
Sellafield Ltd has received a cheque for £10,000 from URS in recognition of its excellent safety performance - 6.5 million hours worked since the last lost time accident.
Environment Agency Caution over Condensate Leak
15 February 2011
We accept the seriousness of this event and have willingly accepted the Environment Agency’s Formal Caution.
Sellafield store receives its first consignment
11 February 2011
The Sellafield Product & Residue Store, one of the most advanced nuclear security facilities ever built, has entered its active commissioning phase six weeks ahead of schedule.
Sellafield Ltd celebrates excellence
11 February 2011
The Sellafield Ltd Business excellence awards, aimed at celebrating the very best achievements from across the business, have been hailed as a roaring success.
Demolition Derby
11 February 2011
There are many minor decommissioning and demolition projects being carried out at Sellafield in order to help facilitate the major risk reduction projects.
Thorp viewing gallery is given a facelift
09 February 2011
Almost 23 years after it originally opened an attraction for visitors to the Sellafield site, the Thorp viewing gallery has just undergone a facelift.
New Managing Director for Sellafield Ltd
02 February 2011
Dr Todd Wright is to replace Bill Poulson as Managing Director of Sellafield Ltd.
Continuing success of NVQ programme in Project Controls
26 January 2011
Congratulations to members of the Project Controls community who have successfully completed their National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Certificates in Project Controls.
Youngsters' winning artwork on permanent display at Hinton House
26 January 2011
Winning works of art by Warrington youngsters have been chosen to brighten up the reception area of Hinton House after a competition for schools.
£6.5M contract on sludge packaging plant is awarded
21 January 2011
Sellafield Ltd has awarded NuVision Engineering a £6.5 million development contract to test a sludge mobilisation system to be installed in the new Sludge Packaging Plant 1 (SPP1) currently under ...
Sellafield Quality Manager Nominated for Award
18 January 2011
Tony Colyer, Quality Manager Functions has been nominated as the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) member of the month for March. This is primarily in recognition of the organisational duties carried ...
MP visits Capenhurst to view progress
12 January 2011
Ellesmere Port and Neston MP Andrew Miller recently visited Capenhurst to witness the progress being made at the site and hear about the future plans, including the Site Integration Project. ...
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Young Member of the Year Awards 2010
12 January 2011
Congratulations are the order of the day for Claire Jones, mechanical engineer and Jen Corbett, mechanical engineer following their joint success in the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) ‘Young Member ...
Cystic Fibrosis Trust say a big thank you
12 January 2011
Sellafield Ltd employees at our Risley site voted for Cystic Fibrosis as their charity of the year for 2010 and are about to hand over a cheque for £14,279.67.
Decommissioning project is completed
06 January 2011
Another significant decommissioning milestone has been achieved at Sellafield within the legacy Primary Separation Plant. A four year programme to decommission one of the highly radioactive process cells known as ...
Weather Update - Thursday 23 December 2010
23 December 2010
The Sellafield site continues to be open for normal operations and all personnel due to report for work should do so.
Weather update - Wednesday 22 December 2010
22 December 2010
The Sellafield site continues to be open for normal operations and all personnel due to report for work tomorrow (Thursday, December 23rd) should do so.
Cash for Cards
21 December 2010
Once again Sellafield Ltd has made a charitable donation in leau of sending Christmas cards. This years West Cumbrian donation of £2,000 has gone to the West Cumberland Hospital Children’s ...
'Room at the Inn'
21 December 2010
Sellafield Ltd also made a donation of £500 to help the homeless in Warrington.
Weather update - Monday 20 December 2010
20 December 2010
During this period of severe cold weather that West Cumbria is experiencing, all persons attending the Sellafield site and satellite offices should do so with added caution given the icy ...
Weather Update - Sunday 19 December 2010,16:00
19 December 2010
During this period of severe cold weather that West Cumbria is experiencing, all persons attending the Sellafield site and satellite offices should do so with added caution given the icy ...
Weather Update - Sunday 19 December 2010
19 December 2010
During this period of severe cold weather that West Cumbria is experiencing all persons attending the Sellafield site and satellite offices should do so with added caution given the icy ...
Sellafield Ltd ‘Concrete Doctor’ awarded Fellowship
17 December 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s Neil Tait, construction materials technical manager, A.K.A the company’s very own ‘concrete doctor’ has been named a Fellow of the UK’s Institute of Concrete Technology.
Change in Personnel - EHS&Q Director
16 December 2010
Sellafield Ltd has announced that Ms Kliss McNeel is to replace Fran Williams as Environment, Health, Safety & Quality (EHS&Q) Director of Sellafield Ltd.
New recycling contract will save space at repository
09 December 2010
Sellafield Ltd has signed an important metals recycling contract to treat Multi Element Bottle (MEB) racks which will save valuable disposal space at the Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR).
The host with the most
09 December 2010
The growing reputation of the work carried out by Sellafield Ltd’s Risk Management team has received international endorsement when they were chosen to host a visit to the Sellafield site ...
SAV project reaches a key milestone
09 December 2010
Sellafield Ltd achieved a key milestone this week almost two months ahead of schedule, by completing the structural steelwork for the Separation Area Ventilation (SAV) Project plant room.
Sellafield Ltd’s Glen is named student of the year
09 December 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s Glen Caldock has just been named as the National Skills Academy, Nuclear Foundation Degree Student of the Year 2010.
Adverse weather conditions – Thursday 9 December 2010
09 December 2010
All personnel are required to attend work on the Sellafield site as normal providing it is safe to do so. Please ensure you have identified the safest route and means ...
Adverse weather conditions – Wednesday 8 December
08 December 2010
All nightshift personnel to attend work this evening on the Sellafield site - Wednesday 8 December 2010 - as normal providing it is safe to do so.
Travel to work - update 7 December
07 December 2010
In response to current and predicted adverse weather conditions and the need to maximise the use of the limited stocks of grit to make the roads and walkways safe on ...
Travel to work update - 7 December
07 December 2010
All personnel (including contractors) working on the Sellafield site are advised to take extra care when travelling to and from work today in light of the ongoing adverse weather conditions.
Nuclear Project utilises Pioneer Point
03 December 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s £400 million clean-up project on Europe’s largest nuclear site in Cumbria has created around 175 new highly skilled jobs at the Interserve Pioneer Point facility in Cheshire.
Tech Ex Exhibition cancelled due to weather
29 November 2010
The tech Ex exhibition scheduled to take place at the Sellafield Centre on Wednesday 1 December has been cancelled due to the weather conditions. The exhibition will be re-arranged for ...
Sellafield site - travel to work (update)
29 November 2010
The decision was taken yesterday to ask day personnel to stay at home this morning, to help alleviate any traffic congestion local to the Sellafield site, to allow the appropriate ...
Sellafield site - travel to work
28 November 2010
Following the recent deterioration in the weather conditions, and a desire not to cause any unnecessary congestion on the roads local to the Sellafield site, the decision has been taken ...
First steps as a STEM ambassador
24 November 2010
Participating in any new venture can be a daunting experience, but for two of Sellafield Ltd’s graduate trainees, their first involvement as one of the sites Science, Technology, Engineering and ...
Two take prize as Sellafield Ltd's Graduate of the Year
22 November 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s Graduate of the Year award for 2010 has been awarded jointly to Vicky Harold and Jason Farrell, two outstanding graduates from the 2008 intake, both of whom have ...
Safe acceleration of high hazard risk reduction continues as PCM retrieval targets are met early
19 November 2010
Waste teams from Sellafield Ltd are helping to make the Sellafield site safer having successfully reached two major milestones to retrieve historic Plutonium Contaminated Material (PCM) – ahead of schedule. ...
Launch of the Redfern inquiry report - Sellafield Ltd's response
16 November 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s primary concern is for the feelings of the families of former employees who have been personally affected by this matter, and who may be distressed by the findings ...
Sellafield golfers support Search 4 a Vaccine campaign
11 November 2010
A cheque for £2,580, raised from the High Level Waste Plants (HLWP) Ryder Cup 2010, has been handed over to Meningitis UK.
From science club to graduate scheme
10 November 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s Education programme, developed over a number of years by the sites educational team has had many notable successes. A prime example of which is the provision of educational ...
Sellafield Ltd Sponsors their sixth Arkwright Scholar
10 November 2010
St Benedict’s pupil, Sam Jacobson, has been awarded a student sponsorship by Sellafield Ltd after winning a prestigious Arkwright scholarship.
Legacy waste processing plant construction achievement
09 November 2010
A new plant being constructed at Sellafield, known as the Silos Direct Encapsulation Plant (SDP), has seen significant progress towards its goal to treat legacy radioactive waste.
Sellafield worker is named Young Project Manager of the Year
29 October 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s Neil Crewdson has just been named Young Project Manager of the Year at the prestigious Association for Project Management Awards 2010.
Nuclear Management Partners Pledges £100,000 for Whitehaven Festival
27 October 2010
Building on the success of last year’s festival in August, NMP, a partnership comprising URS Washington Division, AMEC and AREVA, will once again be the major sponsor of one of ...
New Director of Infrastructure for Sellafield Ltd
27 October 2010
Nuclear Management Partners have appointed Paul Foster as the new Director for Infrastructure for Sellafield Ltd.
NMP Supports Cumbria Firefighters
27 October 2010
Certificates of recognition presented to rescue services, community organisations, churches and volunteers.
Sellafield Ltd and URENCO UK Ltd Joint Statement
27 October 2010
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and URENCO UK Ltd have signed a set of non-binding commercial principles to support a potential transfer of the NDA-owned Capenhurst site to URENCO. Formal discussions ...
Partnership approach to training raises professional standards
25 October 2010
Fourteen members of the Sellafield Ltd commercial team have become the latest to successfully complete a professional training programme created by the company in association with the Chartered Institute of ...
Sellafield Ltd help Priestley College
25 October 2010
Sellafield Ltd help Priestley College students to win awards from the British Science Association for tackling a real-life problem set by the local Nuclear firm
Innovative Techniques to Stabilise Redundant Radioactive Plant
20 October 2010
Sellafield Ltd is leading the way in decommissioning highly radioactive nuclear facilities by using innovative techniques to both scan redundant facilities where man access is not possible and to stabilise ...
Call for Expressions of Interest to support the Sludge Centre of Expertise
18 October 2010
The Sellafield Ltd Technical Directorate is looking for one or more Universities with which it can develop ongoing links that will support its continuing long term objectives of:
Leading the way through NVQs
13 October 2010
Congratulations to employees from EHS&Q Monitoring Services and Decommissioning who recently received their National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) certificates at a joint awards presentation.
Round Table Discussion Programme Launched
13 October 2010
The first in a series of ‘round table’ discussions hosted by Bill Condon was held at Risley on Tuesday 5th October.
Preparations for HAW returns
13 October 2010
Preparations are currently underway to make the second return of solid Highly Active Waste (HAW) from the UK to Japan.
Bucket collecting at Morrisons help our Risley charity of the year
12 October 2010
Sellafield Ltd Risley staff took time out of their work schedule to volunteer to help raise more funds towards the Risley 2010 Charity of the Year ‘Cystic Fibrosis Trust’.
Wolfie helps raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis Trust
07 October 2010
A signed Warrington Wolves shirt has helped to raise much needed funds towards Sellafield Ltd’s 2010 Charity of the Year ‘Cystic Fibrosis Trust’.
Legacy Fuel Storage Pond Purge begins operation
04 October 2010
A significant step forward in hazard reduction work on the First Generation Magnox Storage Pond has been taken at Sellafield with the commissioning trial of a new pond purge unit ...
Hunter helps tell Sellafield’s story
29 September 2010
Acclaimed author Hunter Davies is to play a key role in telling the story of the Sellafield nuclear plant.
Project Managers Forum
29 September 2010
Over 180 Sellafield Ltd project managers attended the latest Project Management Forum in Lancaster in September.
It’ll be all white on the night for Kevin
29 September 2010
A Sellafield worker is using his position within the local snooker community to organise a charity event featuring Jimmy ‘the whirlwind’ White.
All the President’s men
21 September 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s Panos Frangos and Simon Hughes from the company’s operational research group are celebrating this month after winning the President’s Medal at the Operational Research Society Annual Conference.
Decommissioning project ahead of schedule
15 September 2010
The Highly Active North Outer cell (HANO) in the former Magnox Primary Separation Plant has been successfully filled with 505m3 of light-weight foaming grout to the required level for the ...
Hazard reduction programme beats milestone
15 September 2010
Sellafield Workers from HLWP (High Level Waste Plants) have raised over £2,500 for Meningitis UK.
15 September 2010
Volunteer motorbike riders wanted – Poppy Appeal
15 September 2010
Sellafield workers cross Irish Sea on a kite surf
07 September 2010
A group of Sellafield workers have completed a remarkable first, crossing the Irish Sea on a kite surf in an ultimate test of endurance.
NDA publishes draft strategy for consultation
02 September 2010
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has published it's draft strategy for consultation.
Interactive new feature shows users ‘what we do’
01 September 2010
A new feature designed to give website users an overview of the main facilities on the Sellafield site and a brief outline of their functions is now available on Sellafield ...
Sellafield golfer putts himself on TeeV
01 September 2010
Sellafield employee worker, Rhys Hatton, has hit the tee and ended up on television.
Historic radioactive waste store meets the mark
01 September 2010
Ten years of improvement work have been rewarded when a radioactive waste store dating back to the 1950s received approval for its continued safe operation as an interim beta gamma ...
Team working grapples savings
27 August 2010
Collaborative working by teams at Sellafield has delivered a solution to a problematic waste disposal issue, saving the company over £250,000 in the process.
Emma's moonwalk was simply grand
19 August 2010
Emma Hancock’s fundraising midnight marathon walk around London has raised £1,000 for UK breast cancer charities.
Penny's an inspiration
19 August 2010
Penny Rathbone, from Sellafield Ltd's Technical directorate, has become an 'Inspirational Woman' for the Women into Science Engineering and Construction (WISE) website.
Sellafield Ltd annual review for the 2009/10 financial year
19 August 2010
The Sellafield Ltd annual review for the 2009/10 financial year, which includes the annual report and accounts for the same period, is now available on the Sellafield Ltd website.
Sellafield Ltd awards multi million pound waste storage contract
19 August 2010
The contract for the first phase of a massive new multi-million pound waste storage facility at Sellafield has been won by a Babcock and Balfour Beatty Joint Venture.
Emma moonwalks for charity
16 August 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s Emma Hancock has successfully completed a midnight marathon walk around London raising £1,000 for UK breast cancer charities.
Call for innovation proposals and suggestions
16 August 2010
Sellafield Ltd values the knowledge and experience that lies within the supply chain and academia. As such we are seeking new, novel and emerging technologies and processes to support delivery ...
Radioactive liquid waste safely transferred from aging silo to treatment plant
03 August 2010
Hazard reduction at Sellafield has taken a major step forward today with the successful transfer of 14,800 litres of historic radioactive liquid waste from a fifty year old waste storage ...
Safety milestone for Sellafield Ltd
02 August 2010
Sellafield Ltd has now achieved more than 2 million man hours worked without a lost time accident.
Sellafield workers are welcomed as Mayor and Mayoress of Millom
02 August 2010
More than 12 Mayors, Mayoresses and Deputy Mayors joined Sellafield Ltd workers Doug and Fee Wilson in a recent service to welcome them as Mayor and Mayoress of Millom.
Reprocessed uranium is successfully shipped to Russia
26 July 2010
In the last few weeks Sellafield Ltd has exported a shipment of reprocessed uranium to Russia for processing to allow its manufacture into new fuel. The uranium is owned by ...
Ben beats the bulge and raises valuable cash for charity
21 July 2010
Losing weight is a constant battle for many of us and one that Sellafield Ltd employee Ben Lowery has struggled with since he was a teenager.
EPSRC/RWMD call on Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste
21 July 2010
The launch of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council/Radioactive Waste Managment Directorate call for up to £4m research funding on Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste has been confirmed.
Engineering awards for Sellafield Ltd students
21 July 2010
In addition to winning a top award at the recent National Apprenticeship Awards, a Sellafield Ltd apprentice has also recently received the Best National Certificate Mechanical Engineering Student 2009/10 award.
Sellafield Ltd Apprenticeship scheme wins top national award
16 July 2010
Sellafield Ltd has received a top national award for the quality of its growing apprenticeship scheme.
Geoff’s idea lets the cat out of the bag!
14 July 2010
An ingenious idea involving cat litter could potentially save Sellafield Ltd up to £100,000 while also earning Sellafield Ltd employee, Geoff Thomas, a Suggestion Scheme award.
“You’re hired!” First apprentices for 20 years at Sellafield Ltd’s Risley base
07 July 2010
Following a gap of over 20 years six new apprentices arrived at Sellafield Ltd’s office at Risley in June and are quickly getting to grips with the business including a ...
Sellafield Ltd awards multi million pound contract for the Highly Active Liquid Effluent Facility Project
02 July 2010
Sellafield Ltd has today announced that the contract for the Highly Active Liquid Effluent Facility project has been awarded to the HALEF Partnership, a consortium comprising AMEC, AREVA and Balfour ...
Press Response – SMP New Rod Line
02 July 2010
On 12 May 2010, the NDA confirmed that an agreement has been reached with the Japanese Utilities on the way forward for manufacturing Japanese fuel in the Sellafield MOX Plant ...
Changes to Sellafield site access arrangements from 30th June 2010
28 June 2010
The Station Gate at Sellafield will be closed permanently to routine vehicular traffic from 30 June 2010, as the first phase of a programme of scheduled enhancements to the security arrangements ...
Sellafield Director is sworn in as new Consul for Whitehaven
25 June 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s Waste and Effluent Disposition Director Mike Johnson has just been sworn in as Consul to the United States Navy for Whitehaven.
URS project management certifications for Sellafield team
23 June 2010
Members of the Sellafield Ltd Executive team were rightfully proud to be informed recently that they were the first group to successfully complete the URS Project Management Path Certification for ...
Ringing the bell for Cystic Fibrosis
22 June 2010
Sellafield Ltd employees based at Hinton House Risley have been put their cooking skills to good use and raising valuable funds for their chosen charity of the year - Cystic ...
Sellafield Ltd becomes full member of the World Association of Nuclear Operators
22 June 2010
At a recent Extraordinary General Meeting in WANO Paris Centre, Sellafield Ltd became a full member of WANO.
High Active Waste containers transferred to store
22 June 2010
Following the successful transportation of the first highly active waste (HAW) containers to Japan, final inspections have successfully been completed and the waste transferred to the Rokkasho-Mura storage facility.
Sellafield Ltd receives 'high commendation' at Independent Living Awards
22 June 2010
Having been shortlisted to receive an award at the Independent Living Awards 2010 in the "Good Practice in Employing Disabled People" category (Public and Private sector), Sellafield Ltd has received ...
Saving space, saving cash – metals recycling team continue to deliver
18 June 2010
Following the successful removal of four of the top duct sections from the Calder Hall heat exchangers, the 10 tonne a piece items have now been processed through Sellafield’s Metals ...
Walking together and working together - Sellafield teams take on Keswick to Barrow Walk
09 June 2010
A group of Sellafield Ltd staff teamed up with reachback colleagues to take part in a challenging walk which has become an historical tradition.
8 tonne purge unit is successfully installed in legacy pond facility
09 June 2010
A significant step forward in hazard reduction work on the First Generation Magnox Storage Pond has been taken at Sellafield with the delivery of a pond purge unit to treat the pond water ...
Reaction to events in West Cumbria
04 June 2010
The primary concern for Sellafield Ltd is the welfare of our workforce, and we have put a number of measures in place to ensure that the needs of our employees ...
Off site incident (West Cumbria) – update re afternoon out muster
02 June 2010
Following the off site incident earlier today we understand that all train and bus travel has been reinstated.
Off site incident (West Cumbria) – update re afternoon out muster
02 June 2010
Following the off site incident this morning involving firearms, we have now been advised there is no longer an off site risk to our employees.
Off site incident - West Cumbria (update 2)
02 June 2010
Following the off site incident (West Cumbria) this morning involving firearms, we have now been advised that there is no longer an off site risk to our Sellafield employees.
Off site incident in West Cumbria (update 1)
02 June 2010
Following the off site incident this morning involving firearms, all Sellafield site gates will remain closed until we have been advised there is no longer an off site risk to ...
Off site incident in West Cumbria
02 June 2010
Following an off site incident this morning, which is not connected to the Sellafield site, we have as a precaution closed all our site access gates.
Twenty-five years engineering achievement
28 May 2010
One of Sellafield’s effluent treatment plants has just celebrated 25 years of operation during which time over 20 million cubic metres of contaminated water has been treated.
New Secretary of State for energy and climate change visits Sellafield
27 May 2010
Sellafield Ltd was delighted to welcome Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Department of Energy and Climate Change, and Charles Hendry, Energy Minister, to the Sellafield site yesterday (Wednesday 26 ...
Clean up of historic fuel pond at Sellafield takes a major step forward
25 May 2010
Two important high hazard risk reduction milestones have been achieved in the clean up of the historic Pile Fuel Storage Pond facility at Sellafield.
Sellafield Ltd makes Independent Living shortlist
24 May 2010
Sellafield Ltd has been shortlisted to receive an award at the Independent Living Awards 2010 thanks to the organisation’s ongoing commitment to equal opportunities.
State-of-the-art nuclear material store constructed at Sellafield
21 May 2010
The first major project to be completed by Sellafield Ltd, under the ownership of Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) has just been delivered - ahead of schedule and under budget.
Capenhurst receives RoSPA award
19 May 2010
Sellafield Ltd's Capenhurst site has just been awarded the second highest award in the Chemical Industry Sector at the RoSPA awards ceremony.
Sellafield MOX plant statement
14 May 2010
Sellafield Ltd is delighted that the NDA’s commercial arm International Nuclear Services (INS) has secured a commercial framework with the Japanese utilities in order to allow the continued operation of ...
Sellafield Ltd announcement
12 May 2010
Sellafield Ltd and the site’s Unions can confirm that a formal Consultation process has begun regarding potential impact on jobs, arising from the continual drive for greater degrees of efficient ...
Sellafield Ltd announcement
12 May 2010
Sellafield Ltd and the site’s Unions can confirm that a formal Consultation process has begun regarding potential impact on jobs, arising from the continual drive for greater degrees of efficient ...
Call for innovation tenders in nuclear research
12 May 2010
The NDA is encouraged by proposals to invest up to £2 million in nuclear feasibility studies.
Claire is best in class
11 May 2010
It's congratulations all around for Sellafield safety team member Claire Jones who has just gained the highest mark in the UK in the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and ...
Site emergency exercise at Sellafield – 27 May 2010
11 May 2010
The next site emergency exercise at Sellafield will be held during the morning of Thursday 27 May 2010.
Safety success for ILW team
11 May 2010
The excellent safety record at Sellafield’s Miscellaneous Beta Gamma Waste Store (MBGWS) continues with teams at the facility reaching 13.7 years without a lost time accident.
HAW returns received in Japan and Holland
10 May 2010
Sellafield Ltd and International Nuclear Services (INS), working in partnership, have successfully completed the first shipments of solid highly active waste (HAW) to Japan and the Netherlands, safely, securely and ...
SPRS construction project nears completion
04 May 2010
Under the ownership of Nuclear Management Partners, Sellafield Ltd has now completed and approved the last safety commissioning test of the inactive safety commissioning phase on the Sellafield Product and ...
Sellafield workers get ready to take on ‘Clive’s Cumbrian Way’
29 April 2010
A group of cyclists including several Sellafield workers are getting ready to embark on 260 mile cycle ride to raise money for Children’s charity Make-A-Wish foundation.
Safety achievement for SPP1 team
28 April 2010
Work to construct the new Sludge Packaging Plant 1 (SPP1) Buffer store at Sellafield is progressing well with the team involved on the project recently achieving six years, and almost ...
Capenhurst focuses its mind on 20% efficiency savings
23 April 2010
The starting gun has been fired for this year’s Capenhurst Lifetime Plan (LTP) at an employee briefing morning in the Workshops.
Speculation regarding redundancies at Sellafield - formal response
20 April 2010
We are aware of speculation regarding redundancies at Sellafield.
Sellafield Ltd Employee Challenge benefits Local Community
20 April 2010
Employees from Sellafield Ltd’s Engineering Design and Delivery Capability (EDDC) team, joined members of staff from Warrington Borough Council’s Environment and regeneration team and the Warrington Probation Service to give ...
Pilot waste scheme paves way for future savings
15 April 2010
Teams at Sellafield are nearing completion on a pilot scheme to segregate potential Plutonium Contaminated Material (PCM) from Low Level Waste (LLW), which could save the company up to £1.42M ...
Sellafield Ltd Asks Supply Chain to Support County Council Request - Avoid Temporary Road Bridge
09 April 2010
Cumbria County Council has announced that a new temporary road bridge in Workington has now opened.
Sellafield Ltd supports National Science and Engineering Week
01 April 2010
Sellafield Ltd threw its support behind a three day Young Scientists and Engineers fair aimed at raising the profile of science and engineering careers amongst UK schoolchildren.
Call for innovation proposals and suggestions
25 March 2010
Sellafield Ltd values the knowledge and experience that lies within the supply chain and academia. As such we are seeking new, novel and emerging technologies and processes to support delivery ...
Call for innovation proposals and suggestions
25 March 2010
Sellafield Ltd values the knowledge and experience that lies within the supply chain and academia. As such we are seeking new, novel and emerging technologies and processes to support delivery ...
One of the largest asbestos removal projects in Europe is completed at Calder Hall
23 March 2010
One of the largest asbestos removal projects in Europe has just been completed as part of decommissioning the Calder Hall nuclear power station at a cost of £26m.
PM invites IAEA officials to Sellafield
23 March 2010
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has invited International Atomic Energy Authority officials to inspect the Sellafield site in the near future as part of UK backing to a US-led move to ...
Sellafield offshore particle data collection
18 March 2010
As part of the ongoing programme of beach monitoring for radioactive particles, Sellafield Ltd is required to 'develop a programme of work to undertake the assessment of offshore areas for ...
Decommissioning of historic waste store progressing well
18 March 2010
Work to construct an engineered overbuilding on one of Sellafield’s historic beta gamma waste stores which will allow waste retrieval operations to commence, has taken another major step forward.
Safe and successful completion of highly active waste shipment to The Netherlands
17 March 2010
Sellafield Ltd and International Nuclear Services, working in partnership, have completed the shipment of solid highly active waste to The Netherlands, therefore completing the return of all Dutch HAW from ...
Sellafield Ltd Business Excellence Awards
17 March 2010
Sellafield Ltd celebrated the best of the best at the Business Excellence Awards, held at Energus.
Shipment of highly active waste arrives in The Netherlands
17 March 2010
Sellafield Ltd and International Nuclear Services, working in partnership, are in the process of transporting a flask of solid highly active waste to The Netherlands. This is a continuation of ...
Sellafield Ltd receives flood support award
15 March 2010
Sellafield Ltd has received an award from Allerdale Borough Council as a ‘thank you’ for the support we gave during last year’s floods.
High Active Waste departs UK for The Netherlands
13 March 2010
Sellafield Ltd and International Nuclear Services, working in partnership, are in the process of transporting a flask of solid highly active waste (HAW) to the harbour of Vlissingen in The ...
Cheque handover to North West Air Ambulance
12 March 2010
Sellafield Ltd employees based at our Risley site have voted for the North West Air Ambulance as their Charity of the Year for 2009 and have just handed over two cheques ...
Supply chain charter
12 March 2010
The Supply Chain Charter for nuclear decommissioning sites aims to foster good working relations across the NDA estate’s supply chain, with all parties signing up to a set of principles ...
Local innovation helps pave the way for decommissioning
11 March 2010
An 18 month characterisation project using laser and gamma scanning technology within the early primary separation plant at Sellafield has now been completed, paving the way for future decommissioning work ...
Shipment of highly active waste to the Netherlands commences
11 March 2010
Sellafield Ltd and International Nuclear Services, working in partnership, are in the process of transporting a flask of solid highly active waste to The Netherlands. This is a continuation of ...
Highly active waste arrives in Japan
09 March 2010
The first shipment of highly active waste (HAW) from Sellafield has arrived safely in Japan.
Energize makes final again
09 March 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s Stakeholder Relations team are celebrating this week having been short-listed for a CiB North West award for their internal newspaper, Energize.
Joint nuclear waste and safety conference in Brussels
09 March 2010
Lofoten mot Sellafield, Bellona and Sellafield Ltd have held their latest conference on nuclear waste and safety in Europe and Sellafield, in Brussels.
Spring Supplier Forum hailed a success
26 February 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s latest Supplier Forum has been hailed as the best yet – with 500 people from a range of supply chain companies in attendance.
102 tonne shield door is loaded into place on EPS3 project
22 February 2010
A major milestone in the construction of the Encapsulation Product Store 3 (EPS3) was achieved at Sellafield recently when a 600 tonnes crawler crane was used to lift the 102 ...
Decommissioning of Primary Separation Plant continues
16 February 2010
Comprising over 100 tonnes of steelwork, brick and concrete, six instrument bulges historically used to extract process liquor for analysis in Sellafield’s primary separation plant have been removed from the ...
Capenhurst ladies promote working in the nuclear industry
03 February 2010
At the end of January four ladies from the Capenhurst team took time out to chat to over 100 female students at the Manchester Creative and Media Academy for girls, ...
Decommissioning of historic waste store picks up pace
02 February 2010
Using over 90 tonnes of steel and delivered three weeks earlier than planned, an important decommissioning project that will enable historic waste retrieval operations to commence has taken a major ...
Highly active waste departs UK for Japan
22 January 2010
Sellafield Ltd’s transport of highly active waste (HAW) has departed the UK.
Highly Active Waste returns from Sellafield to overseas customers begins
20 January 2010
The programme of returning solid Highly Active Waste (HAW) from Sellafield to overseas customers has commenced.
Preparations being made to return waste from Sellafield to overseas customers
15 January 2010
The programme of returning solid Highly Active Waste (HAW) from Sellafield to overseas customers is due to commence shortly, as announced on January 6th.
Weather conditions - update advice Friday 8 January 2010
08 January 2010
Work to clear snow and to grit the car park at Hinton House, Risley has proved successful and by Friday morning 8 January 2010, approximately 800 parking spaces were available ...
Adverse weather conditions - company update: Thursday 7 January 2010
07 January 2010
As communicated yesterday, due to severe weather conditions in and around the Risley area, employees based at this site were instructed not to attend work on Wednesday 6 January and ...
Adverse weather conditions - company update
06 January 2010
As we reported yesterday, due to the severe weather conditions in and around the Risley and Capenhurst areas, employees based at these sites were instructed to leave work and not ...
Highly active waste to be repatriated from Sellafield to overseas customers
06 January 2010
The programme of returning solid Highly Active Waste (HAW) from Sellafield to overseas customers will commence shortly. In the near future we will announce the name of the vessel, the ...
Weather conditions
05 January 2010
As employees at our Risley site will be aware, there have been adverse weather conditions and significant snow fall of up to 10 cms in the surrounding areas. The Capenhurst ...
Uranium sent to Russia
04 January 2010
Sellafield Ltd has exported a shipment of reprocessed uranium to Russia for processing to allow its manufacture into new fuel. The uranium is owned by European reprocessing customers in ...
Evaporator D alliance Team achieves 500,000 man hours without a first aid case
18 December 2009
The Evaporator D project alliance team at Sellafield have reached a major milestone of 500,000 man hours without a single first aid case, a tremendous achievement for everyone involved in ...
Capenhurst school kids “well chuffed” at new Sellafield Safety 1st calendar
16 December 2009
Safety representatives from Sellafield Ltd visited Capenhurst Primary School last week to present prizes to children who were the winners of a drawing competition for the new Sellafield Ltd Safety ...
Primary Separation Plant decommissioning project reaches milestone
11 December 2009
Work to decommission the Primary Separation Plant at Sellafield has taken a major step forward with the removal of the entire redundant inventory held in the top section of one ...
Christmas comes early for West Cumberland Hospital
09 December 2009
Christmas has come early for the West Cumberland Hospital thanks to a £2,000 donation from Sellafield Ltd.
Sellafield Ltd reflects on a year of achievement
03 December 2009
Accelerated high hazard reduction and the establishment of a solid base for future progress ... they’re the key achievements at Sellafield Ltd after the company’s first year under new ownership.
EA praises Sellafield Ltd for reaching risk reduction target
03 December 2009
Following the radiological risk reduction and clean up success that was reached in the Solvent Treatment Plant (STP) at Sellafield in November, site regulators - the Environment Agency have praised the ...
Pupils awarded prestigious Arkwright Scholarship
02 December 2009
Two pupils from St Benedict's school are celebrating after being awarded the prestigious Arkwright Scholarship.
Sellafield Ltd celebrates a great season of team work
27 November 2009
This week marks the one year anniversary since Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) took over ownership of Sellafield Ltd.
Return of Highly Active Waste – the journey begins
25 November 2009
A key milestone in the first return of solid highly active waste (HAW) from the Sellafield site to overseas customers has been achieved with the loading of canisters into a ...
Clean up milestone reached at Sellafield
13 November 2009
A major milestone in radiological risk reduction and nuclear clean up has been reached on the Sellafield site.
Latest progress in the Residue Export Facility
12 November 2009
The Residue Export Facility (REF) at Sellafield has entered the final stage of preparation before commencing the first return of solid highly active waste to overseas customers.
NDA statement regarding the future of SMP
27 October 2009
Sellafield Ltd welcomes today's statement from our customer, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) regarding the future of the Sellafield Mox Plant (SMP).
Beach monitoring trials
05 October 2009
Trials of new beach monitoring equipment, known generically as ‘the Groundhog’ are planned to take place on the beach near Drigg.
Sellafield Utilities team safety success benefits charities
02 October 2009
Congratulations to Sellafield Ltd’s Utilities team who have achieved more than 2000 days without a lost time accident lasting more than three days.
Sellafield Ltd supports Radio Warrington
01 October 2009
Sellafield Ltd has donated £500 to purchase two computers for the new Radio Warrington studios based at Cinnamon Brow Community Centre.
IOSH nomination for SPRS team
21 September 2009
It was congratulations all round when the Sellafield Product Residues Store (SPRS) project team, recently received notification that the project had been nominated as one of the finalists in the ...
Capenhurst colleagues attend BP safety forum in Shetland
10 September 2009
Three Capenhurst employees have just returned from a trip to the Shetland Isles for a quarterly BP Safety Reps Forum.
Rob's bright idea saves the company a fork-tune!
07 September 2009
A simple suggestion from a Sellafield Ltd employee has saved the company nearly £19,000.
20 year safety success for waste teams
17 August 2009
A cumulative total of 20 years has been worked without a single lost time accident by teams within the Waste and Effluent Disposition Directorate.
SPRS team reach two years without a lost time accident
06 August 2009
Congratulations go to the Sellafield Product Residues Store (SPRS) project team who recently recorded two years without a lost time accident.
Thorp milestone reached
09 July 2009
Thorp has reached a significant milestone having sheared its 6,000th tonne of fuel.
Encapsulated Product Store acheives major milestone
02 July 2009
The Encapsulated Product Store 3 (EPS3) project team have achieved a major milestone, completing the first roof concrete pour more than five weeks ahead of schedule.
North West Newspaper Award Winners 2009 announced
19 June 2009
The winners in the 2009 North West Newspaper Awards have been announced at a ceremony in Chester.
Sellafield Clean Up Success
17 June 2009
One of Sellafield’s most significant, long-standing environmental risks has been cleaned up.
CIPS Council Appointment
17 June 2009
A member of Council is the latest accolade to be given to Sellafield Ltd’s Robert Astall, Head of Procurement Profession by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS). Robert ...
Route to process MOX fuel
09 June 2009
A statement is being made at today’s meeting of the West Cumbria Sites Stakeholder Group (WCSSG) Commercial Sub committee on the final route chosen to process un-used MOX fuel currently ...
It’s blooming marvellous at Capenhurst!
04 June 2009
Three green fingered employees from Capenhurst got out their trowels to plant some flowers as part of World Environment Day 2009.
5000th container of high level waste vitrified at Sellafield
03 June 2009
A major milestone was reached at Sellafield last night with the production of the 5000th container of high level solid waste being completed in the site’s vitrification plant.
Evaporator B return to service
28 May 2009
Evaporator B is in the process of being returned to service to support reprocessing on the Sellafield site, as a result of the successful completion of detailed technical investigations. There ...
2009 North West Newspaper Awards nominees announced
26 May 2009
Sellafield Ltd is delighted to announce the shortlist of nominations for the 2009 North West Newspaper Awards.
Engineering support radiates success
26 May 2009
An undergraduate working on a project supported by Sellafield Ltd has won a prize for the quality of his work. Engineering Design Capability’s CAE Centre of Expertise has supported the ...
Technical and engineering teams form new partnership
26 May 2009
Two newly formed directorates are working together to support the delivery of Sellafield Ltd’s operations and decommissioning commitments.
Capenhurst names Claire House as charity of the year
21 May 2009
Sellafield Ltd has announced that Claire House Children’s Hospice is to be its charity of the year, as chosen by employees at the Capenhurst site.
Capenhurst announces enhanced funding to progress two major projects
21 May 2009
Enhanced funding has been announced for Sellafield Ltd to progress the development of two major projects at the site it operates at Capenhurst in Cheshire.
Sellafield Ltd passes skills test at Excellence in Cumbria Awards!
18 May 2009
There were plenty of reasons to celebrate for Sellafield Ltd representatives at the recent Excellence in Cumbria Awards 2009.
Riding on a SEAs of success
13 May 2009
Sellafield Ltd’s Pauline Farrell, was recently presented with a Highly Commended Award for Most Dedicated STEM Ambassador at a national award ceremony in the House of Lords.
North West Newspaper Awards 2009 - deadline extended
07 May 2009
North West Newspaper Awards 2009
Radioactive waste and uranium successfully returned to Sweden
28 April 2009
Sellafield Ltd and International Nuclear Services (INS) have successfully returned Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) and uranium product to its Swedish customer AB SVAFO.
You’re hired! Sellafield Ltd and West Cheshire College launch apprentice scheme
09 April 2009
Sellafield Ltd’s site at Capenhurst has joined forces with West Cheshire College to launch a new apprentice scheme backed by business supremo Alan Sugar.
Partnering Charter
01 April 2009
A Partnering Charter between INS and Sellafield Ltd was signed on 24 March 2009. The Charter sets out the vision, principles and behaviours that both organisations will adopt in ...
Capenhurst launches Safety 1st campaign for fourth successive year
26 March 2009
Capenhurst’s Safety 1st launch this week ensured that safety will be at the forefront of everyone’s minds as the site looks to its new future.
Crane helps lift Capenhurst towards a new future
17 March 2009
Capenhurst moved a step closer to a new future this week with the arrival of a 200 tonne crane on site that was brought in to remove redundant parts ...
Capenhurst shapes up for a big future as final demolition project is completed
17 March 2009
Capenhurst’s final demolition project has been completed, clearing the way for a new future at the site that could hold great opportunities for Sellafield Ltd employees and the Nuclear Decommissioning ...
Cheshire Handyvan
25 February 2009
Sellafield Ltd recently donated £1,000 towards the Help the Aged security service known as HandyVan, a service enabling older people to feel safe in their own homes.
Safety success at Flask Maintenance
12 February 2009
Congratulations to teams at the Cuboid Flask Maintenance Facility who have achieved over eight years without a Lost Time Accident (LTA).
Contractors at Sellafield: Industrial action
02 February 2009
Contractors working on the Sellafield site have decided to undertake a day of industrial action in support of workers at the Lindsey Oil Refinery in North Lincolnshire.
Hail Fellow
27 January 2009
Joshua Rice, who works within the recycling operations safety support team in Thorp, has been recognised for his significant contributions in the field of safety by being awarded Chartered Fellowship ...
Prime Minister welcomed to Sellafield
23 January 2009
Sellafield Ltd was delighted to welcome Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Mike O’Brien MP, Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, to the Sellafield site today ...
New Managing Director of Sellafield Ltd
15 January 2009
A joint statement was issued today by Nuclear Management Partners (NMP). Sellafield Ltd and the NDA announcing that William (Bill) Poulson has been appointed Managing Director and Chairman of the Sellafield ...
Sellafield Ltd workers boost local charities
15 January 2009
Last year saw many Sellafield Ltd employees take time out to raise money for local charities with fantastic results being achieved.
Drive to recruit graduates
15 January 2009
Sellafield Ltd has started a campaign to recruit around 60 graduates for 2009.
Special achievement recognition for Sellafield Ltd employee
13 January 2009
Head of Sellafield’s Procurement Profession, Robert Astall has just been presented with a special achievement award - recognising the work he has done in supporting the Chartered Institute of Purchasing ...
Deck the halls
17 December 2008
Year six students from St Mary’s School, Kells Whitehaven, enjoyed a workshop with a difference when they visited the Yottenfews Environmental project at Sellafield recently.
Sellafield Ltd helps replenish stolen toys at Warrington Hospital
16 December 2008
This year, instead of sending Christmas cards, Sellafield Ltd has donated £500 worth of goods to the Children’s Ward at Warrington Hospital.
Final gloveboxes removed for redundant facility
05 December 2008
Sellafield Ltd achieved a major milestone at the end of November as the final of 57 gloveboxes was removed from a redundant fuel fabrication facility on the Sellafield site.
Safety success rewards local charities
02 December 2008
Teams from the Plutonium Finishing and Stores (PF&S) at Sellafield have presented £2000 to two local charities, to mark their safety achievement of six years without a lost time accident.
Prince's Trust success for Bolton Wanderer's Football Club
27 November 2008
Pauline Deans from Sellafield Ltd went along to present the Partnership Innovation Award, at The Prince’s Trust Celebrate Success Awards, in Liverpool on 24 November.
NDA secures new delivery partner for £22 billion Sellafield Ltd contract
24 November 2008
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) today completed one of the UK’s largest and most complex public procurement programmes when the shares in Sellafield Ltd transferred from British Nuclear Fuels Ltd ...
West Lakes Academy
18 November 2008
Representatives of Sellafield Ltd joined fellow sponsors and other invited guests at the formal opening of the West Lakes Academy in Egremont on Friday.
World Quality Event at Sellafield
17 November 2008
Efficiency was celebrated on 11 November at Sellafield Ltd’s first World Quality Event held at the Sellafield Centre.
Japanese Picture Exchange
14 November 2008
The opening ceremony of Sellafield Ltd’s ninth annual Japanese Picture Exchange took place on Monday 20th October at the Lakes College, to celebrate the exhibition of more than 100 children’s ...
Engineering education scheme
13 November 2008
Teams of Year 12 pupils from St Benedicts school have been working alongside engineers from Sellafield to explore solutions to a number of real engineering related problems encountered on the ...
Teachers on tour
13 November 2008
A school trip with a difference was the order of the day for a party of secondary school teachers who recently enjoyed a visit to Sellafield site. Twelve teachers from ...
Lights, camera, action....
13 November 2008
A group of pupils from Millom school made a bid for TV stardom earlier this year, becoming presenters on Sellafield's very own mock-up news programme. Guided by a team from ...
The next generation
13 November 2008
We were proud to sponsor and attend the Connexions Cumbria two-day career awareness event
Girl Power
13 November 2008
Girls ruled at Sellafield in May as 80 Year 8 students from Cockermouth, St Benedicts and Beacon Hill school took part in a range of science and engineering challenges. The ...
Rocking robots
13 November 2008
Working in partnership with the Cumbria STEM Centre and Aim Higher, we hosted a number of Robodance
Meet our Science and Engineering Ambassadors
13 November 2008
Our events could not take place without Sellafield's 180 Science and Engineering Ambassadors who offer their expertise, experience and enthusiasm to help young people to learn. They come from a ...
Sellafield Ltd presents IChemE Engineering Excellence Award
05 November 2008
Sellafield Ltd recently sponsored an award at the annual IChemE Awards ceremony for Innovation and Excellence 2008 designed to encourage, celebrate and reward innovation and excellence in the field of ...
Japanese Picture Exchange
05 November 2008
The opening ceremony of Sellafield Ltd’s ninth annual Japanese Picture Exchange took place on Monday 20th October at the Lakes College, to celebrate the exhibition of more than 100 children’s ...
Sellafield Ltd scrums down with Capenhurst RUFC Club to tune of £1000
21 October 2008
Sellafield Ltd has provided £1000 to sponsor Capenhurst RUFC.
Youngsters find that life's a hoot down at Yottenfews
16 October 2008
Children visiting the Yottenfews environmental project got even closer than expected to nature recently when they discovered they were sharing the classroom with a barn owl.
Japanese Picture Exchange 2008
16 October 2008
The opening ceremony of Sellafield Ltds ninth annual Japanese Picture Exchange is being held on Monday 20th October at the Lakes College, to celebrate the exhibition of more than 100 ...
Sellafield's role in Britain's Energy Coast
15 October 2008
Coming soon... Conference at Rheged on 'Sellafield's Role in Britain's Energy Coast'
Young Enterprise
15 October 2008
Students aged 15 to 19 set up and run their company over the course of one academic year. They elect a board of directors from amongst their peers, raise share ...
Engineering Education Scheme
15 October 2008
The Engineering Education Scheme has, since 1985, provided more than 12,000 young people with an insight into the world of engineering. It is part of the Royal Academy of Engineering¹s ...
Christmas comes early for Hensingham Centre
10 October 2008
Sellafield Ltd has made a £9950 donation to the Adult Centre at Hensingham. The money has enabled the facility to purchase five new items of equipment designed to help improve ...
Macmillan coffee mornings
09 October 2008
Our employees held a number of coffee mornings across our sites at the end of September, raising over £2,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Youngsters find that life's a hoot down at Yottenfews
23 September 2008
Children visiting the Yottenfews environmental project got even closer than expected to nature recently when they discovered they were sharing the classroom with a barn owl.
100 mile bike ride raises £1,780 for sick children
22 September 2008
Sellafield Ltd employee, Paul Hardon enjoyed a well-earned pint after completing a 100-mile cycle
Employees get to grips with the community make-over project
19 September 2008
"It always looks so easy on television, but it’s not just about some new pictures and cushions and a vase of flowers to add those finishing touches”, said Nick Connelly ...
Sellafield video podcasts open door to site
16 September 2008
Have you ever wondered what happens inside the Sellafield site fence?
James Cracknell helps reward talent at Sellafield
16 September 2008
OLYMPIC rower James Cracknell, OBE is no stranger to achievement and was therefore the ideal choice to present prizes to the winners of Sellafield Ltd’s first Celebration of Achievements Awards. ...
De-sludging activities clear the way
11 September 2008
Work to decommission one of the highest hazards at Sellafield took a major step forward this week with the start of de-sludging activities in the Windscale Pile Fuel Storage Pond. ...
Sellafield Ltd scoops top prizes at CIPS awards
09 September 2008
SELLAFIELD Ltd is celebrating after winning two prestigious Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Awards.
Coming soon... Conference at Rheged on 'Sellafield's Role in Britain's Energy Coast'
29 August 2008
Sellafield will be the subject of a conference taking place at the Rheged Centre on Friday 24th October 2008. 'Sellafield's Role in Britain's Energy Coast' will include presentations on the ...
Sludge retrieval is big step in cleaning up historic legacy
28 August 2008
An important programme in helping to clean up legacy waste, the floc retrieval project has recovered and encapsulated over 1,000 cubic metres of historic waste in the form of sludges ...
Snowball effect sends Willie on a VIP trip – by Royal Appointment
28 August 2008
Having tea with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh was just one of the highlights of a VIP trip to London for the secretary of Sellafield’s Snowball charity.
Store construction team set new record
22 August 2008
ONE of the largest ever concrete pours in Sellafield history has taken place during the construction
Modules in place ahead of schedule
22 August 2008
After 40,000 hours worked and three weeks ahead of schedule, the final storage module has been installed in the Sellafield Product Residue Store.
Ex-employees visit Capenhurst during a recent open day
20 August 2008
‘Great to be back on site’ was the overall view from ex-employees who recently called in at Capenhurst during the open days held recently.
One of largest concrete pours at Sellafield
01 August 2008
A successful major concrete pour on the construction of Encapsulated Product Store 3 (EPS3) saw the combined Sellafield Ltd / Laing O’Rourke EPS3 project team set another project performance record ...
Thorp Uranium Recycled
31 July 2008
In the last week, Sellafield Ltd has exported a shipment of reprocessed uranium to Russia for manufacture into new fuel. The uranium which is owned by European customers is the ...
PLANS to turn West Cumbria into Britain’s Energy Coast
23 July 2008
PLANS to turn West Cumbria into Britain’s Energy Coast have been unveiled by Business Secretary John Hutton at The Sellafield Centre today.
Uniform to work day
21 July 2008
The dress code at Sellafield was a little more formal for some employees than normal recently, as they spruced up and polished their buttons to wear their uniform to work ...
Parent Body Organisation – Preferred bidder announced
11 July 2008
Today the NDA has announced Nuclear Management Partners Ltd, consisting of Washington International Holdings Ltd., AMEC and AREVA NC as the preferred bidder for the role of Parent Body Organisation ...
Helping others avoid major accidents
04 July 2008
Sellafield Ltd’s director for environment, health, safety and quality recently accepted and invitation to speak at a prestigious health and safety conference at the Queen Elizabeth Conference Hall in London. ...
NEBOSH is no bother for Hayley
03 July 2008
Congratulations to Hayley Hebson, environmental advisor Sellafield Ltd who has won the Martin Bessant Award for the highest achievement in the NEBOSH (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health) specialist ...
Payroll Giving Gold Award 2008
25 June 2008
Sellafield Ltd has been awarded The Payroll Giving Gold Award 2008 for fostering a culture of committed giving in the workplace, by making the payroll giving scheme available to employees.
£5,000 donation helps buy new mini-bus for Scouts
24 June 2008
The company recently made a £5,000 donation to the Harrington Scout Group to put towards a new 17-seater van. Group scout leader, Andrew Brown, scout leaders Simon Martin and Andrew Hardy, Beaver ...
New Pond for Yottenfews
23 June 2008
Year two pupils from Gosforth School were recently selected to open a new pond at the
World Environment Day in the Maldives
23 June 2008
‘Lump bunch’ do the moonwalk
23 June 2008
Two sisters from Sellafield Ltd were among a group of 15,000 participants who donned their bras and took to the streets of London to take part in the annual ‘Moonwalk’ ...
Winners of the 2008 North West Newspaper Awards Announced
23 June 2008
The North West’s leading journalists collected prize money totalling some £5,000 at Sellafield Ltd sponsored North West Newspaper Awards presentation lunch at the Sellafield Centre Cumbria on 20 June 2008. ...
Monte Carlo Users Group - 14th Annual Conference
17 June 2008
Sellafield Ltd hosted the 14th Annual Conference of the UK Monte Carlo Users Group (MCNEG 2008) at the Birchwood Conference Centre at Risley. Some 80 delegates from 8 countries attended ...
Sellafield Ltd reponse to Government White Paper
12 June 2008
Sellafield Ltd response to the Government White Paper on Managing Radioactive Waste Safely
Arrival of the Pacific Heron
12 June 2008
A new PNTL vessel, the Pacific Heron, has arrived at her home port of Barrow-in-Furness.
Sellafield scores hat-trick in CIPS awards nominations
10 June 2008
Sellafield Ltd is celebrating a hat-trick today after reaching the final of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Awards 2008 with nominations in three categories.
Sellafield couples hoping to 'win their wedding'
08 June 2008
Lucky couples with Sellafield connections are hoping to scoop a big prize next week – their dream weddings, all paid for.
20 year anniversary for Sellafield Visitors Centre
06 June 2008
TODAY marks the twenty year anniversary since the opening of the Sellafield Centre.
Another first for Capenhurst
05 June 2008
Capenhurst is the first UK nuclear site to use rope access instead of scaffolding to access areas that cannot be reached by scaffolding or scissor lifts.
Resident Engineer Safety Awards at Sellafield
03 June 2008
Winners of this year’s Resident Engineer Safety Awards were presented with safety shields at the Sellafield Contractors Charity dinner, held recently at the Washington Central, Workington.
2008 North West Newspaper Awards nominees announced
25 May 2008
Sellafield Ltd is pleased to announce the nominations for the 2008 North West Newspaper Awards. The event now in its seventeenth year received record entries in all categories
Copeland MP to make first pour
08 May 2008
COPELAND MP Jamie Reed will be at Sellafield on Friday to help with the first concrete pour on a major decommissioning project, and receive a cheque for £1,000 on behalf ...
Sellafield Ltd awarded certification
08 May 2008
Notification has been received from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) of Sellafield Ltd's success in being awarded Certification in respect of its Purchasing Policies and Procedures. ...
North West Newspaper Awards – you still have time to enter
05 May 2008
You still have time to enter this year’s awards and be in with a chance of winning a slice of that £5,000 prize money.
International Agency for research on cancer (IARC)
30 April 2008
International Agency for research on cancer (IARC)
TV Presenter Fiona Armstrong to host North West Newspaper Awards
23 April 2008
Respected broadcaster Fiona Armstrong has been announced as the host of the North West Newspaper Awards, which are being held at the Sellafield Centre.
Students celebrate success
21 April 2008
Students celebrate success in new nuclear degree programme
Changes to the Sounding of the Sellafield Emergency Siren
15 April 2008
FROM 1st MAY 2008 the arrangements for sounding the site emergency siren will change. For many years the arrangements have been that the site siren would only be sounded when ...
Charity night hailed a success
07 April 2008
A race-night to raise money for Sellafield Ltd’s charity of the year for 2008 – the Meningitis Research Foundation – was a huge success.
Calder wins fifth consecutive RoSPA Gold Medal Award
02 April 2008
Calder Hall has been awarded the prestigious RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Gold Award for Occupational Health and Safety performance for the ninth consecutive year, resulting in ...
Capenhurst completes second major contaminated building demolition in six weeks
02 April 2008
Capenhurst’s nuclear clean-up team has completed another major demolition project safely, just over a month after it finished the biggest demolition in UK nuclear history.
‘Safety state of mind’ sees Capenhurst win sixth consecutive safety award
02 April 2008
Capenhurst nuclear clean-up site has won its sixth consecutive safety award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
North West Newspaper Awards 2008 Launched
01 April 2008
Sellafield Ltd has now launched their 17th North West Newspaper Awards with prize money totalling £5,000 across seven categories. The awards, sponsored by Sellafield Ltd and organised through the North ...
Windscale Transition
01 April 2008
Today sees the integration of the Windscale site with the Sellafield site. This follows over a year of preparatory work to ensure necessary licence arrangements are in place to allow ...
Jamie Reed visits Sellafield to open tea bar
28 March 2008
COPELAND MP Jamie Reed has been at Sellafield today to officially open a recently refurbished staff tea bar within Sellafield’s Effluent Treatment Plant.
Supplier Forum April 2008
26 March 2008
Our next Supplier Forum is being held on Tuesday 22nd April, 2008.
Thorp restart
26 March 2008
We started to shear fuel on 28 January for what is the second campaign of fuel since Thorp was shutdown in April 2005. Approximately 1te of fuel was sheared before ...
Energy efficiency accreditation
20 March 2008
Sellafield Ltd has been re-accredited for its energy efficiency.
Supplier Network
10 March 2008
We have today launched a new supplier networking tool.
Capenhurst's decommissioning progress and safety record praised following visit by Nuclear Decommissioning Authority CEO
28 February 2008
Capenhurst’s nuclear clean-up and safety performance has been praised by the chief executive of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which is the owner of the decommissioning site and the body in ...
Capenhurst completes biggest demolition in UK nuclear history
22 February 2008
Capenhurst’s nuclear clean-up team has completed the UK nuclear industry’s biggest demolition project as the site nears the completion of its decommissioning programme.
Celebrating business improvement
14 February 2008
Peter Bainbridge, a manufacturing engineer in the Vitrification Plant, has just become the hundredth candidate to complete an NVQ in Business Improvement techniques, at the same time becoming the first ...
Decommissioning looks to the future
11 February 2008
The future looks bright for Sellafield Ltd employee Heather Moore, originally an engineering apprentice at GlaxoSmithKline, who has become a key player in formulating the future decommissioning strategies at Sellafield. ...
End of an era for the Pacific Teal
11 February 2008
One of the Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) fleet of ships used for transporting nuclear fuel between the UK and Japan has been taken out of service and sent for ...
SPRS team achieves 500,000 man hours since last LTA
07 February 2008
The Sellafield Product Residue Store (SPRS) project reached a major milestone of 500,000 man hours and six consecutive months without a Lost Time Accident on Wednesday 6 February, a tremendous ...
VIP trip to Yottenfews for Bookwell School pupils
07 February 2008
A group of primary school children enjoyed a VIP visit to Yottenfews and the Visitors Centre after one of the pupils won a competition to design a safety poster for ...
Sellafield Ltd hands over £20k to the Senhouse Centre
07 February 2008
Sellafield Ltd has donated £20,000 to the Whitehaven Community Trust to go towards the development of the Senhouse Centre.
Book sales raise £2k
05 February 2008
RISLEY based employee, Jean Dickinson, has raised almost £2,000 over the last twelve months, having organised four book, video and CD sales in the site’s Café Continental. The money will ...
Work starts on clearing Calder Hall tower rubble
05 February 2008
SATURDAY 29 September 2007 saw the safe and successful explosive demolition of the four cooling towers at Calder Hall. Although this was the end of the highly visible demolition work, ...
Joe's quick-thinking averts office blaze
05 February 2008
A SELLAFIELD contract cleaner has been rewarded by his employers, Mitie, after his quick thinking and dedication to duty prevented a fire.
Fancy that! Dolled-up staff raise £982
05 February 2008
THE Iron Mountain team from Sellafield Ltd’s Records Management at Risley hit the halls of Hinton House donned in fancy dress with buckets in hand to raise a grand total ...
Kids' art brightens up demolition site
05 February 2008
A REGENERATION project in Egremont got off to a colourful start in December thanks to a Sellafield Ltd supported exhibition of local artwork.
'Working at Sellafield's not so different from other industries'
01 February 2008
As part of yesterday's launch of the National Skills Academy Nuclear, Sellafield Ltd employee Kylie McCarthy has been interviewed by BBC News Online about working in the nuclear industry and ...
LTA success for Capenhurst
24 January 2008
Workers at our Capenhurst site have delivered more than 1.5 million man hours of work – equivalent to more than four years, without a single Lost Time Accident (LTA). Capenhurst’s ‘Safety ...
Celebrating quality
21 January 2008
Sellafield Ltd employees, Joanne Hughes and Steve Smith, joined over 100 quality professionals from across the UK at the Chartered Quality Institute’s (CQI) annual John Loxham seminar and quality awards ...
Brian checks out of darts championship
21 January 2008
Having come agonisingly close to becoming World Darts Champion, Brian ‘Pecker’ Woods was back at work, albeit briefly, at Neales Waste Management this week.
Cash not cards
21 January 2008
The West Cumberland Hospital has benefited from a donation from staff at the High Level Waste Plant at Sellafield.
INS Achieve Major Milestone in Safety Performance
16 January 2008
INS has achieved a full 12 months without a Days Away Case, giving us a Days Away Case Rate (DACR) of zero. DACR is a measure defined by Occupational Safety ...
Capenhurst winter quiz
10 January 2008
Capenhurst’s lead team, The Lounge Room Lizards, sensationally took the quiz crown at the second quiz in 2007, with the event raising £805 for charity.
The Future of Nuclear Power? Government Consultation
10 January 2008
The government announcement is an exciting major milestone for the nuclear industry, West Cumbria and Sellafield Ltd. Sellafield Ltd will not be directly involved in the build and operation of ...
Sellafield worker aiming for world darts championship glory
10 January 2008
A Sellafield worker is aiming for world darts championship glory on BBC television.
Greedy pigs!
10 January 2008
A Group of Sellafield workers recently took part in a competition to see who could eat the most \'pigs in blankets\' in 10 minutes helping to raise over £1300 for ...
MEB export store open
10 January 2008
Success has been the name of the game in Thorp Receipt and Storage as the new Multi Element Bottle (MEB) Export Facility (MEBXF) has started up.
Sellafield employee takes up mountain rescue role in Coronation Street
10 January 2008
Sellafield worker Alan Prescott has expanded his career to include acting after appearing in ITV 1’s Coronation Street during the filming of a recent storyline set in the Lake District. ...
Vital equipment replaces cards this Christmas
20 December 2007
SELLAFIELD Ltd has handed over more than £2,000 worth of equipment to The West Cumberland Hospital in lieu of sending out official site Christmas cards.
Greedy pigs!
20 December 2007
A group of Sellafield workers are taking part in a competition to see who can eat the most ‘pigs in blankets’ in 10 minutes in a bid to raise at ...
Lifting the lid on Thorp
20 December 2007
The lid was lifted on Thorp this week to allow the installation of a new Medium Active Salt Free Evaporator (MASFE).
Capenhurst decommissioning site reaches another world-class safety landmark
20 December 2007
Capenhurst’s nuclear clean-up site has reached a world-class safety milestone of more than 1.5 million man hours of work – equivalent to more than four years – without any accidents ...
Development work to begin at local rugby club
17 December 2007
EGREMONT Rugby Union Club is to undergo a £500,000 development – the first major improvement in its 130 year history – helped by a grant from Sellafield Ltd.
Human Performance Day hailed a success
13 December 2007
Over 700 people took part in Sellafield’s first ‘Human Performance Day’ held on Thursday 6 December, organised to help raise employee awareness about the importance of utilising ‘human performance tools’ ...
Beach monitoring update
13 December 2007
As part of Sellafield Ltd’s statutory requirement to monitor local beaches, the Environment Agency has recently increased our programme to include locations further away from the site.
Decade without LTA for decontamination centre
13 December 2007
An entire decade has gone by without a Lost time Accident (LTA) occurring in the Decontamination Centre part of Active Area Services, a big achievement for this small but dedicated ...
Employees Charities Fund Awards 2007
13 December 2007
Thanks to the generous efforts of the Sellafield workforce, nearly £9,000 is being handed out to local good causes in the region, just in time for Christmas.
Sellafield staff help boost blood bank
13 December 2007
Despite giving literally thousands of donations over the past 10 years, staff at Sellafield are being called upon to help top up the blood banks by making donations when they ...
West Cumbrian schools take part in Educational skills fair
10 December 2007
Over 800 West Cumbrian students attended an educational Skills Fair held at the Sellafield Visitors Centre on 29 and 30 November 2007.
Calder team complete NVQs
10 December 2007
A team from Calder Hall have successfully completed their National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ’s) in Business Improvement Techniques.
Fun Run pays off
10 December 2007
Thanks to the support of friends, local businesses, and fellow colleagues at Sellafield, Pauline Bell has collected nearly £1500 which will go towards raising awareness and funds for the Meningitis ...
Debating night at VC
10 December 2007
The Sellafield Visitors Centre hosted the final of a debating competition on Monday night, when some of the top young minds in West Cumbria got together to debate nuclear safety. ...
Sellafield workers complete engineers training
06 December 2007
Ten graduates from the Sellafield plant engineers training scheme were congratulated by Managing Director Barry Snelson for the high standards they have shown in reaching their ambitions.
Sellafield Ltd supports regeneration project
06 December 2007
Sellafield Ltd is supporting a regeneration project taking place in Egremont by sponsoring the production of a series of photographic panels featuring an exhibition of local artwork produced by local young people ...
Biodiversity boost
29 November 2007
A grant of £1,500 to the Cumbria Biodiversity Partnership has again strengthened Sellafield Ltd’s commitment to environmental issues.
Audit success
29 November 2007
An audit by Lloyds Register Quality Assurance gave one of Sellafield’s major construction projects a boost last week when it concluded that: “The project was seen to be very well ...
Capenhurst put the police in the picture
23 November 2007
In October Phil Malem attended the opening of the new Police Museum in Cheshire, the only one of its kind, to donate a Fuji camera.
Sellafield?s Fire and Rescue team take up top roles
23 November 2007
Two members of Sellafield’s Fire and Rescue team have recently taken up top roles in two international organisations, aimed at sharing best practice in the field of fire and rescue ...
Sellafield staff raise valuable funds for Children in Need
22 November 2007
On Thursday and Friday of last week, staff at the Sellafield Visitor’s Centre arranged for Pudsey Bear to tour the Sellafield site and Banna Court, helping to raise over £1900 ...
Dinner with the PM for Amy
22 November 2007
Sellafield’s GEN II apprentice Amy Ireland, was lucky enough to be invited to dinner with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at No 10 Downing Street last week, following an invite from ...
'Meet the Buyer 'event
19 November 2007
A ‘Meet the Buyer’ event was held at the Sellafield Visitors Centre on 14 November aimed at enabling West Cumbrian firms to tap into nuclear decommissioning contracts. Over 200 people ...
Sellafield MD picks up MBE
19 November 2007
Sellafield Ltd’s Managing Director, Barry Snelson, picked up his MBE at Buckingham Palace on Friday 2 November, in recognition of his services to the nuclear industry.
Supplier Forum success
19 November 2007
With over 300 people from across the supply chain, the autumn 2007 Supplier Forum proved a networking opportunity not to miss with procurement opportunities for the next six months on ...
SPRS team proudly support veterans? night
19 November 2007
The team currently working on Sellafield’s new Product and Residue Store last night supported a veterans’ night held at the Cleator Moor Celtic Football Club by donating £750 towards the ...
Pudsey Bear's Visit to Sellafield
19 November 2007
Children In Need 2007 saw some of the Sellafield Visitors Centre team and Pudsey Bear out and about around the Sellafield site raising a grand total of £1952 for the ...
Picture exchange hailed a success
16 November 2007
The opening ceremony of Sellafield Ltd’s eighth annual Japanese Picture Exchange was held on Monday 5 November at the Sellafield Visitors Centre celebrating the exhibition of more than 100 children’s ...
Glovebox modification suggestion earns Sellafield worker a national prize
13 November 2007
Sellafield worker, Tony Briscoe, a mechanical fitter in the Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP), has won a national award at the ‘IdeasUK’ annual conference for his modification suggestion to a glovebox ...
Generous Employees donate bonuses to hospital
08 November 2007
A group of health-conscious Sellafield workers have made a donation to the West Cumberland Hospital after going five years without taking a single sick day.
Capenhurst shows the business value of recycling to the tune of ?250,000
06 November 2007
Capenhurst’s nuclear clean-up site has demonstrated the value of industrial recycling by stripping and selling 150 tonnes of redundant copper cabling from storage buildings.
In the pink
05 November 2007
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October the Engineering Design Capability monthly communications brief was gate crashed by some members of the Sellafield Communications team who offered cakes ...
From Risley to Banjul
05 November 2007
RISLEY employees, Alex Allen of Sellafield Ltd and Matt Edwards of Project Services have successfully been selected to take part in this year’s Plymouth to Banjul Rally.
Calder Team?s attendance provides a boost for A&E department
01 November 2007
Having worked five years without a single ‘sick day’, 22 employees from Calder Hall marked the occasion by presenting the West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, with a collection of medical books. ...
SPRS ? final concrete pour completed
01 November 2007
On Tuesday 30 October a significant milestone was achieved on the Sellafield Product and Residue Store (SPRS) project with the final section of the concrete roof being poured.
Visitors Centre hosts Pride Awards
01 November 2007
The Sellafield Visitors Centre hosted the annual Copeland Pride Awards last week, welcoming representatives from local businesses throughout the region as they came together to celebrate the best in what ...
HALES "Golfers" raise money for charity
29 October 2007
HALES (Highly Active Liquors Evaporation and Storage) golfing events are renown for being extremely competitive with Manufacturing and Engineering both competing for the coveted HALES Ryder cup.
Donation hits the right note
25 October 2007
A donation to the tune of £3,500 has been made to ensure that Rosehill Theatre’s International Classical Music Season is the crescendo of its autumn schedule.
LTA Success
25 October 2007
Sellafield’s Nuclear Decommissioning and Major Project’s End State Group are celebrating the completion of an exciting year of operations at Sellafield without a single Lost Time Accident (LTA).
Tickled Pink
25 October 2007
The Sellafield Communications team were tickled pink on Wednesday as they held a ‘Wear it Pink day’ in the office raising over £70 for Cancer Research UK.
Rheged Conference
22 October 2007
The 2007 UK Waste Management and Decommissioning Conference held on 16-17 October at Rheged, near Penrith, attracted delegates from across the world including a strong contingent from Gold sponsor, Sellafield ...
Summer School Sponsorship
22 October 2007
Capenhurst Site has sponsored a pioneering Clwyd Theatr Cymru summer school in professional technical skills.
Urenco Capenhurst Ltd and Sellafield Ltd donate ?5,000 to Chester Credit Union
22 October 2007
Urenco Capenhurst Ltd and Sellafield Ltd, the two operators of the Capenhurst nuclear licensed site, have jointly donated £5,000 to Chester Credit Union.
Running for charity
22 October 2007
The heat of the moment got to Pauline Bell as she embarked on the Carlisle fun run dressed in the guise of Marvin Meningitis – a large red cartoon mascot ...
Contract signed to design 3m? ILW containers
18 October 2007
Sellafield Ltd recently signed a multi-million pound contract with Derby-based, integrated services and high technology equipment supplier, DAHER Aerospace Ltd, to design, prototype and test a new 3 cubic metre ...
Surfs up!
12 October 2007
A Sellafield Ltd worker and a group of his friends took to the high seas last week as they ‘kite surfed’ 30 miles from the Isle of Man back to ...
Safety scheme donates £1500
12 October 2007
In its policy of rewarding the excellent safety performance of its workforce, the Sellafield Product and Residue Store (SPRS) team has made a further donation of £1,500 to local worthy ...
Doolally swimmers brave 13 icy lochs
12 October 2007
ICY water, midges and mythical monsters were not enough to deter a group of Sellafield workers from swimming in 13 Scottish lochs to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
Dad and son prove they are made of strong stuff
12 October 2007
MAGNOX Projects engineer Dave Hamlett and his son Chris are the proud owners of Ironman finishers’ medals for the fourth year.
Whirlwind win for Tornado go-karters
12 October 2007
THE Tornado Devils from St Begh’s School, Whitehaven, with help from Sellafield’s Engineering and Science Ambassadors (SEAS), took the chequered flag in this year’s go-kart race organised by St Benedict’s ...
Scouts say "Konichiwa Cumbria!"
12 October 2007
JAPANESE scouts recently visited the Sellafield Visitors Centre as part of the centenary of scouting celebration.
Karate kicks for hospital funds
12 October 2007
A CHEQUE for £1,600 was presented to the West Cumberland Hospital’s Cancer Support Centre by Sellafield engineer, Chris Denwood, chief instructor of West Cumbria’s karate research group, the ESKK (Eikoku ...
Charities get a £5k safety boost
12 October 2007
A FANTASTIC £5,000 has been awarded to a range of charities as a result of employees’ excellent safety performance.
Local groups benefit from new fund
12 October 2007
LOCAL community groups in west Cumbria are set to benefit from a newSellafield SiteFund,whichhas backing from the nuclear industry.
Safety cash will help youth group buy bus
12 October 2007
A GROUP of Sellafield Ltd and contractor-supplied employees recently handed over a cheque for £750 to the Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project.
Students make trip of a lifetime
12 October 2007
A TRIP to the Far East has given a group of west Cumbrian students a taste of Japanese life and culture they will never forget.
Royal opening
12 October 2007
A ROYAL welcome from the people of Millom greeted HRH the Duke of Kent as he arrived in the town to open the state-of-the-art network centre, above.
Amanda drops in
12 October 2007
AMANDA Preston, admin manager at Calder, leapt from a plane at Cark Airfield near Grange-over-Sands as one half of a sponsored tandem sky dive to raise money for the Fairfield ...
Hot, hot, honeymoon!
12 October 2007
Carrying your new wife over the doorway is the tradition, but carrying her over miles of Chilean desert while she nurses a foot infection is another matter.
50 years erased in seconds - Calder Hall's cooling towers are demolished
29 September 2007
Sellafield Ltd. today reached an important milestone in the clean-up of the UK’s nuclear legacy with the successful demolition of four cooling towers at Calder Hall nuclear power station, West ...
Sellafield Ltd wins 'positive action award'
28 September 2007
Sellafield Ltd was recently honoured at the ‘Positive Action Awards North West 2007’ for illustrating exemplary practice in the fields of employment, service delivery and individual merit.
Chartership challenge for Sellafield mentors
27 September 2007
Mechanical engineers aiming to gain further accreditation by joining the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) have been helped by a series of workshops at Sellafield to strengthen their application.
Major Milestone in SIXEP
26 September 2007
The Sellafield Ion Exchange Effluent Plant (SIXEP) has just achieved a major milestone in its history with the discharging of its hundredth ion exchange bed.
Tanner?s triumph
21 September 2007
Sellafield’s Steve Tanner was jubilant at scooping the best Young Purchasing and Supply Management Professional of the Year award at an award ceremony in London.
Capenhurst nominated for safety award
20 September 2007
Capenhurst's 'Safety First' approach toward the workplace is not only reaping rewards on site but is getting them noticed outside the nuclear profession for their commitment to safety.
Engineering Design Capability teams up with Capenhurst to save ?500,000
13 September 2007
A PARTNERSHIP between Engineering Design Capability and the Capenhurst site has saved £500,000 from the costs of demolishing the UK’s first uranium enrichment facility at Capenhurst’s decommissioning site, using a ...
Official opening marks end of three-year project
13 September 2007
A CEREMONIAL opening of the new Waste Handling Facility at Sellafield, marking the end of a three year construction project, was held on 11 July.
Waste teams help cut LLWR pressure
13 September 2007
EXCELLENT work across Decommissioning group has seen business improvements achieved by Sellafield Ltd’s waste teams.
National asset redistribution promises major cost savings
13 September 2007
HUGE savings are promised as a scheme to relocate major nuclear site assets, devised by Sellafield’s business improvements team, receives Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) backing.
Store team takes pride in 11-year safety record
13 September 2007
THE Miscellaneous Beta Gamma Waste Store (MBGWS) continues its impressive safety record as it passes the 11 year mark and maintains its perfect run without a Loss Time Accident.
Date Agreed For Historic Calder Hall Towers Demolition
13 September 2007
The Calder Hall Towers Demolition Team received excellent news today with the receipt of the Licensed Instrument, the final consent document from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate to allow the demolition ...
Calder Towers Demolition Project - Provisional date set for demolition
07 September 2007
As momentum gains for the final phases of the Cooling Towers Demolition Project and to allow for the planning of essential resource, we feel it is now appropriate to start ...
Capenhurst tops UK's nuclear decommissioning performance tables
29 August 2007
Capenhurst’s nuclear decommissioning site is top of all UK decommissioning sites for its safety record, progress against schedules and costs.
Test blast success brings Calder Hall cooling towers demolition a step closer
13 August 2007
Sellafield Ltd, the nuclear site management and decommissioning specialist, has declared its weekend test blast of the Calder Hall cooling towers a complete success.
These boots were made for savings
09 August 2007
It's both feet in for a team in Decommissioning as they develop their 'cover shoe' concept.
The final farewell to PCM
09 August 2007
Last transfer of material to Sellafield site marks the end of a long-standing commitment to the local community
Local groups benefit as Pacific Teal dismantled
09 August 2007
Equipment is donated to worthy causes
Another step closer for towers demolition
08 August 2007
The four Calder Hall Cooling Towers have now moved another step closer to demolition following permission from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate to carry out the next phase of the project, ...
PNTL welcomes two new additions to fleet
23 July 2007
Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) is delighted to announce the order of two new purpose built ships for transporting radioactive materials.
Appointment of Commercial Director, International Nuclear Services
19 July 2007
I am delighted to announce a further development in the evolution of the International Nuclear Services (INS) organisation following its establishment in October 2006. INS is a subsidiary company of ...
Hinton House launches Union Learning Centre
13 July 2007
THE UNION Learning Centre at Hinton House, Risley has been formally opened by guest of honour Helen Jones MP for Warrington North and Barry Snelson, Managing Director of Sellafield Ltd. ...
PCM Retrieval Complete
13 July 2007
The Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) team are celebrating the return of the final consignment of bulk Plutonium Contaminated Material (PCM) to Sellafield from the repository.
We've all gone batty!!!
29 June 2007
Capenhurst restarts demolition as bats enjoy new luxury 'loft-style' living.
MBE for Sellafield's Director
20 June 2007
Sellafield's Managing Director, Barry Snelson, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in recognition of his services to the nuclear industry.
Commercial Director named as US Consul
20 June 2007
Sellafield’s Commercial Director, Steve Morgan, was sworn in as a Consul to the United States Navy for Whitehaven, by the Mayor of Copeland on Saturday 16 June.
Large deliveries to the LLWR
20 June 2007
The first of four large deliveries to the Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) will be made on Tuesday 26 June.
PNTL launches the Pacific Heron
10 May 2007
The launch of a new INF 3 class vessel, the Pacific Heron, for the Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) fleet took place today in Japan. Japanese shipbuilders Mitsui Engineering and ...
Innovative thinking improves throughput.
09 August 2006
Innovative thinking has resulted in a 20 per cent increase in throughput for British Nuclear Group in the THORP store.
British Nuclear Group maximises storage tank capacity
09 August 2006
The innovative use of a robotic device has helped British Nuclear Group maximise the capacity of the buffer storage tanks in the Site Ion Exchange Effluent Plant (SIXEP) at Sellafield, ...
1,000,000 man hours without a lost time accident at Capenhurst
07 August 2006
On Monday 30 July 2006, British Nuclear Group\'s decommissioning team at Capenhurst passed the milestone of 1,000,000 manhours spent on decommissioning and clean-up work without a lost time accident (LTA). ...
British Nuclear Group publishes socio economic report for Sellafield
03 August 2006
The latest Sellafield Economic Plan (SEP) for 2006/07 has been submitted to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. It builds on last year\'s plan and a 20 year track record of delivering ...
Safety focus pays off at Capenhurst
26 July 2006
Maintaining a firm focus on safety is paying off for Capenhurst as the whole site has recently achieved a full year without a lost time accident (LTA).
By royal appointment
26 July 2006
Theatr Clwyd Cymru played host to a royal visit when His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, and the Duchess of Cornwall were touring the area.
Transforming the past - safely!
26 July 2006
‘SAFETY is a given’. This continued message from British Nuclear Group\'s Andy Scargill, decommissioning project superintendent, paid off in style as his decommissioning team proudly exceeded 12 months without a ...
British Nuclear Group's safety boost for charities
26 July 2006
Safety is top of the bill for workers at Sellafield’s Effluents and Encapsulation plants (E&EP). Celebrating a successful twelve months work with no injuries, the teams are now planning to ...
Daniel rises to the challenge!
26 July 2006
Sucessfully applying inspiration, imagination and innovation to overcome a challenging problem has resulted in savings of over £1.4 million for Management Services, Sellafield, thanks to the hard work and determination ...
Waste reduction in the low level waste handling facility at Sellafield
26 July 2006
Introducing a new low level waste handling facility in Sellafield’s separation area has resulted in significant reductions to activity declarations.
Highly active storage tank emptied two years early
26 July 2006
Emptying of one of Sellafield’s Highly Active Storage Tanks (HAST) two years ahead of schedule has been successfully achieved. The transfer of the last 59 cubic metres of liquor from ...
British Nuclear Group team beats schedule by 18 months
26 July 2006
Successfully moving over seven thousand drums and 54 crates has resulted in British Nuclear Group\'s Plutonium Contaminated Material (PCM) stores team at Sellafield meeting their target an impressive 18 months ...
Memorial Walk raises money for the British Heart Foundation
26 July 2006
BRITISH Nuclear Group, Sellafield’s Clean Up legacy silos team and Fluor have raised over £2,000 for the British Heart Foundation.
Learning safety lessons from submarines
25 July 2006
SAFETY advisors from British Nuclear Group recently visited BAE Systems in Barrow to see how BAE Systems Submarines manage and control working in confined spaces.
Sealines successfully recovered by British Nuclear Group
24 July 2006
British Nuclear Group has this week successfully completed a three year project to remove three redundant pipelines (sealines) from the beach and offshore at Sellafield. Completion of this multi-million pounds ...
World first for British Nuclear Group
21 July 2006
British Nuclear Group Sellafield Ltd has become the first operator of a nuclear reprocessing facility to join the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), an organisation dedicated to improving the ...
British Nuclear Group completes Sellafield pipeline removal project
07 July 2006
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.
Safety scheme benefits school
23 June 2006
St James’ Infant School in Whitehaven has benefited from British Nuclear Group’s Waste Handling Facility’s Safety Accumulator Scheme. The facility has achieved its first safety milestone by completing the first ...
Safety success
21 June 2006
British Nuclear Group\'s decommissioning team at Sellafield proudly exceeded 12 months without a single Lost Time Accident (LTA) in June. Given the variety of work that the decommissioning team are ...
Archbishop visits Sellafield
16 June 2006
The Archbishop of York, the Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, accompanied by the Bishop of Carlisle, Rt Revd Graham Dow, and the Bishop of Penrith, the Rt ...
Sealine Project reinstates beach
16 June 2006
British Nuclear Group achieved a major project milestone on the Sealine Recovery Project at Sellafield in May with the completion of the reinstatement of the beach adjacent to Sellafield.
Underwater success
22 May 2006
A challenging subsea project to replace and install diffusers to the operational sealines (diffusers are used to help further disperse liquid effluent prior to final discharge to sea) has been ...
Safe delivery of clean-up acceleration on the Sellafield site
19 May 2006
FANTASTIC work by British Nuclear Group at Sellafield has resulted in the safe acceleration of clean-up activities valued at £10 million in the legacy silos.
Sellafield's supplier forum
09 May 2006
OVER 160 suppliers attended the supplier forum held by Management Services Sellafield on 26 April at the Sellafield Training Centre.
Manipulators excel in tests
02 May 2006
British Nuclear Group has successfully completed endurance testing of two Heavy Duty Hydraulic Manipulators.
British Nuclear Group achieves mark of excellence
06 April 2006
British Nuclear Group has been awarded the prestigious Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) certification standard, accepted as a mark of excellence for purchasing policies and procedures.
Sellafield Clean-up team has ?cracked it? again
23 March 2006
A Sellafield safety initiative, ‘Ponds cracked it scheme’, has donated £500 to a further two West Cumbria charities.
Innovation solutions aid PCM recovery
13 March 2006
Innovative solutions have enabled the Plutonium Contaminated Material (PCM) retrievals team at the Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) to recover a number of drums containing PCM waste material which were ...
Clean up continues at Sellafield
09 March 2006
Located in the middle of the Separation Area a redundant storage facility has been successfully demolished, following the successful resolution of a number of major challenges.
Waste Vitrification Plant Successes
08 March 2006
Excellent team work at the Waste Vitrification Plant (WVP) at Sellafield has achieved the highest throughput rates on record from the Vitrification Lines.
Sellafield?s Engineered Drum Store completed
07 March 2006
A successful active commissioning programme, has ensured Sellafield’s newest Engineered Drum Store (EDS3) received the go ahead to commence full operations from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII).
Thorp Feed Clarification Cell ? Latest Update
10 February 2006
British Nuclear Group has continued to make good progress with the work necessary to get Thorp reprocessing facility fully operational again.
44 years of discharges prevented after early end to Sellafield waste programme
26 January 2006
British Nuclear Group, the nuclear site management, decommissioning and clean-up specialist, this week completed the clean-up of historic liquid waste from one of the oldest plants at Sellafield, while preventing ...
A day to remember for Capenhurst
18 January 2006
CAPENHURST had a day to remember in December, when the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA) Chairman, Sir Anthony Cleaver, and Chief Executive, Dr Ian Roxburgh, made a special trip to the ...
Argon plant accelerates Sellafield clean-up project
18 January 2006
Installation of a new argon plant and associated supply systems has taken preparation at the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo at Sellafield one step closer to the next level of waste ...
Major land and sea decommissioning success
18 January 2006
A major land and sea decommissioning project took British Nuclear Group another step forward with the recovery of the final sections of redundant Sealine 1 from the seabed adjacent to ...
First Fuel Exported From Legacy Pond in Fifteen Years
18 January 2006
British Nuclear Group has taken a GIANT step towards reducing hazard at Sellafield with the flawless retrieval of a skip containing Magnox fuel from a legacy storage pond.
British Nuclear Group takes massive steps to improve silo safety
18 January 2006
NEWLY installed cavity sump emptying systems are significantly improving safety within Magnox swarf storage silos, following key work performed as part of the plants ongoing live safety case.
Recognition for British Nuclear Group's support of science and engineering
08 December 2005
British Nuclear Group\'s education and community relations officer at Sellafield, Pauline Farrell, attended a reception in the House of Lords in recognition of the company\'s support for the Science and ...
NDA approval accelerates Capenhurst clean-up programme
30 November 2005
NDA approval accelerates Capenhurst clean-up programme
Record safety performance at Sellafield
30 November 2005
British Nuclear Group has hit a major safety milestone at a plant it manages on the Sellafield site, passing 13 years without a lost time accident.
Rescue submarine technology helps engineers save years on Sellafield clean-up
10 November 2005
British Nuclear Group has used rescue submarine technology, of the same type that freed seven Russian sailors from the bottom of the sea earlier this year, to take a huge ...
British Nuclear Group probe depths
27 October 2005
British Nuclear Group has safely and successfully achieved a key milestone in preparing for future waste retrievals from one of the historic waste storage ponds at Sellafield.
Massive crane lifts Sellafield to clean-up milestone
10 October 2005
British Nuclear Group has used one of Europe’s largest mobile cranes to help its engineers reach a key decommissioning milestone in one of the historic legacy silos at Sellafield.
Environmental standards at Capenhurst earn new ISO 14001
20 September 2005
British Nuclear Group operations at Capenhurst has been awarded the 2004 international system standard for environmental management systems, an impressive seven months ahead of the deadline.
British Nuclear Group awards ?118m contract
13 September 2005
British Nuclear Group has just awarded a £118 million contract to support services and construction company Carillion plc. The contract is to complete the phase two work of the Sellafield ...
Progress on Sellafield Legacy Ponds Project
31 August 2005
Extending support rails over one of Sellafield's legacy ponds is a significant step toward removing the remaining waste inventory from the storage pond using a Sludge Retrieval Machine (SRM).
Further update on the Thorp Feed Clarification Cell
29 July 2005
British Nuclear Group has today published the full Board of Inquiry report into the fractured pipe in the Feed Clarification Cell in Thorp. The incident, which we first reported nine ...
Thorp Feed Clarification Cell Update
27 May 2005
On 22 April, British Nuclear Group reported that a pipe had failed in one of the heavily shielded cells, known as the feed clarification cell, in the Thorp Head End ...
Sealine recovery project
17 May 2005
This significant work involved removal of man made items which have supported the pipelines for over 50 years. A total of approximately 1500 tonnes of concrete and steel used to ...
THORP Feed Clarification Cell
17 May 2005
The discovery was made after a camera inspection of the cell, which is a stainless steel totally secure environment and specifically designed to withstand such pipe failures. There is no ...
Tunnel roof removal
31 March 2005
A vital part of the Solid Waste Storage Silo decommissioning project at Sellafield was completed four weeks early and with no lost-time accidents for over six years when the team ...
World first for Sellafield's Floc Retrieval Plant
31 March 2005
In a world-leading decomissioning project at Sellafield, British Nuclear Group has pumped hundreds of cubic metres of radioactive waste from a tank where it has been stored for the last ...
Graduates take up community challenge
02 November 2004
New entrants to British Nuclear Group\'s graduate programme, including many based at Sellafield, recently got a taste of what it\'s like to work together with the community.
Visitors Centre wins an award
02 November 2004
Sellafield Visitors Centre has been presented with a Positive Action Award 2004 at a ceremony held in Warrington, Cheshire.
Starchaser rockets in to Cumbria
11 October 2004
The Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) West Cumbria branch, supported by Sellafield, gave a dramatic start to their new events season with a visit from the Starchaser rocket and capsule. ...
Chemistry at work event
08 July 2004
A two-day event organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry at the Lakes College in Lillyhall, West Cumbria attracted 400 children from local secondary schools.
Forty years for Reprocessing Plant
06 July 2004
Forty years to the day after becoming operational, Brian Watson, Managing Director, Management Services, Sellafield along with Alan Britcher, Head of Magnox and Calder for British Nuclear Group unveiled a ...
