The decommissioning of a nuclear power station involves numerous processes to extract, package and store radioactive waste materials. At the Bradwell Magnox station, the FED (Fuel Element Debris) waste was identified as a radiological risk and needed to be safely collected and stored.
SCX Special Projects was contracted to design, engineer, build and install a semi-automatic FED Retrieval solution that would perform multiple waste-handling tasks at the Bradwell site.
As part of the decommissioning of Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, a specialist crane solution was required for extraction, handling, and deposit of FED (Fuel Element Debris).
This included the removal and transport of waste-containing drums, loading of the dissolution vessel, and removal of intermediate level waste (ILW) from the vessel for export. In addition, the crane should serve multiple additional remote handling operations throughout the facility.
SCX Special Projects designed and manufactured a semi-automatic crane with a safe working load (SWL) of 5t, which is protected by our unique MotoSuiveur load arrest device.
Alongside manual control, the operator can use nineteen pre-determined automatic pathways for the accurate coupling of the crane with each of the various load types, maintaining a high level of safety while ensuring ease of use.
