Dec 15 Watch video: Rough cleaning of Hot Cells in progress
After years of planning and preparatory work, the highly radioactively contaminated Hot Cells are now being cleaned.
After years of planning and preparatory work, the highly radioactively contaminated Hot Cells are now being cleaned.
The first shipment of the many specially designed steel containers to be supplied by Bladt Industries has now arrived at DD. Four so-called moon containers were included in the shipment.
Danish Decommissioning enters into a major contract with Bladt Industries A/S for the supply of custom-made steel containers for radioactive waste.
In a cramped and labyrinthine basement under Hot Cells, a persistent and rapid knocking sounds these days. A couple of DD's employees are cutting open two old tanks.
Good advice and useful knowledge flew through the air last week when Danish Decommissioning hosted the biannual international TAG conference together with Barsebäck Kraft AB.
On 27 October, the Finance Committee of the Folketing approved a document on the decommissioning of the Hot Cell plant.
An ingenious, self-propelled lifting frame has removed five partitions from the so-called Hot Cells in the past week. It was the start of the next phase of the complicated project.
A major part of the work to dismantle the old nuclear facilities is the packaging of radioactive waste in containers. The space in each container must be used to the best of its ability, and it takes both ingenuity and careful planning to get this puzzle to a click.
For the past six months, a group of workers has been demolishing a storage block that stands close to the old DR 3 reactor. The team has to test its mettle to find the most effective methods.
When project engineer Morten Dalby opens his eyes at 5am, he immediately grabs his mobile to remotely start the Danish De commissioning's very own ice machine. A few hours later, a large box of dry ice is ready on the Risø Peninsula to clean environmentally hazardous paint.