24 May A crossroads of experience
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.
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.
The team in charge of dismantling research reactor Dr 3 should not only concentrate on breaking down the reactor block itself, but also take care of all the elements that have been included in the trials. A basin plays an important role here.
Sometimes you have to build up to break down. In any case, this is the case with research reactor DR 3.
DD has purchased a Brokk demolition robot, and these days it can be seen at the Entreprenør- og Håndværksmesse 2015 in Messecenter Herning.
Preparations for the next major decommissioning project are underway.