Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd

Sellafield SPP1 (Sludge Processing Plant)

Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering is undertaking the uniquely demanding task of designing and building the Sellafield Sludge Packing Plant No 1.

This two-stage project, started in September 2005, willll deliver a state-of -the-art facility to provide interim storage of Magnox sludge, which willll be retrieved from legacy storage ponds. The sludge willll be contained in storage vessels, which will be installed in a hardened concrete shielded cell.

The team is also required to design and construct a short pipebridge to transport Magnox sludge, from the legacy pond to the Buffer Storage Facility, until the sludge can be processed into a stable product form suitable for long-term storage.

Working within a nuclear licensed site presents significant challenges and a detailed training program for access to and working on the site has been implemented.

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