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ARCHIBUS Event

What took place?
at Sellafield The busy day kicked off at 09:30 with a welcome and update presented by MASS’ own Ravi Girn,
followed by a presentation from Ian Gelling. Ian Gelling is the Business Development and
Global Services Manager for ARCHIBUS EMEA. He gave all attendees an ARCHIBUS v24.1
2019 Issue 1 Roadmap. After a quick break, Craig Morton, Business System Manager and Dan Chicken,
ARCHIBUS System Analyst, presented the Sellafield Mobile Deployment and demonstrated how
Where was the event?
Sellafield have imported the BIM 3D model into ARCHIBUS with help from Chris Brown. Chris was
For the first MASS event of 2019 on the 12th of February, David Perkins, Ravi Girn and Martin Matt
up again after the lunch break showcasing the Virtual Reality Modelling with a demonstration
endured a long 6-hour drive (7 hours with stops included) up to Workington, just above the Lake
which was a glimpse into the leading-edge technology being used by Sellafield to explore
District. Or as David established, if they had walked it would have been a 4-day trek, which does
make the 7-hour drive sound more appealing! buildings remotely. In addition to Sellafield, another MASS client also presented -
Richard Kimber from the University of the West of England.(UWE). Richard presented in the style
of a UWE/Fairy tale mashup around the growth of both Hard and Soft FM, at UWE. Closing the
The Melbreak Hotel in Workington was the first location for this 2-day event. On the second day,
very successful and informative day was a presentation of Sellafield’s Strategic Direction and
transport was arranged which took all the delegates
Mobile Working with a Virtual Tour presented by Ian Hughes.
to the Sellafield site itself which is located 30
minutes south of The Melbreak, close to Seascale.
“As A strAtegic pArtner of MAss, we
What is Sellafield?
Sellafield has served the UK for more than 70 were pleAsed to Attend the recent Archibus
years.
user group in cuMbriA, which provided greAt insight
The home of world firsts. Recycling and storing used nuclear fuel. into the new Archibus releAse. leArning About the
It started with a single mission in 1947; the As specialists in spent fuel management,
production of plutonium for Britain’s nuclear Sellafield receives, treats, recycles and enhAnceMents within this releAse Allows us to develop our
deterrent. As the nation’s priorities shifted, the packages all levels of nuclear waste. Our new
site’s evolution included the pioneering of facilities will safely store nuclear fuel for EDF Archibus cApAbility in support of our colleAgues,
nuclear power generation, commercial Energy. Any waste that arises from our overseas
reprocessing, decommissioning of nuclear customers is returned to the country of origin. who we networked with At the event.”
material and waste management. - Tim Lycett – Director – FM Consultancy – WYG.
Guarding the UK’s special nuclear materials.
The result today is a site that represents one of Sellafield was a pioneer in the development of What happened on the Sellafield site tour?
the biggest environmental remediation the nuclear industry in the UK. Now, as global At 9 o’clock the following morning, we were collected by coach from the hotel, and
challenges in Europe. It covers two-square experts in the safeguarding of special nuclear driven the 20 miles to the Sellafield site itself. After being security-checked and having a safety
miles and is home to more than 200 nuclear materials, Sellafield Ltd’s priority is the safe and briefing, it was back on the bus for a tour of the site which is 6 Km2 and located on the
facilities and more than 1,000 buildings. secure stewardship of our country’s store of Cumbrian coast. The site is a former nuclear power plant and fuel recycling facility, now
special nuclear materials. being used for storage and de-commissioning. Approximately 9,000 people work there, and it is
What are Sellafield Ltd doing at Sellafield? served by it’s own railway station.The guide seemed to know the complex of 600+ buildings like
Carrying out the environmental clean-up of Providing nuclear waste management. the back of his hand, together with the history, current operations and future plans. We stopped
the UK’s most complex and hazardous As their mission to clean up Sellafield’s legacy at the THORP (Thermal Oxide Reprocessing) building, an enormous structure where a
nuclear site. buildings progresses, Sellafield Ltd are building second guide explained the processes involved in dealing with hazardous nuclear material
The decommissioning of the Sellafield site will modern waste retrieval, processing and storage safely. As we watched, a container of fuel was unloaded by a giant 125 tonne crane, washed
take over 100 years. As reprocessing comes to facilities to look after the resulting nuclear fuel and prepared for storage. The most dangerous material is ultimately encased in glass, sealed in
an end, so our focus is shifting to high hazard and waste. large steel containers, and stored under water until a more permanent home can be found. We
retrievals, risk reduction, broader returned to the bus, left the secure part of the site and had lunch in one of the outer buildings
decommissioning activities and remediation. They are making Sellafield safer, sooner. before returning to the hotel.

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