The UK’s Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), together with alliance partners CH2M Hill and Amec have removed the last of the 42 radioactive isotope cartridges from the Pile 2 nuclear reactor on the Windscale Site in Cumbria.
The Piles Reactor Decommissioning Team are also responsible for carrying out decommissioning activities to remove the fuel and isotopes from the Pile 1 Reactor which was damaged by fire in 1957. The team is currently working in conjunction with an American Company, SA Robotics on “Top Down” approach to decommissioning both Pile reactors.
