Session 058 - Roundtable: Progress at Sellafield

This session Highlighted the progress and issues that Sellafield Ltd has faced over the past years since the change from a Parent Body Organization (PBO) to a subsidiary of the NDA. The panel described some of the many changes that have occurred such as the cessation of reprocessing and the transition into a conventional 'clean up and decommissioning site'. Specific examples included progress in the most hazardous facilities in Europe (commonly known as the legacy ponds and silos) along with broad front decommissioning of some of the original facilities that were built in the 1950's and 60's. The panel also described the investment that has been made in making the site more resilient to adverse events and describe the change in approach to working in partnership with the supply chain for program and project delivery using alternative contractual mechanisms. Panelists with presentations: Progress at Sellafield (Clive Nixon, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (United Kingdom)); Sellafield Update (Rebecca Weston, Sellafield Ltd (United Kingdom)); Progress at Sellafield (Steven Thomson, National Nuclear Laboratory (United Kingdom)); The Programme and Project Partners (PPP) at Sellafield (Karen Wiemelt, Jacobs (USA))