Nuclear Decommissioning Services Ltd

NDSL offers consultancy services in the following areas.

Technical Studies

Recently completed projects include: More

Preparation PDPs for Dounreay Fuel Pond, Various PIE Caves, Fuel Fabrication Plant, Waste Handling and Decontamination facility, Low Active Effluent Pits, DMTR Complex, Drum Store, Plutonium Criticality Facility, Laundry, minor buildings
Post Decommissioning Reports for FCA plant at Dounreay
Determination of Dounreay Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) Radionuclide Inventory
Development of the concept, waste routes and PDP for Dounreay Materials Test Reactor decommissioning

Ventilation System Design & Commissioning

Concept, Scheme and Detail Design
Design Assessment and Justification
Ventilation Design Substantiation
Ventilation System Fabrication, Installation and Commissioning: see Equipment page

The long list of ventilation projects which NDSL has delivered includes: More

Scheme design of two-stack system for the FCA linking corridor at Dounreay; assistance with tender assessment and implementation
Design of ventilation system for the Akcros chemical factory at Eccles
Design of ventilation system for a Uranium Recovery Plant at Dounreay
Ventilation Design projects on Dounreay facilities including DFR NDP, DFR IXP, PFR AMCL, Fuel Recovery Plant, Plutonium Criticality Facility, Pulse Column Laboratory, Fuel Reprocessing Plant.
Design and commissioning of Hunterston A CCP Bay ventilation system
Detailed assessment for UKAEA of the FCA Corridor Ventilation Design
Design of Hunterston A NCWPF 1 Ventilation System

Safety & Environmental Projects

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Determination of PFR Radionuclide Inventory
Safety Cases and Modification Reports for a variety of Dounreay decommissioning projects, including the Sentencing Tanks, DMTR, Sodium Test Rig Building, and Active Workshops.
Processing of UNORs for PFR
Safety Case for Winfrith Sodium Coupon Disposal Project
Provision of Health Physics Support to Salvage of Submarine Kursk