Case studies

Bradwell Nuclear Power Station

Forest Environmental Ltd is presently working on a multi-million pound contract to remove the asbestos from Bradwell Nuclear Power Station during the decommissioning process. There are two nuclear reactors, as can be seen from the photo.

It is one of the original ‘Magnox’ nuclear power stations that were the earliest commercial generators of electricity. Bradwell was the second nuclear station in the world producing power (Berkeley in Gloucestershire beat it by 4 weeks)

The risks that require alleviation are the asbestos thermal insulation itself, the attendant radiological contamination (which varies with the distance from the reactor), the scale of the project (each boiler is 150 ft high), exposure to the elements, and working in confined space.

The contract has been running for approximately 6 months. Monitoring of the workforce is on a continuous basis and, so far, the estimates for their exposure to contamination have been bettered.

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