The first Evaporator D modules shrink wrapped by Tufcoat to provide weather protection during transportation have installed at Sellafield.
The Evaporator D project is the biggest nuclear project currently being undertaken in the UK and is designed to maintain Sellafield’s ability to process spent nuclear fuel by providing evaporator capacity to evaporate water from High Active Raffinate and effluent from the Waste Vitrification Plant. When the plant is operational the volume of waste will be reduced by a factor of 20.
An innovative off-site construction techniques is being employed to build the plant as a series of large modules which are too big for transport by road or rail.
Due to the large amount of stainless steel employed in the manufacturing of the modules it was essential that there was no salt water ingress during storage, barge transport and unloading at Sellafield. Working in partnership with Interserve and Costain, Tufcoat’s team spent 14 days shrink wrapping the modules, employing a number of specialist techniques to ensure that the modules remained 100% encapsulated during all weather conditions, including high winds.
To see a video of the construction process click on the link below;
To see avideo of the shrink wrapped modules arriving at Sellafield click on this link;
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Tags: modules, nuclear, Shrink wrap
