The sludge is a similar consistency to sand and has to be carefully removed while leaving water in place to provide a radioactive shield. The removal of the sludge from the pond, which holds 14,000 ...

An Appleby company that began by making scallop dredging equipment for the fishing industry has adapted its technology to help remove radioactive sludge from the storage ponds at Sellafield.

A new technique to remove sludge from nuclear fuel ponds has been successfully trialled at Forth’s Deep Recovery Facility (DRF) in the company’s headquarters in Cumbria. The Decommissioning Alliance ...

The removal of sludge - consisting of algae, corrosion products and wind-blown material - that had accumulated in it began in 2008. Fuel removal began in September 2011. The initial sludge removal ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The pond in Sugar House Park is undergoing a major rehabilitation project, as crews remove thousands of cubic yards of sludge. According to Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation ...

After a period with barely any smell from Wanganui's wastewater treatment ponds, the stench was back with a vengeance yesterday. Mark Hughes, Wanganui District Council infrastructure manager, said ...

A ten-year project to dewater the pond will start in 2019, while sludge is still being removed. John Clarke, NDA chief executive, said: "This pond was not designed with decommissioning in mind, and ...

Work to remove radioactive sludge from water tanks at the Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR) is nearing completion. The DFR is housed within the dome, a landmark of the Dounreay nuclear plant in Caithness.