Cyclife has signed work orders with Nuclenor, the operator of the Santa Maria de Garona nuclear plant in the Burgos region of Spain. It has also signed a contract to handle metal waste from the Olkiluoot facility in Finland, specifically involving Units 1 and 2. In addition, it has an agreement to remove and treat metal waste from the Sellafield site in Britain.
The Garona Boiling Water Reactor in Spain ceased operations in 2012 with decommissioning begun in 2017. The work there involves transport and treatment of 1,000 tons of large metal components, according to Nuclear Engineering International.
The low level waste will be shipped to the company’s plant in Sweden, where it will be segmented, decontaminated and melted down into ingots.
The contract with Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima Oyj involves 420 tons of waste that will undergo similar treatment, also in Sweden. The more dangerous metals from Finland will be treated and brought back to Finland for final disposal.
The contract with Britain’s LLWR Ltd, calls for treatment of 16 containers of waste per month with the final tally expected to fall between 700 and 1,800 tons, NEI said