Nuclear

PDL is actively engaged in providing engineering option studies, detailed engineering design and design substantiation support to the British Nuclear Group and other mainstream contractors operating in the nuclear decommissioning market sector.

500 litre ILW drum - FEA drop test		ILW size reduction equipment - detailed design

PDL is an approved supplier to both the British Nuclear Group (BNG) Reactor Sites and Project Services organisations and has successfully completed (1) engineering option studies, (2) detailed engineering design and (3) safety case design substantiation support to BNG teams at a number of the Southern Bundle sites and Sellafield and we are actively pursuing contract opportunities at the Northern Bundle sites in the UK and further afield.

We advocate the use of parametric 3D modelling wherever possible to facilitate the exchange of concept ideas, illustrate the proposed decommissioning concepts in their deployed positions, and run preliminary Finite Element Analysis (FEA) or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analyses to substantiate the design proposals.

The bottom line effect of using this virtual 3D design and analysis environment is that (1) risk is mitigated throughout the development cycle, (2) project timescales are foreshortened by reducing the extent of testing required and (3) our customers spend less money on a project to get a better overall result.

To facilitate the transfer and interrogation of the concept models and supporting analyses between sites, customers are invited to use our secure File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site and WebEX collaborative viewing account. The use of the FTP and WebEX capability in conjunction with a standard office computer, internet browser connection and phone provides a simple, cost effective and extremely powerful way to communicate with all interested parties irrespective of their location and firewall restrictions.

We would be delighted to support any company actively engaged in the decommissioning area and would welcome an initial exploratory meeting at no cost to discuss your design engineering and analysis requirements in detail.