We support site licence companies, parent bodies and defence estates. The team includes former waste management directors and decommissioning executives who have led programmes in the UK, the US and Canada.
Practice Services
Decommissioning Strategy and End States
Site end states and decommissioning options
We develop decommissioning strategies, assess options and justify site end states, including contaminated land assessment and remediation.
Waste Strategy, Routes and Inventories
Programme-level waste strategy
We develop waste characterisation, strategies, routes and inventories and provide concept-stage safety assurance for treatment technologies new to the UK.
Packaging, Transport and Fuel Materials
Waste packages, transport containers and the licences they need
We design and assess waste packages and transport containers, support transport licensing and advise on the handling of fuel and nuclear material through storage, transport and disposal.
Legacy Plant and Retrieval
Returning dormant plant to service, or retrieving what is inside
We support the reinstatement of legacy plant and remote or robotic retrieval, including operating documentation and contingency plans.
Liability Estimates and Funding Cases
We prepare decommissioning liability estimates and funding cases and support the associated regulatory engagement.
Records, Knowledge and Characterisation
We develop records, characterisation data and knowledge-management arrangements to support waste assessment, liability estimates and regulatory closure throughout decommissioning.
Case study
£40m of Plant, Delivered to Nuclear Quality
NCL’s consultant oversaw about £40m of plant and equipment supply as project nuclear safety champion on a major decommissioning facility, owning the quality plans, inspection hold points and manufacturer acceptance. The facility is operational.
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