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<strong>Nuclear</strong><br />
At the forefront of the nuclear renaissance
<strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation<br />
Atkins is the UK’s largest engineering and design<br />
consultancy and the world’s 11th largest design<br />
firm. We have the depth and breadth of expertise<br />
to respond to the most technically challenging and<br />
time critical infrastructure projects and the urgent<br />
transition to a low carbon economy. Whether it’s<br />
the concept for a new skyscraper, the upgrade of<br />
a rail network, the modelling of a flood defence<br />
system or the development of a nuclear power<br />
station, we plan, design and enable solutions.<br />
“Atkins’ role in returning these units safely to<br />
power grows day on day and it gives me great<br />
belief that we will succeed with the knowledge<br />
of the calibre of personnel you have working<br />
for you.”<br />
Richard Bradfield<br />
BCU Engineering lead - major modifications, British Energy<br />
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Atkins is:<br />
• Europe’s largest design and technical consultancy with 16,000 employees<br />
worldwide and over 1,500 have worked on nuclear projects<br />
• A FTSE 250 company<br />
• One of the Sunday Times 20 Best Big Companies to Work for in 2005,<br />
2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009<br />
• One of the Times Top 50 Where Women Want to Work<br />
• In the Times Top 100 Graduate Employers<br />
• Number 1 in the NCE Files for the last 6 years<br />
• Voted Best Environmental Consultancy for 2008 in the Edie.net awards<br />
by clients and consultants in the environment industry. This is the fourth<br />
consecutive year Atkins has won the top prize<br />
• Recognised by RoSPA for excellent Health and Safety performance with<br />
the award of the RoSPA Gold standard in 2009<br />
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Our <strong>Nuclear</strong> Business<br />
Atkins is at the forefront of the nuclear renaissance, having provided business critical<br />
engineering solutions to the nuclear sector for more than four decades. The Group<br />
is very well positioned to add value to today’s challenges of delivering the next<br />
generation of nuclear power plants and at the same time maintaining the existing<br />
generating fleet and safely decommissioning the legacy facilities.<br />
For the record...<br />
• We undertook our first nuclear assignment on Berkeley Power Station in 1965<br />
• We were the first consultancy to undertake a Probabilistic Safety Assessment on a UK reactor (Hunterston A)<br />
• We were a founder in the reactor design consortium A 2 M in the 1970s<br />
• We were awarded the first Managing Agent contract by UKAEA for the initial decommissioning of the<br />
Windscale Piles in 1992<br />
• We provided business critical engineering and safety services for the Superheater Header Restraints project at<br />
Wylfa in 2001<br />
Today, Atkins is a strategic partner to clients in all the sectors within the civil and defence nuclear industry,<br />
illustrated by the following:<br />
• Generation<br />
Tier 1 Technical Support Alliance partner to British Energy<br />
• Defence<br />
Structural integrity and safety support to Rolls-Royce Naval Reactor Plant programme<br />
• Clean Up<br />
Part of ACKtiv JV, the delivery partner for Sellafield fuel storage pond clean up<br />
• New Build<br />
Architect Engineer for ITER<br />
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Our <strong>Nuclear</strong> Business - <strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation<br />
<strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation<br />
Atkins is a tier 1 strategic partner to British<br />
Energy for the supply of engineering, safety and<br />
environmental services to maintain their existing<br />
fleet of AGR’s and PWR.<br />
Atkins is one of the four lead partners to British Energy on the<br />
Technical Support Alliance. Under this vehicle, Atkins has provided<br />
more than 350 man years of support to the nuclear fleet in the last<br />
three years alone, with key contributions in the areas of:<br />
• Graphite Core programme in support of life extension<br />
• Fuel Route improvement programme<br />
• Periodic Safety Review programme<br />
• Key recovery projects such as the Boilers and Boiler Closure<br />
Units (BCU)<br />
Case Study<br />
Boiler Closure Units<br />
Inspections of the Boiler Closure Units (BCU) during a Hartlepool<br />
outage identified a number of significant defects in the pre-stressing<br />
wire winding system over several BCUs. These were considered to<br />
significantly undermine the safety case for continued operation as a<br />
result of which, Heysham 1 and Hartlepool were closed down and<br />
British Energy mobilised a project team to engineer, procure and<br />
install solutions to allow the stations to be repowered.<br />
Atkins provided a team of up to 50 people to support this project<br />
and provided the solution to return the reactors back to service by<br />
designing a circumferential steel band to lock in the existing<br />
pre-stress in the wire windings. Nine of these bands were fitted to<br />
each BCU to provide frictional restraint of the wires underneath<br />
effectively acting as an additional layer of passive wire winding.<br />
Atkins also designed an environmental control system to protect the<br />
wires and bands from corrosion, a modification to the existing BCU<br />
cooling system, and the fitting of a thermal shield to replace the<br />
original fillite insulation that was removed to install the bands.<br />
Our <strong>Nuclear</strong> Business - <strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation
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Sizewell B<br />
Atkins has been involved in Sizewell B from its construction<br />
to the present day. During construction we provided<br />
structural services to assess the temporary loading and<br />
stress arrangements for the construction of the secondary<br />
containment dome.<br />
Currently we are assisting British Energy with the definition stages of the<br />
development of a new Dry Fuel Store, including establishing a suitable export<br />
route and investigating the capacity of the on-site flask handling system.<br />
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Our <strong>Nuclear</strong> Business - <strong>Nuclear</strong> Defence<br />
<strong>Nuclear</strong> Defence<br />
Atkins supports the nuclear defence sector through<br />
operations focussed on the nuclear propulsion<br />
programme and the Atomic Weapons Establishment.<br />
Case Study<br />
Rolls-Royce Managed Services Contract<br />
Atkins is a major partner to Rolls-Royce in the nuclear defence sector<br />
through a Managed Services Contract. We have performed a variety<br />
of services including:<br />
• Impact assessment for Vanguard, Swiftsure and Trafalgar<br />
Class submarines<br />
• Safety case for the Astute class<br />
• Technical authority role for small vessels and coolers<br />
We are also supporting Rolls-Royce with their work on the next<br />
generation of deterrent through the Flotilla Reactor Plant<br />
Support Contract.<br />
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Our <strong>Nuclear</strong> Business - Clean Up<br />
Clean Up<br />
Atkins has been involved in the nuclear clean up<br />
since the late 1980s working with Sellafield Ltd<br />
(formally BNFL), Magnox and UKAEA.<br />
Atkins was quick to recognise that the engineering skills acquired<br />
in the offshore sector were transferable to the nuclear clean up<br />
market where there was a demand for remote operations. Early<br />
projects included the Windscale Pile Chimneys project management<br />
and engineering, Windscale Piles Managing Agent, Dounreay BFR<br />
Decommissioning safety case and Berkeley Active Waste Vaults<br />
Recovery engineering and safety case.<br />
Case Study<br />
Sellafield Legacy Pond<br />
The clean up of the First Generation Magnox Storage Pond at<br />
Sellafield is widely acknowledged as one of the most challenging<br />
projects in the NDA estate. Atkins have been providing engineering<br />
services to the project for over a decade.<br />
The portfolio of projects includes:<br />
• Ponds Alliance<br />
• Export Re-equipping<br />
• Pond Retrievals<br />
• Sludge and Process Packaging Plant<br />
Atkins is delivering the work through the ACKtiv <strong>Nuclear</strong> Joint<br />
Venture, alongside Aker Solutions and Carillion. Atkins is providing<br />
multidiscipline engineering services to the project, including civil,<br />
structural, seismic and mechanical handling.<br />
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Our <strong>Nuclear</strong> Business - <strong>Nuclear</strong> New Build<br />
<strong>Nuclear</strong> New Build<br />
Atkins has a unique offering for new<br />
build projects<br />
• Extensive knowledge of the legislative and regulatory<br />
framework in the UK<br />
• An ability to mobilise large multi-discipline design teams<br />
• <strong>Nuclear</strong> specific skills in such things as fuel route<br />
and waste management<br />
• A leading position as a civil, structural and infrastructure<br />
Design House<br />
• Expertise in extreme loading and design for hazards<br />
The combination of all these diverse skills allows Atkins to offer<br />
solutions to a wide range of clients including utilities, reactor<br />
vendors, regulatory bodies and contractors.<br />
Case Study<br />
EDF Energy - Support for the <strong>Nuclear</strong> Site Licence<br />
Application for the <strong>Nuclear</strong> New Build Project<br />
Atkins provides a range of nuclear sector safety, environmental and<br />
engineering specialists to support EDF Energy in the preparation of<br />
the applications for <strong>Nuclear</strong> Site Licences (NSL) and environmental<br />
permits for the Hinkley C and Sizewell C new build projects. This<br />
includes input to the management systems and arrangements<br />
to support their claims in the management prospectus and<br />
applications for licences and environmental permits and consents.<br />
Our work includes:<br />
• Specialist input to all aspects of a NSL application and, in<br />
particular, the production of processes, procedures and<br />
arrangements to support the requirements of the Conditions<br />
of the <strong>Nuclear</strong> Site Licence and environmental permits<br />
• Assistance for developing and implementing a programme<br />
supporting the demonstration of a capable and intelligent<br />
customer, operator and prospective nuclear licensee with<br />
underpinning safety culture<br />
• Providing overall project management support for delivery of<br />
the NSL and environmental permit applications<br />
• Assisting with the management of the planning application<br />
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World Class Skills<br />
World class skills<br />
delivered through local offices<br />
We build powerful and innovative project<br />
teams by combining specialist skills in market<br />
facing businesses with the unrivalled breadth<br />
and depth of technical skills from around<br />
the company. The leverage of these ‘crossindustry’<br />
skills sets Atkins apart from many of<br />
the traditional nuclear specialist providers.<br />
Health and safety - We maintain a ‘safety first’ attitude<br />
throughout all elements of our work.<br />
Size - As the largest engineering consultancy in the UK we<br />
can handle the most complex challenges.<br />
Diversity - Atkins works across business sectors allowing<br />
leverage of cross-industry expertise to apply best practice in<br />
the nuclear sector.<br />
Training - Atkins is committed to training its staff. In 2005,<br />
we opened our own Atkins Training Academy (ATA) which has<br />
trained more than 550 engineers in specialist skills over the<br />
past 2 years.<br />
Client focussed - We work closely with our clients,<br />
understanding their needs and goals. We provide solutions<br />
tailored to the client’s requirements - our clients’ needs drive<br />
our business.<br />
Flexible - Providing solutions to projects from small, to our<br />
clients’ most eminent, multidimensional challenges.<br />
Experienced - Having provided more than 40 years of<br />
support to the nuclear industry, we have the experience to<br />
support our clients’ needs in this ever changing sector and are<br />
prepared for the embarkation into UK nuclear new build.<br />
Balanced offering - Our integrated teams comprising<br />
multidiscipline engineering, safety and environmental<br />
professionals provide a one stop shop to meet the most<br />
demanding challenges presented by our clients.<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Other Europe<br />
Middle East<br />
North America<br />
Asia Pacific<br />
Number of Employees<br />
+<br />
11,500 +<br />
-<br />
500 +<br />
World Class Skills
Key<br />
Operational<br />
Decommissioning<br />
Atkins Office<br />
Dounreay<br />
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Glasgow Office<br />
• Established in late 1990s<br />
• <strong>Nuclear</strong> safety specialism<br />
• Power plant life extension<br />
• Civil & structural support to British<br />
Energy specialist group at East Kilbride<br />
Hunterston<br />
B<br />
A<br />
Chapelcross<br />
Torness<br />
Whitehaven Office<br />
• Established in mid 1980s<br />
to support Sellafield<br />
• Traditional civil engineering<br />
consultancy until establishment of<br />
ACKtiv Joint Venture in 2002<br />
• Now a multi-million pound/annum<br />
clean up business<br />
Warrington Office<br />
• Established in 1990s<br />
• Regulatory interface<br />
and nuclear safety<br />
compliance<br />
• Advisors to site<br />
licence companies<br />
and regulators<br />
including NII and EA<br />
• Safety support to<br />
major projects such as<br />
Dounreay Fast Reactor<br />
decommissioning<br />
Calder Hall<br />
Trawsfynydd<br />
Sellafield<br />
Heysham 1 2<br />
Springfields<br />
Wylfa<br />
Capenhurst<br />
Berkeley<br />
Oldbury<br />
Harwell<br />
Hartlepool<br />
Bradwell<br />
Sizewell<br />
B<br />
A<br />
Rotherham Office<br />
• Atkins acquired MG<br />
Bennett & Associates<br />
Ltd in 2008 to build<br />
upon our existing,<br />
extensive, mechanical<br />
assessment capability<br />
• Bennett Associates<br />
has been involved in<br />
the nuclear sector for<br />
over 20 years<br />
• Expertise in the<br />
assessment of cranes,<br />
lifting and mechanical<br />
handling<br />
A B<br />
Hinkley Point<br />
Winfrith<br />
AWE<br />
B A<br />
Dungeness<br />
Bristol Office<br />
• Established through extent of British Energy work in 1991<br />
• Growth on ‘Long Term Safety Reviews’ during 1990s<br />
• Built on a ‘smart‘ structural engineering capability, now has<br />
a multidiscipline capability<br />
• <strong>Nuclear</strong> power station base operational<br />
Epsom Office<br />
• Dominated by our work in support of AWE<br />
• Steady growth in workload up until 2001<br />
• Huge growth from 2001 onwards on new facility design<br />
• Currently £18 million / annum fees<br />
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Atkins Training Academy<br />
Atkins Training Academy<br />
Recognising the significant demand for nuclear<br />
qualified engineers and the predicted growth of<br />
this over the next five to ten years, we opened<br />
our own Atkins Training Academy (ATA) in 2005.<br />
The Atkins nuclear training academy has trained<br />
more than 550 engineers in specialist skills over<br />
the past two years, taking both recent graduates<br />
as well as experienced professionals from other<br />
disciplines. As the next stage in the development<br />
of our training offering, Atkins has teamed up<br />
with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)<br />
to provide fully accredited university standard<br />
courses.<br />
By setting up this academy we have been able to extend our<br />
recruitment reach, bring in new skills and increase the overall<br />
talent pool by training engineers who have not worked in the<br />
nuclear sector before. <strong>Nuclear</strong> engineers have to have particularly<br />
high level expertise of the safety-critical environment they work<br />
in and through a two year structured training course, Atkins<br />
engineers gain a deeper understanding of the industry.<br />
Atkins is keen to help bridge the nuclear skills gap by opening up<br />
its own training academy to key partners in the nuclear industry.<br />
The academy courses range from an introduction to the nuclear<br />
industry right through to the design of fuel storage facilities.<br />
Atkins is continually looking at new courses to ensure staff<br />
receive the most appropriate and up-to-the-minute learning<br />
paths for their field.<br />
The programme includes:<br />
Introductory<br />
• Introduction to the <strong>Nuclear</strong> Industry<br />
• Online Skillport Radiological Protection Pathway 1-3<br />
• Surrey University <strong>Nuclear</strong> Conversion Course<br />
• <strong>Nuclear</strong> Safety Case<br />
• Engineering Substantiation<br />
• Introduction to <strong>Nuclear</strong> Physics<br />
• <strong>Nuclear</strong> Safety Culture<br />
Intermediate<br />
• AGR Familiarisation (E-learning)<br />
• New Generation Reactor Technology<br />
• Radioactive Materials Handling, Storage and Transport<br />
• Fissile Material Lifecycle<br />
• Control and Protection in the <strong>Nuclear</strong> Industry<br />
• Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management<br />
Advanced<br />
• Reactor Materials and Lifetime Behaviours<br />
(NTEC - Manchester University)<br />
• Decommissioning, Technology and Robotics<br />
(NTEC - Lancaster University)<br />
• Management of the Decommissioning Process<br />
(NTEC - Birmingham University)<br />
• Particle and Colloid Engineering in the <strong>Nuclear</strong> Industry<br />
(NTEC - Leeds University)<br />
• Criticality Safety Management (Sultan)<br />
• Fracture Mechanics (Fracture Training Association)<br />
• Structural Integrity (Imperial College)<br />
• High Temperature Component Life Assessment<br />
(Imperial College)<br />
• RS Introductory Course<br />
• Processing Storage and Disposal of <strong>Nuclear</strong> Wastes<br />
(Sheffield University)<br />
• Environmental Impact Assessment (Liverpool University)<br />
• Earthquake Engineering (Professional Solutions)<br />
• PWR/Reactor Thermal Hydraulics Course (Sultan)<br />
• <strong>Nuclear</strong> Fuel Cycle Course (Sultan)<br />
• Reactor Physics (Birmingham University)<br />
• Safety Course (Loughborough University)<br />
Atkins Training Academy
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World Class Skills<br />
Our Skills<br />
Atkins multidiscipline skills have been applied to all aspects<br />
of the nuclear sector.<br />
From advanced structural analysis of reactor components to heritage specialists<br />
assisting in the potential preservation of early nuclear facilities, Atkins is able to<br />
provide skills across a vast range of topics.<br />
<strong>Nuclear</strong> Capability<br />
The core nuclear skills are illustrated below. In addition to these nuclear specific<br />
skills, Atkins is able to mobilise the capabilities of the wider group both in the UK<br />
and overseas. For example, we have developed a significant presence in Bangalore<br />
which has helped us to tackle the skills stretch that we have in the UK. Offshoring<br />
work to Bangalore also brings direct financial benefits to our clients.<br />
Mechanical Design<br />
Mechanical<br />
Assessment<br />
Civil<br />
Design<br />
Civil<br />
Assessment<br />
<strong>Nuclear</strong> Cranes<br />
Cranes<br />
Building Design<br />
Building Design<br />
Remote Mechanical<br />
Handling<br />
Other Mechanical<br />
Handling<br />
Containment &<br />
Blast Structures<br />
Containment &<br />
Blast Structures<br />
Structures<br />
Structures<br />
Civil Structures<br />
Civil Structural<br />
Pressure Vessels<br />
Pressure Vessels<br />
Seismic<br />
Seismic<br />
Piping<br />
Piping<br />
Building Surveying<br />
Building Surveying<br />
Heavy Mechanical<br />
Systems<br />
Drafting<br />
CFD<br />
Impact Analysis<br />
SIL Assessment<br />
(Mach Dir)<br />
Explosive Response<br />
Mechanical Seismic<br />
& FE<br />
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Safety<br />
Environment<br />
E. C&I<br />
Design<br />
E. C&I<br />
Assessment<br />
Waste<br />
Management/<br />
Process Design<br />
Safety Assessment<br />
(Generation)<br />
Safety Assessors<br />
(Non-Generation)<br />
Shielding<br />
Reliability (ARM)<br />
Human Factors<br />
Fire Safety<br />
PSA<br />
Emergency Planning<br />
& Response<br />
Environmental<br />
Impact Assessment<br />
Off-site modelling -<br />
Radiological Impact<br />
Off-site<br />
modelling - Non<br />
Radiological Impact<br />
IPPC<br />
Contaminated Land<br />
BAT/BPEO/BPM<br />
Power Systems<br />
Design - High<br />
Voltage<br />
Power Systems<br />
Design - Low<br />
Voltage<br />
Analogue C&I<br />
Digital C&I<br />
PLC Programming<br />
SIL Assessment &<br />
Verification<br />
C&I Validation and<br />
Verification<br />
ARM<br />
Waste<br />
Characterisation<br />
Material Chemistry<br />
& Decontamination<br />
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Definition<br />
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Equipment Design<br />
HVAC Design<br />
Waste<br />
Transportation<br />
<strong>Nuclear</strong> Safety<br />
Management<br />
Health Physics/<br />
Radiation Protection<br />
Criticality<br />
World Class Skills
Service Offering - Regulatory Support<br />
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Service Offering<br />
Our clients include Government, regulators, owner<br />
operators, tier 1 M&O contractors and tier 2<br />
implementation contractors. The multidisciplinary<br />
nature of Atkins allows us to tailor our service<br />
offering to meet the high demands and<br />
expectations of all of these diverse client groups.<br />
This is illustrated in the following graphic<br />
Plan...... Design...... Enable<br />
Regulatory<br />
Support<br />
Technical<br />
Consultancy<br />
Design<br />
House<br />
Architect<br />
Engineer<br />
Regulatory Support - Safety<br />
Atkins has extensive experience in the production of<br />
modern safety cases and associated reliability studies.<br />
We provide services in support of safety case production and<br />
management including HAZOP, HAZAN, frequency and consequence<br />
assessment and demonstration of ALARP. We also have a full ILS/<br />
ARM/RCM capability. We have experience in implementing Safety<br />
Management systems.<br />
Atkins is involved in the generic safety assessments for the prelicensing<br />
of the Generation III+ reactor island designs.<br />
Case Study<br />
Hunterston A Wet ILW Retrievals Safety Case<br />
The project involves the retrieval and encapsulation of wet<br />
Intermediate Level Waste that has accumulated during operation and<br />
initial decommissioning of the power station. Atkins is providing safety<br />
case and shielding support to Hunterston A for this project, via Aker<br />
Solutions who are the tier 2 contractor for the project.<br />
Atkins services include:<br />
• HAZOP 1 & 2<br />
• Forward Action Plan<br />
• Fault Schedules<br />
• Safety Functional Requirements (SFR) Levels 1, 2 & 3<br />
• Preliminary Safety Report (PSR)<br />
• HAZANs<br />
• Engineering Schedule<br />
• Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA)<br />
• Pre-Construction Safety Report (PCSR)<br />
• Radiological Classification of Areas<br />
• Shielding Basis of Design<br />
• Bulk Shielding Assessment <strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation<br />
• Dose Assessment<br />
• ALARP Assessment<br />
Service Offering - Regulatory Support
Image copyright of Magnox Electric Ltd<br />
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Service Offering - Regulatory Support<br />
Regulatory<br />
Support - Environment<br />
Atkins is one of largest and most successful<br />
environmental consultancies in the UK.<br />
We have experience in:<br />
• Delicensing<br />
• Contaminated land<br />
• Environmental assessments<br />
• Discharge and dispersion modelling<br />
• Environmental policy and strategy<br />
• Environmental management systems<br />
Case Study<br />
Dounreay Environmental Support Files (ESF)<br />
Atkins supported Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) in the<br />
assessment of compliance with the conditions of the Radioactive<br />
Substances Act 1993 Site Authorisation. The project involved<br />
individuals from various technical disciplines in Atkins, including<br />
nuclear specialists, engineers and experts from the Water and<br />
Environment group.<br />
In support of the ESF project, Atkins was also responsible for<br />
providing embedded environmental support to the Prototype Fast<br />
Reactor (PFR) to allow DSRL staff to concentrate on the ESF project.<br />
Tasks at PFR included carrying out detailed Best Practicable Means<br />
(BPM) assessments, advising projects on their environmental<br />
considerations and providing general environmental assurance to all<br />
stakeholders, including Scottish Environmental Protection Agency<br />
(SEPA), for decommissioning activities.<br />
Service Offering - Regulatory Support
Service Offering - Technical Consultancy<br />
Technical Consultancy<br />
Atkins’ flexible approach to building teams is fully<br />
scalable from the provision of a single specialist<br />
working in a client team to a full stand alone<br />
technical team delivering a defined scope of work.<br />
Common to all the Technical Consultancy work is a set of values that<br />
ensures Atkins repeatedly delivers excellence by:<br />
• Providing high calibre staff who are technically of the highest class<br />
• Taking time to understand our clients’ requirements<br />
• Being prepared to challenge the norm and think outside<br />
of the box<br />
• Offering a continuous drive and push to get the job done.<br />
Case Study<br />
ILW Vault Retrieval and Processing<br />
Magnox - Bradwell<br />
The Magnox fuel element debris (FED) at Bradwell will be recovered<br />
and processed in a dissolution facility on site. This will involve the<br />
retrieval of waste from its existing storage location and segregation/<br />
sorting of the waste forms whilst providing adequate shielding to<br />
minimise public and personnel radiological dose uptake.<br />
Atkins were approached by Magnox to develop the concept including<br />
the selection of dissolution technology together with producing<br />
the engineering design through to scheme design including design<br />
proposal drawings, general arrangements, specifications and HAZOP<br />
1 & 2 deliverables.<br />
Atkins has been assisting Bradwell by providing the following support<br />
for the concept design of the dissolution facility:<br />
• Chemistry<br />
• Process engineering<br />
• Mechanical handling<br />
• Ventilation<br />
• Shielding<br />
• Safety case<br />
• Waste management & environment<br />
We delivered a solution to Magnox that not only significantly<br />
accelerates the programme but reduces secondary waste volumes from<br />
their previous dissolution process by a factor of almost 200.<br />
Service Offering - Technical Consultancy
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Service Offering - Technical Consultancy<br />
“Atkins is as close as a<br />
supplier can be to being part<br />
of our business. Our goals are<br />
their goals also.”<br />
Dave Kendall<br />
Head of Fleet Programmes, British Energy<br />
<strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation<br />
Case Study<br />
Seismic Modelling of an AGR <strong>Nuclear</strong> Reactor<br />
Core - British Energy<br />
The core of an AGR consists of stacks of graphite bricks providing<br />
vertical channels for fuel assemblies, control rods and coolant<br />
flow. These bricks are stacked and interconnected by a system<br />
of keys and keyways allowing the core to expand and contract<br />
thermally whilst retaining its cylindrical shape. As the reactor<br />
ages the graphite core can become cracked. Atkins is currently<br />
investigating the seismic implications of graphite cracking via<br />
FE analysis.<br />
An FE model of each graphite brick has been created in<br />
LS-DYNA. The model simulates the graphite core under seismic<br />
loads and outputs loads and displacement of the graphite bricks<br />
under seismic conditions so that the control rod insertion path<br />
alignment can be assessed.<br />
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Service Offering - Technical Consultancy
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Image courtesy of Ashley Middleton<br />
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Service Offering - Design House<br />
Design House<br />
The Design House role is ideally suited to Atkins’<br />
core multidiscipline design skills. We can rapidly<br />
deploy large multidiscipline design teams either<br />
within our offices or at client sites. At AWE for<br />
example we had over 200 full time employees<br />
working on the Design House commission<br />
at peak.<br />
Typical services would include :<br />
• Optioneering<br />
• Concept design<br />
• Scheme design<br />
• Detailed design<br />
• Technical specifications<br />
• Construction drawings<br />
Atkins has a full suite of design tools including structural analysis<br />
packages such as ANSYS and STADPro together with engineering<br />
and design tools such as AutoCAD, CATIA and Solid Works.<br />
Service Offering - Design House
Service Offering - Architect Engineer<br />
Architect Engineer<br />
The Architect Engineer role allows us to combine<br />
our engineering and design skills with the<br />
commercial skills of F+G, our cost management<br />
and QS business.<br />
Typical services would include :<br />
• Multidiscipline design and engineering<br />
• Procurement and construction strategy planning<br />
• Preparation of tender packages for implementation contracts<br />
• Pre and post contract QS services<br />
• Project planning<br />
• Budget control<br />
• Project reporting<br />
• Cost management<br />
• Site supervision and inspection<br />
• Contract administration<br />
Case Study<br />
AWE Orion<br />
The Orion project at AWE is a new laser facility for research into high<br />
energy plasma physics with a petawatt laser array.<br />
Services provided<br />
Atkins undertook the conceptual design of the facility including:<br />
• Architectural design<br />
• Civil & structural engineering<br />
• Building services design<br />
In addition, Atkins assisted in:<br />
• Obtaining planning permission<br />
• Producing the safety case for the new facility<br />
• Development of detailed performance specifications<br />
Continuing support<br />
Atkins continued to support AWE in the:<br />
• Administration of the build contract<br />
• Assessment of detailed designs<br />
• Overseeing construction and commissioning activities<br />
Service Offering - Architect Engineer
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Service Offering - Architect Engineer<br />
Case Study<br />
ITER<br />
Working in a pan European Joint Venture with<br />
Assystem, Iosis (both French) and Empresarios<br />
Agrupados (Spanish), Atkins was retained by<br />
Fusion for Energy to provide the critical role of<br />
Architect Engineer on the ITER project in<br />
southern France.<br />
ITER, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, is a<br />
large-scale scientific experiment to demonstrate the commercial<br />
feasibility of fusion power. It is one of the most challenging and<br />
innovative scientific projects in the world today, involving parties<br />
representing over half of the world’s population.<br />
The Architect Engineer role is being delivered to an eight year<br />
programme by a 200 strong intergrated team at the ITER site in<br />
Cadarache. When completed, the site will comprise over forty<br />
buildings including the 50m x 200m Tokamak complex, designed to<br />
modern nuclear standards.<br />
The role involves:<br />
• Design of all the buildings<br />
• Pre and post contract services to select, appoint and manage<br />
construction contracts<br />
• Site supervision<br />
• Master planning and detailed programme management<br />
• Budget and financial management<br />
• Site management<br />
Service Offering - Architect Engineer
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‘Plan Design Enable’ are trademarks of Atkins Ltd.<br />
Lifting the Gantry Replacement System (GRS) onto the<br />
first Generation Magnox Storage Pond at Sellafield.<br />
This major lift was the culmination of two years’ design, manufacture and<br />
safety case development undertaken by ACKtiv <strong>Nuclear</strong>, a joint venture<br />
between Atkins, Aker Solutions and Carillion. The GRS is part of the<br />
equipment being designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned<br />
under the Pond Retrievals Project which ACKtiv are undertaking for<br />
Sellafield Ltd to remove the sludge from the pond.<br />
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Chris Ball<br />
Director of <strong>Nuclear</strong><br />
The Hub<br />
500 Park Avenue<br />
Aztec West<br />
Almondsbury<br />
Bristol BS32 4RZ<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1454 662689<br />
Email: chris.ball@atkinsglobal.com<br />
www.atkinsglobal.com