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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 />

<strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation


<strong>Nuclear</strong><br />

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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<strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation<br />

<strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation


<strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation<br />

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


<strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation<br />

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 />

Our <strong>Nuclear</strong> Business - <strong>Nuclear</strong> Defence


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 />

Our <strong>Nuclear</strong> Business - Clean Up


Image copyright of Magnox Electric Ltd


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 />

Our <strong>Nuclear</strong> Business - <strong>Nuclear</strong> New Build


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 />

<strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation<br />

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 />

<strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation • 280+ designers currently engaged


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 />

<strong>Nuclear</strong> Process<br />

Definition<br />

<strong>Nuclear</strong> Process<br />

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 />

<strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation<br />

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


Image copyright of Magnox Electric Ltd<br />

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<strong>Nuclear</strong> Generation


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


Image copyright of Sellafield Ltd


© Atkins Ltd except where stated otherwise.<br />

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The Atkins logo, ‘Carbon Critical Design’ and the strapline<br />

‘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

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