Case Study
Berkeley Chute Silo - Transfer Flask
www.aquilaeurope.eu Pragmatic, cost effective solutions, always CASE STUDY PROJECT TITLE: BERKELEY CHUTE SILO - TRANSFER FLASK CLIENT: MAGNOX The project was to design, manufacture, factory test, install and commission two pieces of plant for the Chute Silo Project at Berkeley; a Shielded Transfer Flask and an Import/Export Facility. This case study describes the Shielded Transfer Flask project. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Magnox, owned by Cavendish Fluor Partnership, is the management and operations contractor responsible for safely managing 12 nuclear sites and one hydroelectric plant in the UK, working for the sites’ owner, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Magnox is responsible for managing the sites through their lifecycles, overseeing all aspects of defuelling and dec