Cyclife UK, Workington Facility

Cyclife UK facility, Metal Recycling Facility (MRF), is designed to support the United Kingdom's strategy on its management of low-level radioactive waste. The site is a nuclear and environmental licensed facility regulated by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and the Environment Agency (EA).

  • Location: Cyclife UK Ltd is located on a three-hectare nuclear licensed site in Cumbria, in the North West of England.
  • Employees: 170-staff

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In the United Kingdom, Cyclife UK operates the MRF nuclear site (Metal Recycling Facility) near Workington, in the North-West of the country. The site covers three hectares and is home to approximately 120 employees.<br />A key player in the country’s recycling of nuclear waste, Cyclife UK is a leader in the management and treatment of low-level radioactive waste, with a market share of more than 90% for metallic waste. Cyclife UK facilities are regulated by the Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency. Since its establishment in 2009, Cyclife UK has treated more than 15,000 tons of waste derived from more than 21 nuclear sites. 95% of incoming waste is recycled in accordance with national regulatory criteria. More than 4,000 tons of waste, including large components, have been processed in collaboration with Cyclife Sweden. Cyclife UK has developed expertise in waste management consultancy and on-site services.<br />It also fields a specialised team to support the decommissioning of large-scale nuclear facilities in the country. In 2020, Cyclife UK launched a range of decommissioning services, thus creating an integrated service combining established competence in waste management with expertise developed in customer-site engineering and project services. Cyclife UK receives low-level radioactive metallic waste from all public and private nuclear sites in the United Kingdom, including those managed by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and by EDF in the UK. Specialized transport vehicles deliver the containerised waste to the MRF site, where it is inspected to ensure that it meets all acceptance criteria. The treatment process involves sorting, segregation followed by sizing and volume reduction of metallic waste, using methods such as hot and cold cutting. If needed, shot blasting is used to clean and decontaminate metals prior to recycling. To access a wider range of services, Cyclife UK uses an approved waste route to its sister company Cyclife Sweden, where metal is melted and decontaminated before being dispatched to specialist resale markets. Radioactive residues are then sent back to the low-level waste repository in Cumbria, for disposal. The company is keen to take the lead in this market, thanks to an innovative approach to decommissioning driven by waste management, and support from the Group’s other subsidiaries.

Quality, Safety and Environmental Certificates and Policies

Cyclife UK is certified to the International Standards for Quality, Safety and Environment:

  • ISO 14001:2015
  • ISO 45001:2018
  • ISO 9001:2015

A single certificate is issued by our UKAS accredited body, LRQA: Cyclife UK International Standards Certificate that can be downloaded hereafter.

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Quality, Safety and Environmental Certificates and Policies

Health and Safety SHEQS

Nuclear Safety, Security, Industrial Safety and Occupational Health are an absolute priority and we will maintain an appropriate level of security at our facilities.

Cyclife UK has a goal of ZERO harm and ZERO adverse effects, to achieve this we will apply our vision to all that we do and operate to an appropriate Standard and Culture. Cyclife UK recognises that superior Quality, Health, Safety, Environment and Security (QHSE&S) performance is necessary for excellence in business performance. Cyclife UK has established an integrated QHSE&S Policy statement signed by the Managing director and reviewed by the board which details our commitments.

2023 RoSPA Order of Distinction for Cyclife UK

Since 2020, Cyclife UK has been awarded the RoSPA Health and Safety Order of Distinction for three years consecutively.

 

Cyclife UK has also been awarded Disability Confident Employer:

 

 

Environmental Permit and Waste Acceptance Criteria - WAC

Cyclife UK operators to an Environmental Permit (ZB3335DP) issued by the Environment Agency

With the permit the Environment Agency issues a supporting document (Compilation of Environment Agency Requirements - CEAR) which places additional conditions on Cyclife UK.  The Permit and associated CEAR enables Cyclife UK to operate and Cyclife UK has established comprehensive arrangements to ensure compliance.

One of these arrangements is the Cyclife UK WAC.  This document establishes detailed criteria for the acceptance and treatment of metallic and other wastes by Cyclife UK at the MRF.  All wastes are subject to a Waste Acceptance Review (WAR) where waste is reviewed against Normal Operating Parameters (NOPs); these parameters are simple, usable and provide a robust basis for identifying metals that are treatable by Cyclife UK.  Where waste is outside NOPs the WAR will consider acceptance and treatment in greater details.

Sustainable Business Updates, Environmental Permits and Waste Acceptance Criteria

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Join us - If you are interested in our industry and join us to work every day to create and implement responsible nuclear solutions for decommissioning, waste management including volume reduction and recycling material, take a look to our job offers.

 

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