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In Sweden, Cyclife rallies to restart its waste-metal treatment facility before the end of 2020
Publish on 21/01/2020
The Radiation Safety Authority has officially classified the event as an anomaly, INES 1, according to the international INES scale for nuclear events, which has 8 levels. This classification qualifies an anomaly without consequences for workers and no impact on the exterior of the installation.
The other parts of the facility, including incineration or pyrolysis treatment activities, and the non-nuclear services, operate normally.
Cyclife UK celebrates 10-year anniversary of MRF with its customers and stakeholders
Publish on 17/12/2019
Low Level Waste Repository Ltd. (LLWR) celebrated the anniversary with Cyclife, commenting that it has been 10 years since LLWR sent the first consignment to the Metals Recycling Facility, and after a decade of waste processing several thousands of tonnes have now been recycled.
Since its acquisition by the EDF Group in 2016, the company has tripled the number of its employees to nearly 80. Cyclife UK has seen a significant increase in its turnover to around EUR12 million. MRF is a leader in the treatment of low-level radioactive waste, with a market share of more than 90% for metallic waste in the UK. For its 10th anniversary in 2019, Cyclife UK warmly thanked its customers and stakeholders by presenting them with an honorary trophy symbolising the strength of their customer relationship.
With its three sites the United Kingdom, Sweden and France, its subsidiaries Cyclife Digital Solutions, Cyclife Engineering and more recently Graphitech, the Cyclife platform provides solutions for the optimised and sustainable management of nuclear waste and the decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear installations. Its range of activities extends from building the physical and radiological inventory of a nuclear installation, on-site technical support for decontamination and a wide range of dismantling services including cold and hot segmentation (e.g. for primary circuits or other reactor cooling systems).
EDF and Veolia announce the creation of Graphitech
Publish on 11/12/2019
The dismantling of the graphite reactors is complex because of their design (stacking of graphite layers inside the reactor) and the volume of materials to be evacuated. Globally, only two reactors of small power graphite technology have been dismantled to date. Graphitech will be responsible for the technological development and engineering studies required in preparation for decommissioning nuclear reactors that use graphite technology, around 60 such reactors in the world, Graphitech will thus be ready to meet the needs of France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Lithuania and Japan.
Combining EDF’s nuclear industry expertise and decommissioning engineering know-how with Veolia’s nuclear-environment robotics capability, to enable the design of specialized machinery and long-distance intervention platforms for decommissioning, Graphitech will use its expertise to:
- - develop remote-operation tools to break up complex, large-scale concrete and metal structures, and tools to extract activated graphite bricks and piles;
- - design systems and articulated arms to enable deployment of these tools.
Cyclife waste-metal treatment facility in Sweden in the process to restart
Publish on 22/11/2019
If the exact origin of the fire is not confirmed at this time, it is known that the fire took place where a titanium condenser component cutting operation was being processed. Only the condenser that was directly involved in the fire has been affected. All other materials and waste inside the facility have been unaffected by the fire. Furthermore, there have been no effects outside the facility to any materials and waste in storage.
The damages after the fire accident are connected to the insulation material of a wall and parts of the roof construction in the Large Component Treatment facility and parts of the roof in the Hot Cutting hall.
The incident has not resulted in any emissions of radioactivity outside the facility. The event does not cause any risk to the public health or the environment. The Radiation Safety Authority has tentatively classified the event as an anomaly, INES 1, according to the international INES scale for radiological events, which is one of the lowest levels for classification.
Status coming weeks
Incineration, pyrolysis plants and the Non-Nuclear services are running in normal operation since Sunday November 10. Office areas in the melting facility have been taken into operation during Wednesday November 13.
During the upcoming weeks the inspection and assessments from different independent expert companies and external consultants are planned.
During this time there is only limited access to the facility.
We are working to get the complete picture of the damages, we will plan necessary refurbishing activities and measures to restart the operations for material reception and treatment.
Our customers have been contacted and are kept regularly informed of developments.
More information about the incident
At 6 p.m. on Thursday November 7, a fire broke out at the Cyclife Sweden AB waste-metal processing facility located in Nyköping.
There were no casualties.
Monitoring devices installed on-site have not recorded any radioactive emissions. Additional measurements are currently being taken.
The facility was immediately shut down and on-site production activities were suspended.
As soon as the fire was detected, personnel immediately notified the fire brigade and all relevant authorities were informed.
Fire incident brought under control at the Cyclife waste-processing facility in Sweden
Publish on 08/11/2019
The fire brigade was called up at the beginning of the event, and had the fire under control on Friday the 8th of November at 6 p.m.
There were no casualties. Monitoring devices installed on site have not recorded any radioactive emissions outside the facility. Additional measurements are currently being taken.
The minor fire occurred whilst a metal component containing titanium was being processed.
Since the beginning of the event, the Cyclife personnel have been in close communication with the Swedish nuclear regulatory authority (Swedish Radiation Safety Authority) and local communities.
The facility was immediately shut down and on-site production activities were suspended.
Uniper awards Cyclife to treat and recycle its metal wastes
Publish on 11/10/2019
Cyclife Sweden AB, a subsidiary of Cyclife Groupe EDF, has been awarded an eight year contract to treat metallic wastes, approximately 15 000 tons coming from the decommissioning program of four reactor units in Sweden: Oskarshamn 1 and 2, and Barsebäck 1 and 2.This new contract won by Cyclife confirms the leading role played in Europe by Cyclife in treating and recycling metal waste.
Uniper has taken the nuclear power stations Oskarshamn 1 and 2, Barsebäck 1 and 2 out of operation between 1999 and 2017. The power stations will be subject to decommissioning which will generate material and waste that needs special treatments. Cyclife Sweden AB will provide to Uniper innovative, sustainable and cost-efficient radioactive waste management solutions.
“For Cyclife, this agreement means a partnership with Uniper where we further develop the treatment process, but also deliver services early in the project where we help Uniper prepare and maximize the conditions for clearance and recycling”, says Henrik Modéer, MD of Cyclife Sweden.
Cyclife will be in charge of sorting, categorization and treatment of materials and waste from the decommissioning projects at Oskarshamn and Barsebäck. It will be a co-operation work on the power plant sites: Cyclife will support Uniper on optimizing the sorting prior transportation to its facility in Nyköping. Then Cyclife Sweden will treat the metals using different methods to separate the radioactivity from the metal and to prove that it meets the strict requirements for recycling back to industry after clearance at its own site. “Through this framework agreement with Cyclife, we expect to make annual calls of between 1,500 tonnes and 2,500 tonnes until 2027. This is a good example of the synergy effects we gain by coordinating dismantling and demolition of the closed reactors at Oskarshamn and Barsebäcksverket”, says Johan Dasht, MD of Oskarshamns Kraftgrupp AB.
About Uniper
Uniper is a leading international energy company with activities in more than 40 countries and around 11,000 employees globally. Its business is the secure provision of energy and related services. Its main activities include power generation in Europe and Russia as well as global energy trading. The company is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Further information: http://www.uniper.energy
Further information: presse release
Cyclife increases capacity, recognition by LLWR and Sellafield in the UK
Publish on 28/05/2019
Thanks to continued growth in demand for metal recycling services in the UK, Cyclife has recently expanded its operations to a 7-day working pattern at its Metal Recycling Facility at Workington in Cumbria. The UK facility, acquired by EDF in 2016, has been in operation since 2009 and has seen a growth in demand for its services in the last two years from major UK nuclear players including LLWR, Sellafield, Magnox, Dounreay and EDF Energy.
This change necessitated the recruitment and training of additional operators and technical support staff – a change which was successfully implemented in January 2019. This change has recently been recognised in the following article on the UK Government Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/llwr-and-sellafield-contracts-help-cyclife-thrive
Following the publication of this news, Bertrand Martelet Chairman of Cyclife UK, commented “We are delighted to have been able to make this increase in our operational capacity as a result of a positive contracting environment with key customers in the UK notably LLWR and Sellafield. We have a strong commitment to our UK base in West Cumbria and the wider mission to provide the best environmental solutions for the clean-up and recycling of metallic waste from the nuclear industry.”
Cyclife holds a framework contract for recycling metallic scrap metals with LLWR which enables the delivery and treatment of waste from all major UK nuclear facilities. This is enhanced by a waste route to Cyclife in Sweden which can be utilised for metals that require melting or very large components arising from decommissioning. Cyclife also provides a range of consultancy and site project services to the UK decommissioning and waste management market, which is backed by a further range of treatment services and engineering provided by Cyclife France.
Henrik Modéer appointed CEO of Cyclife Sweden AB
Publish on 13/03/2019
Henrik Modéer, new CEO of Cyclife Sweden AB
Henrik Modéer has been appointed CEO of Cyclife Sweden AB, effective from March 4, 2019. He used to be sales and marketing director at Stena Recycling. Previously he served as a COO at IL Recycling. Henrik Modéer has an extensive leadership experience in both management consulting firms as well as within the environmental services and waste management industry. His academic background is a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering.
« I am truly honored for the opportunity to join Cyclife Sweden. I believe that together with the workforce we can safely accelerate the development of the company, meet future customer needs even better and improve the profitability », commented Henrik Modéer.
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