The safestores strengthening project involves reinforcing the upper structure of the safestores, or reactor buildings, at the disused聽Trawsfynydd nuclar power station in Gwynedd. They need to be聽made safe before they are reduced in height at a later date. The power station stopped generating power in 1991 and all fuel has been removed from the twin reactors.
The 拢2.7m project includes improving the integrity of the structures with specially-designed steel sections attached to the internal surfaces of the safestores buildings. At a total height of almost 170 feet, the job includes the design and provision of scaffolding and access platforms and planning lifting operations.
鈥淪afety is paramount on this project. Not only are we working at a considerable height, but we also need to improve the integrity of the structure by pinning steel bars to the inside of the walls and bracing the concrete structure,鈥� said Chris Scott, Costain鈥檚 operations director for nuclear process. 鈥淭he building has been partially eroded by the elements and we have to ensure that the strengthening project provides the integrity the building needs to get them safely through to the next phase of decommissioning,鈥�
Costain was awarded a place on the 拢288m infrastructure, construction and enablers (ICE) framework with Magnox in September 2012.
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