Case Story, Sellafield - Sellafield benefits from lower costs, lower risks and increased safety

Product catalog summary

Introduction
Sellafield Ltd, a company responsible for nuclear decommissioning, reprocessing, waste management, and fuel manufacturing in the UK, benefits from using Beamex calibrators. These devices help reduce costs, minimize contamination risks, and enhance safety.

Company Overview
Sellafield Ltd operates sites in Cumbria and Cheshire, employing 12,500 people. The company is under Nuclear Management Partners and has significant nuclear expertise.

Calibration Needs and Challenges
The site requires regular calibration of approximately 80,000 instruments, focusing on pressure, temperature, and flow measurements. Challenges include ensuring equipment cleanliness and avoiding contamination during relocations.

Solution: Beamex Calibrators
Sellafield uses Beamex MC series calibrators, particularly the MC5, MC4, and MC2 models. These devices are robust, multifunctional, and easily transportable, reducing contamination risks and costs.

Main Benefits

Robustness and integrated functionality in a single device.
Reduced need for multiple devices, lowering recalibration and training costs.
Ease of movement without contamination risks, leading to significant cost savings.

Conclusion
Sellafield's use of over 70 Beamex calibrators has streamlined their calibration processes, with plans to expand their inventory further.

Catalog excerpts

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Beamex Case Story Sellafield Ltd United Kingdom Sellafield Ltd benefits from lower cost of ownership, lower risk of contamination and increased levels of safety with Beamex calibrators

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SELLAFIELD LTD iS RESPNSIBLE FOR SAFELY DELIVERING DECOMMISSIONING, REPROCESSING, NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT And FuEL MANuFACTuRING ACTIVITIES ACRoSS Sites AT SELLAFIELD IN CUMBRIA AND CApENHURST IN CHESHIRE. The company has sites at Sellafield in Cumbria and Capenhurst in Cheshire as well as an extensive engineering design capability based at Risley in Warrington. Now under the ownership of Nuclear Management Partners, Sellafield Ltd has the largest concentration of nuclear expertise in Europe, with over 50 years of experience. The Sellafield site in Cumbria employs 12,500 people. The site itself...

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"To me, the biggest selling point and benefit of a Beamex® calibrator is that it can be easily moved from one area to another, without the risk of contamination. This brings us major costsavings. the recalibration of Beamex® equipment can be done efficiently."_ The solution and main benefits The calibration technicians at the Sellafield site utilize the Beamex® MC series of calibrators for performing calibrations, particularly the Beamex® MC5, MC4 and MC2 Calibrators. "The ideal calibrator from our perspective is robust and easy to use, but still it should have a lot of functionality integrated...

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Case Story in Brief Customer profile Sellafield Ltd (Sellafield site) United Kingdom The situation Sellafield Ltd is responsible for safely delivering decommissioning, reprocessing, nuclear waste management and fuel manufacturing activities across sites at Sellafield in Cumbria and Capenhurst in Cheshire. The main calibration needs at the site are related to pressure, temperature and flow measurements. The site itself has approximately 6,000 instruments that must be calibrated annually. There are a few challenges that complicate performing calibrations at Sellafield site. Many of the challenges...

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