{"id":85212,"date":"2017-10-11T09:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T09:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=9089cd7e34f5a86090c59e467df3f63f"},"modified":"2017-10-11T09:12:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T09:12:00","slug":"news-story-the-new-robot-helping-clean-up-sellafield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=85212","title":{"rendered":"News story: The new robot helping clean up Sellafield"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The \u2018Avexis\u2019 will help dislodge and clear waste from the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OLvAQFz5wh8&amp;t=7s\">Watch the robot enter the plant for the first time<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has been developed by Cumbrian firm Forth Engineering with support from the University of Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>The company was launched in 2000 by former Sellafield apprentice Mark Telford.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryport business is now a global specialist in remote tooling, deployment methods, and sensor systems.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Telford said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Having Sellafield on our doorstep gives a huge advantage.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a testbed where we can develop unique skills and technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The site needs innovative technology to undertake engineering tasks in harsh environments underwater.<\/p>\n<p>Successfully deploying our technology at Sellafield means we can then transfer it to other industries like marine and oil and gas which are looking for similar products.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The Avexis is already generating interest from potential clients overseas.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Magnox Swarf Storage Silo was built in the 1960s to store waste from the UK\u2019s earliest nuclear reactors.<br \/>\nIt closed in 2000 and has now been prioritised for clean-up by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Weston, Strategy and Technical Director for Sellafield Ltd, said: \u201cThe Avexis is a great example of the supply chain helping us to reduce the UK\u2019s nuclear hazard faster, cheaper and more safely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, on top of that, companies are developing products and skills that can be exported all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Avexis offers the ability to \u2018see\u2019 inside the silo via cameras attached to its body.<\/p>\n<p>It can also clear away small bits of waste clinging to the silo wall.<\/p>\n<p>Its key feature is its size \u2013 it is small enough to fit through spaces of just 150mm space.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first robot of its kind to go from concept to market within five years. At just \u00a310,000 it is also the cheapest of its kind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A remotely operated machine has been sent into Sellafield\u2019s most hazardous nuclear waste store for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}