Decommissioning, Immobilisation and Storage
soluTIons for NuClear wasTe InVEntories
DISTINCTIVE is a multi-disciplinary collaboration of 10 universities and 3 key industry partners from across the UK’s civil nuclear sector.
This theme addresses the challenge of ageing nuclear infrastructure, and how to ensure the continued safety of the workforce involved in nuclear decommissioning and management. The aim is to develop reliable systems for nuclear infrastructure characterisation, restoration and preservation.
Work Packages
Theme Objectives
Autonomous systems for nuclear decommissioning in extreme radiation environments
The unique capabilities of the Nuclear Engineering team at Dalton Cumbrian Facility and its relationships with Cumbrian SMEs will be used to develop and to test radiation hardened materials…
Crack sealing and water transport
This PhD project will focus on understanding the effect of cracking on water flow through built structures (mainly concrete)…
In-situ ground contaminant containment (Physical barrier)
Current research at Strathclyde (Biogeochemical Applications in Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Disposal, EPSRC consortium, EP/G063699/1)…
Nano-fracturing in cement
This project will focus on understanding the chemistry and mechanics of fracture nucleation in chemically complex materials and will work towards incorporation of novel self-healing technologies…
Production of real-time segmented as-built CAD models for the planning and execution of remote and human intervention tasks
This project will develop methods for instant real-time 3D as-built CAD modelling of nuclear plant, including segmentation of the scene into a collection of salient objects…
Monitoring of moisture and chloride in contaminated storage structures
This PhD project is aimed at the development of advanced sensor technologies to monitor/measure moisture and chloride in built structures (mainly concrete)…
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