Decommissioning, Immobilisation and Storage
soluTIons for NuClear wasTe InVEntories

Structural Integrity

DISTINCTIVE is a multi-disciplinary collaboration of 10 universities and 3 key industry partners from across the UK’s civil nuclear sector. 

Autonomous systems for nuclear decommissioning in extreme radiation environments

Autonomous systems for nuclear decommissioning in extreme radiation environments

PhD/PDRA – PhD

Academic Lead – Barry Lennox

Researcher – Olusola Ayoola

University – The University of Manchester

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 and remote characterisation technologies for autonomous robotics systems for deployment on Sellafield site in extreme radiation environments.

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