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Issue 09 June 2018 David Peattie NDA Chief Executive Officer on his first year at the helm The original Northern Powerhouse Why we’ve joined the growth initiative Safer Respected. Sooner Included. Performing Our progress and annual review of safety 2017/18 at our best. ED&I special, page 40 Apprentice collaboration Knocking down icons In Focus Our nuclear welding inspector Removing two iconic chimneys Inside our high level apprentices join the supply chain from the Sellafield skyline waste plants Cumbria Exchange is for community organisations and businesses to connect with each other for mutual benefit Are youyou a communitycommunity organisationorgan who couldcould benefitbenefit ffrom:rom: • Some time or supportsuppoort from ana expert? • Developing an areareaa of expertise?exper • S Someome equipmentequipment that a businessbu could be looking to part with? AArere yoyouu a busibusinessnesse wwhoho wwould like to: • S Supportupport a grougroupp or organisationorgan in the local communitcommunity?y? • S Sharehare yoyourur knknowledge,owledge, resources aandnd sskills?kills? • O Offerffer yoyourur eemployeesmpployees a different learnilearning/developmentng/development oopportunity; enengaginggaging with their loclocala community? To submit a request for help or offer support visit www.cumbriaexchange.co.uk Editor’s Letter Editor’s Letter page 10 NDA Chief Executive Officer, David Peattie, reflects on his first year in the role n this final issue ofSellafield Magazine we take a look at the site and our company through many different lenses. First up is the Chief Executive Officer of our parent organisation, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, David Peattie, who had been in post for a little over a year. We sat down with him in IMarch and you can read about his first 12 months in post on page 10. Creating an inclusive culture at Sellafield Some of our employees sat down to talk to each other about the progress being made on the clean-up of the site, the changing culture of our organisation page 40 and the completion of reprocessing. You can read all about it on page 26, watch the conversation on our website, www.gov.uk/sellafieldltd or via the QR code below. ‘Change’ was a common theme in these conversations. We are changing our mission as reprocessing is completed (see ‘Tonnes to go’ on page 16), and changing the skyline of the site (see ‘Knocking down icons’ on page 46). Another, perhaps less visible change, is our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion. Earlier this year our employees took part in a survey along with the rest of the NDA estate. Read about our findings and what we are doing to ensure that everyone is included, respected and performing at their best on page 40. Our annual review of safety for 2017/18 page 17 One thing that hasn’t changed is our commitment to working in our local communities with strategic investments that address areas of need. From page 67 we take a look back at some of those investments in West Cumbria along with a look at our latest investment: the regeneration of a redundant bus station in Whitehaven as a business innovation hub. Our safety performance for 2017/18 is also under the microscope in this issue with our annual review of performance for the year covered from page 17. Elsewhere in this issue you can go behind the doors of our highly active waste plants (page 58), read about why partnership with the Northern Powerhouse was an obvious choice for us (page 55), and how we are supporting one of our local See our company and progress at Sellafield suppliers by seconding two of our welding inspector apprentices into their team. through the eyes of our employees page 26 As Sellafield continues to change, and as we continue to succeed in our mission of national importance, we will continue to illustrate our progress in new ways as media platforms continue to evolve. Despite these changes, Sellafield will continue to be the original Northern Powerhouse. Thanks for reading. There are lots of ways to stay up-to-date with the work we are doing at Sellafield: On the Sellafield: www.gov.uk/sellafieldltd Issue 09 June 2018 cover In conversation David Peattie Keep an eye out for our digital NDA Chief Executive Officer on his first year at the helm newsletter, Sellafield via The original Northern David Peattie, Scan to watch www.gov.uk/Sellafield Ltd Powerhouse Why we’ve joined the growth initiative Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Decommissioning @SellafieldLtd Safer Authority Respected. Sooner Included. Performing Our progress and annual review of safety 2017/18 at our best. @SellafieldLtd ED&I special, page X Apprentice collaboration Knocking down icons In Focus Our nuclear welding inspector Removing two iconic chimneys Inside our high level apprentices join the supply chain from the Sellafield skyline waste plants @Sellafield 3 Contents Contents 16 Government launches GDF consultation Location, Location, Location 16 The final countdown Reprocessing is near to completion 17 COVER In Review 2017/18: safety review Sellafield is a complicated nuclear site dealing with some of the world’s most 6 complex risks and technical challenges 33 26 In Review 2016/17: Sellafield Ltd in conversation APPRENTICE We asked the questions, they gave SECONDMENT Training at Sellafield and their views in the supply chain 6 What is... The West Cumbria 33 A winning combination Sites Stakeholder Group? An apprentice seconded in the supply Here’s your chance to find out more. chain shares her journey with us 46 Knocking down icons 36 Elements Continuing the work to remove two 8 LATEST NEWS An immersive week long programme iconic chimney stacks Since January we have… that gives the future generation a real insight into nuclear 48 INTERVIEW Technical Specialist 10 COVER David Peattie Trainees (TSTs) Chief Executive Officer, NDA 38 D:EEP Celebrating 10 years of this pioneering Collaborative working brings us closer career route 15 New chair to understanding our legacy We welcome our new chair, 52 Forepoint Ltd Lorraine Baldry, OBE 40 Creating an inclusive culture Making complex simple What we’re doing at Sellafield and 15 Cumbria Exchange why it matters A new matchmaking site pairing 54 From the archives community needs with industry Train – BNFL No.1 resources 55 COVER The original northern powerhouse A high-profile initiative established to redress the North-South economic imbalance 10 In his first year in charge of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, David Peattie has smashed the CEO stereotype 4 Contents BUS STATION REGENERATION The transformation into a business hub 80 58 In Focus: 82 Travel and transport High level waste plants Fewer spaces, more options A suite of facilities that manage the most hazardous by-product of spent 85 10 facts nuclear fuel reprocessing Project academy for Sellafield 62 Delivering demolitions 86 Cumbria Women in Nuclear Our mission is to focus on the clean-up Shining a light on gender equality of the Sellafield site 90 Access success 64 Our unsung heroes We’ve done it! Celebrating the work of our teams 92 Sellafield Ltd chosen charities 66 From the archives The Great North Air Ambulance Service Amateur dramatic performances (GNAAS) for Cumbria and Harry & Co. from employees living in the Greengarth for Warrington accommodation 94 National college for Nuclear 67 PHOTO FEATURE A range of advanced and higher Social Impact technical skills levels and degree level 62 The nuclear industry has a proud courses history of investment in West Cumbria. 96 in residence A look at how we We take a look at this legacy in PHOTOGRAPHER Tracks, memories of a former life photographs are becoming more 98 INTERVIEW Five minutes with... 80 Social Impact – Bus Station focused on the Alex Walsh Our strategic investment is transforming a former bus station in Whitehaven clean-up of our site. 82 FEWER SPACES, MORE OPTIONS Travel and transport at Sellafield 5 What is… WHAT IS… The West Cumbria Sites Stakeholder Group (WCSSG) Do you want to find out first-hand what goes on behind the gates to one of the largest nuclear sites in Europe? Do you want to know more about the nuclear industry? Well here’s your chance to find out how: 6 What is… Living and working close to a nuclear organisation and make the most of the opportunities those changes can provide and the WCSSG is one of can be a scary business if you don’t understand the ways that we can achieve that.” what it does and how it does it. As well as the quarterly meetings of the main stakeholder group, there are six working ellafield and the Low Level Waste and storage, all of which has an impact on the groups which meet regularly to discuss the Repository have been a major part of local community, things will need to change areas of the site that their working group S the West Cumbrian community for over and that means for the community too. The covers, so for example, the Risk and Hazard 60 years and continues to be today. The West WCSSG is the mechanism by which the Reduction and Waste Management Working Cumbria Sites Stakeholder Group (WCSSG) community will have their input into what the Group will keep a watching brief over the work makes sure the community has an opportunity future will look like.” being done to reduce the risks in the legacy to understand what the nuclear sites do and The Vice Chairman of the WCSSG, buildings on the site, buildings such as the ask the owners and operators of those sites Mike Starkie represents Copeland Borough Pile Fuel Storage Facility and the Magnox any questions. Council: “The WCSSG brings an array of Swarf Storage Silo that have been in situ for Local stakeholder groups have been in people together from different organisations many years and are in the process of being existence in the West Cumbrian community and backgrounds.