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| Japan calls on Amec Foster Wheeler’s nuclear expertise Amec Foster Wheeler, one of the UK's leading organisations for waste management, announces today that it has been appointed by Japan's nuclear decommissioning organisation to carry out a major study into managing radioactive waste at the Fukushima Daiichi power station. The work will assist the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (NDF) to develop a long-term waste management strategy for the site. Clive White, President of Amec Foster Wheeler's Clean Energy business, said: "Our work will make both a significant contribution to the Fukushima remediation programme and will also form the basis for further initiatives to adapt waste management tools to the specific requirements and conditions at Fukushima. The review will be carried out by a specialist project team with experience of providing similar services to the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority at Sellafield, and to relevant projects in Europe and the USA. The team will identify practical planning tools to support the future development of a waste management strategy for NDF at Fukushima, design case studies to demonstrate how the tools can be applied to deliver the best practicable environmental option for dealing with radioactive waste, and run workshops based on these case studies to provide NDF staff with hands-on, practical training. write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Construction News :: home page |