The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority – including Sellafield Ltd and Magnox Ltd – has teamed up with Innovate UK to call on companies to come up with new ideas and innovative approaches to the challenge.
Robotics, sensors, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems are just some of the potential technologies which could be used for the Sort and Segregate Nuclear Waste competition.
It is open to any interested organisation, they don’t have to be from a nuclear background, to form consortia and develop a plan to address the challenge. It involves work at Sellafield and several Magnox nuclear reactor sites – the UK’s first generation of nuclear reactor.
The competition opens on 17 August with an online briefing event taking place on 25 August and the closing date for the competition is 11am 11 November 2020.
To find out more about the competition and how to apply please visit the GOV.UK website.