Hertel is growing its presence in the nuclear sector with a two-year contract from CapenHurst Nuclear Services
Award-winning Middlesbrough company Hertel is growing its presence in the nuclear sector with a two-year contract from CapenHurst Nuclear Services (CNS).
The maintenance and construction services firm will remove asbestos from sites occupied by CNS, which is a centre of excellence for the management of nuclear materials, decommissioning and recycling near Chester.
Hertel , which employs more than 1,000 in the North-east, was last week named Company of the Year at the Teesside heat of the North East Business Awards 2014.
It has worked on the Sellafield site for more than 20 years and other sites including Wylfa, Dungeness A, Hunterston A and Trawsfynydd.
It was recently recognised by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), for developing a system of categorising and segregating more than 250 tonnes of nuclear site asbestos, which saved the UK taxpayer £1.3m in disposal costs.
The latest contract will involve Hertel removing asbestos from former plant areas occupied by CNS and cleaning residual asbestos contamination from the structure of the building, which is used for the safe and secure management of materials.
The delivery of the work is expected to last up to two years, carried out by a Hertel team of up to 40.
Alan Gosling, Hertel’s regional director, said: “We are able to demonstrate our capability of safely stripping and managing the asbestos material at Capenhurst Nuclear Services by bringing our experience of working in radiological environments previously at sites such as Sellafield, Wylfa and Trawsfynydd.”
David Slater, Capenhurst Nuclear Services managing director, added: “The successful delivery of this project will support Capenhurst Nuclear Services in its mission to provide responsible materials management in a manner which is safe and compliant and to the highest possible standards.”
Global industrial services provider Hertel, which was founded in 1895 and employs 13,000 globally, established its UK operations in 1975 with a head office in Middlesbrough. It is now headquartered at Middlehaven.
The company is gearing up for the wave of new nuclear plants in the UK and is experienced in nuclear construction, maintenance and decommissioning.
It also reached a major safety milestone earlier this year, with more than 10 million hours worked without a major accident. Most of the Middlesbrough-based employees work in hazardous environments such as oil and gas refineries, chemical plants and nuclear sites, where safe working practices are crucial.
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