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Safer, cheaper and 99% less waste: Lancaster’s radioactivity depth profiling research improves the decommissioning process for nuclear fuel storage ponds at Sellafield.

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Submitting institution
The University of Lancaster
Unit of assessment
12 - Engineering
Summary impact type
Technological
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Is this case study continued from a case study submitted in 2014?
No
Underpinning research subjects
  • Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics
  • Other Physical Sciences
  • Biomedical Engineering

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Grant funding

Grant number Value of grant
N/A £49,000
N/A £56,000
N/A £140,000
Countries
  • England
  • Scotland
Global research identifiers
  • grid.422942.b
  • grid.496779.2
Name of funders
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
  • REACT Engineering
  • UK Research and Innovation
Researcher ORCIDs
  • 0000-0002-3074-3484