Nine gold safety awards for Sellafield Ltd
Sellafield Ltd has been awarded 9 gold awards by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

皇冠体育app RoSPA Health and Safety Awards recognise safety performance at Sellafield Ltd in 2016/17
皇冠体育app RoSPA Health and Safety Awards are amongst the world鈥檚 most prestigious safety accolades. 皇冠体育appy recognise our safety performance in 2016/17, a year in which we made significant progress in the clean-up of 4 of the most hazardous buildings in Europe.
Retrievals Director, John Oliver, said: 鈥淲e鈥檝e removed more than 50 tonnes of nuclear fuel from the First Generation Magnox Storage Pond, installed the first retrievals machine that will remove waste from the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo and removed the first drum of radioactive sludge from the Pile Fuel Storage Pond.
鈥淐ompleting this technically difficult work while maintaining an unrelenting focus on safety is a credit to our teams and the supply chain鈥�.
Safety Director, Euan Hutton, said: 鈥淲e take these awards as a badge of pride in our safety performance and, while we want to improve our safety performance, we are proud of the work our people have done to deserve these awards.
RoSPA judges consider entrants鈥� overarching occupational health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement.
Julia Small, RoSPA鈥檚 head of awards and events, said: 鈥溁使谔逵齛pp RoSPA Awards are the most prestigious in the world of occupational health and safety, and held in high regard around the world, as winning one demonstrates an organisation鈥檚 commitment to maintaining an excellent health and safety record. Achieving the standard required is no mean feat.鈥�
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