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World Nuclear Exhibition: our experience
Last week, the team from Capsa Solutions spent 3 days exhibiting at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris, a key event in the global nuclear calendar that attracts over 23,000 visitors and has more than 780 exhibitors. We were selected to exhibit as part of the WNE...
Analysis work for Capsa waste container
One of the challenges with developing a waste container solution is firstly in ensuring it meets the very strict design requirements on safety and function, and then demonstrating that, in a worst-case scenario such as a stack of containers falling, that its...
Designing the Capsa waste container
The original objective When we set out to build a nuclear waste container to meet the challenge set by Sellafield back in 2017, we had safety, operability, ease of manufacture and cost-effectiveness in mind. There are a number of differences between the Capsa design...
Capsa waste container design submitted to Nuclear Waste Services UK
How Capsa began We launched Capsa Solutions in response to a challenge set by Sellafield in 2017. The objective was to develop a safer, more cost-effective and responsible unshielded intermediate level waste (ILW) container for use in GDF storage. Our engineers have a...
Manufacturing trials starting soon
Capsa Solutions is due to start manufacturing trials for its innovative intermediate level waste container. Having completed the initial design stage, and after ensuring it fully complied with regulatory requirements, we then carried out a baseline method of...
Waste Management Symposium 2022
James Hill spent last week at the #WMSym2022 Waste Management Symposium in Arizona, showcasing our waste container concepts to the US and Canadian market. Thanks to the Nuclear Industry Association, who organised the 200-strong UK contingency, we had the unique chance...
Waste Management Symposia conference 2022
CAPSA Solutions looking forward to exhibiting at the Waste Management Symposia conference 2022 (WMSym2022) next month. The Conference is taking place from March 6th - 10th at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona. WMSym2022 is the largest annual exhibition of its...
CAPSA awarded £500k Innovate UK grant
We are thrilled to have been awarded £500k to develop a waste container designed to meet the challenges of broad front nuclear decommissioning. The funding was granted for the 2.5 year development program by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency. Capsa Solutions was...
Integrated Waste Management Conference
CAPSA Solutions is thrilled to be revealing our innovative, next generation of waste container at the 2019 Integrated Waste Management Conference this week. The Nuclear Institute, in partnership with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has organised the event which...