Award winning nuclear engineering company Barrnon, which solves problems at some of the world’s most challenging environmental threats, is preparing for another year of growth after being awarded a multi-million pound contract to build a Scabbler system for Dounreay.
For Barrnon, it’s the latest in a series of high profile contracts in the nuclear decommissioning space – both here in the UK and in the US.
The Scabbler will help clean surfaces and walls of legacy nuclear ponds. It uses no water. It suppress and collect dust and delivers waste direct to a storage container.
Owner and CEO Andy Barr said: “Technology continues to evolve at speed. Here at Barrnon we believe in solving tomorrow’s complex environmental problems today and thinking outside the box to provide a faster, cheaper, safer solution.
“This is a relationship we are keen to build on with a product I’m confident will help nuclear decommissioning for many years to come.”
Barrnon, which is based in Appleby, solves problems by making waste boxes and modular robotics, primarily for the nuclear decommissioning industry.
It is a recognised innovative design and build engineering business.
It successfully tendered to design, manufacture and test the Scabbler for the Dounreay plant in the Caithness area of Scotland.
The Dounreay site consists of two large nuclear establishments, with one to be decommissioned under a ten year contract starting this year – and will lead to it ultimately becoming a brownfield site.
It’s reactor will be dismantled in 2025.
Barrnon, started in 2007 by Mr Barr, diversified into nuclear decommissioning in 2012 with the conceptual design of its patented Bladecutter system.
It now has customers around the globe and won the Queens Award for Innovation in 2021.