The president of Esterline Power Systems since 1995, Mark Thek is an accomplished physicist, engineer, and writer. Throughout his career, Mark Thek has been involved in the development of a number of cutting-edge technologies used in the aerospace industry. Under his leadership, Esterline Power Systems has expanded its presence around the world. In recent years, Darchem, a subsidiary of Esterline, has acquired a contract with the United Kingdom, related to the country’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. With its expertise in developing solutions for problems related to high temperature and thermal engineering, Darchem has maintained a presence in the global nuclear industry for over 45 years. The new contract involves the manufacture of over 1,000 stainless steel containers for the containment of historic nuclear waste stored at the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo on the Sellafield Site in Cumbria, England. The double-walled containers will be fabricated from Duplex-grade stainless steel according to the highest quality standards. The Pile Fuel Cladding Silo was commissioned in 1952 and was primarily responsible for receiving and storing radioactive fuel cladding. It was filled by 1964 and currently holds over 3,200 cubic meters of waste. Throughout the cleanup decommissioning process, waste will be retrieved from storage silos by remotely operated equipment and packaged in the stainless containers. The containers will then be transported to a different interim storage facility. |
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