Croft filters out nuclear contamination

Filters specialist Croft Engineering Services has refined the process of air filtration for a nuclear power station.

The project for clients Jacobs Engineering, took specialist planning and design by Croft to produce special filters required to meet the strict requirements of the nuclear sector.Croft developed a  highly-specialist filter, incorporating a mesh block densely packed with fine wire engineered by Crofts'' in-house engineers which required over 300 man hours of research, development and production.

The filter was designed to be retrofitted and used as part of a ventilation system extracting air from a tank at the Hunterston Power Station in Scotland, where sludge containing low level contaminates is stored.

Jacobs worked with Croft because of their specialist knowledge and flexible production methods to produce the specialist filter as part of a project the company is working on for Magnox, who operates the power station. The filter will critically remove moisture from the air before it is passed through an additional HEPA filter before safely being discharged into the environment.

Croft Partner Neil Burns;

“This is another example of the skills and expertise available to our customers and following years of investigation it is extremely rewarding to arrived at this practical solution to a challenging situation. Our engineers and designers are very proud of what has been achieved.”

Mike Marshall, technical consultant with Jacobs Engineering;

“The service we received from Croft was excellent. It was a challenging project to develop, but Croft has produced a well engineered solution.”