Sharing sealing expertise with the nuclear power industry

Senior Test and Certificates Engineer John Hallström and Global Segment Manager Gavin Cornall have reproduced extracts from IAEA publications with permission from the International Atomic Energy Agency. Step by step, and hazard by hazard, they explain why they recommend standardization with Roxtec seals in separation barriers, walls, floors, and cabinets throughout any nuclear facility.

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Roxtec sealing experts Gavin Cornall and John Hallström, authors of the technical paper.

Multi-hazard protection by Roxtec

Roxtec cable and pipe seals are passive protection systems that protect against multiple concurrent and consequential hazards, internal and external as well as human induced and natural.

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Highlighting post-Fukushima learnings

The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011 was a perfect storm of concurrent and consequential hazards with a sequence of events that compromised the safe shutdown of the plant. Since the accident, amendments and improvements have been made to guidance and governance, and recommendations from the IAEA have been filtered down to national level around the world. The authors of the technical paper show that Roxtec has the expertise and a regulatory compliant sealing technology that fits the nuclear power industry perfectly.

The seals maintain safety even when threats accumulate. They can be bolted, cast, or welded and used in walls, floors, and cabinets or other separation barriers. The seals provide immediate performance without any need for drying or curing and contribute to securing equipment and back-up systems for redundancy and diversification. The cable and pipe transits are in fact as easy to use on a construction site as in an SMR factory for serial and modular production.