New waste recovery and packaging contract at CEA/Marcoule

Following on from the waste recovery and conditioning project at Fosse 0 at CEA/Marcoule, Onet Technologies has just been awarded a new project management contract for the recovery and conditioning of waste from the Dégainage G2/G3 and MAR400 facilities.

This new contract, a continuation of the Fosse 0 pilot project, will consist of :

• to carry out preliminary design studies as part of a consortium formed by Orano Projets, EGIS and Jacobs,
• managing and coordinating construction companies,
• industrial commissioning of facilities for the recovery and conditioning of waste from CEA Marcoule's Dégainage G2/G3 and MAR400 units.

In concrete terms," explains Éloi BASALO, Project Manager/Cycle Facility in the Complex Systems Department (DSC), in charge of this project, "the waste will be recovered using remote-controlled systems, sorted and packaged before being shipped to Andra.

This is a new and exciting challenge for Onet Technologies, which is establishing itself as a key industrial player in the field of waste recovery and conditioning, from design to implementation.

An 11-year contract worth over 10 million euros for Onet Technologies

The result of more than a year and a half's intensive work with partner companies, this contract will start on November 2. It will be spread over 11 years (3 years of studies and 8 years of works).

One of the most important stages in this program will be to divide up the work to be carried out," explains Éloi Basalo. To do this, we're going to draw on the experience we gained on Fosse 0 and our knowledge of project management contracts.

In terms of manpower, the study phase will mobilize a team of 12 Onet Technologies employees for three years. All the operations entrusted to the company represent some 100,000 man-hours.

Immersive virtual reality

To improve precision and efficiency, and in particular to ensure the accessibility of installations for assembly, the feasibility of technical operations and the maintainability of equipment to be deployed, Onet Technologies, in conjunction with its Digital Continuity Unit, plans to use virtual reality. This innovative process is highly appropriate in harsh environments, and one that few nuclear companies have mastered to date.

"This immersion in an interactive virtual world is a major asset for us, both in preparing our operations and in piloting our remotely operated robots," says Éloi Basalo.

A new challenge for Onet Technologies, which also plans to produce 3D models of all the devices to be manufactured.

And a new specificity, which further strengthens its expertise in the management of the nuclear waste transfer chain.