Sheffield Forgemasters grows nuclear status

Sheffield Forgemasters will be able to fabricate safety critical cast components within nuclear power stations

Sheffield Forgemasters has passed a final audit towards American Society of Mechanical Engineers Nuclear Partials (ASME NPT) status, which will enable it to fabricate safety critical cast components within nuclear power stations.

The company, which already holds ASME accreditation for the manufacture of components for civil nuclear power, has said that the additional status will enable it to take advantage of growing market opportunities.

SFIL will continue its work on manufacturing major nuclear island forging components for the UK’s nuclear submarine programme and projects for civil nuclear power plants as far away as China.

The ASME code is a comprehensive series of guidelines for civil nuclear manufacture in the world, other codes, including the French RCC-M code, operate to similar compliance requirements.