CELEBRATIONS were in full swing earlier this month at the Risley base for Sellafield Ltd to mark 30 years since its workers moved to Hinton House.
A number of engineers from the building also marked four decades since they began their apprenticeship with the nuclear management partners’ company.
Tony Roberts, Steve Grimshaw, Ian McMurran and Rob Millington began as British Nuclear Fuels plc apprentices in 1974 and have remained with the company working in the engineering capability since.
Mr Roberts said: “When I first moved into Hinton House it was completely different to what it is today - the offices were full of drawing boards instead of computers, in the design offices everyone had a drawing board unless you were a senior manager and communication was primarily by telephone and the post, no emails.”
The company also welcomed six young people to the team on September 1 who will undergo a four year design engineering apprentice scheme.
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