PNTL People

PNTL's People

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PNTL has fully trained and experienced British crews. On average, crewmembers have twenty years of experience with PNTL.

The crews on PNTL ships are approximately two to three times larger than that found on chemical tankers of a similar size, providing an unrivalled depth of skills and resources on board during each voyage.

All deck and engine officers hold qualifications above the rank
in which they serve. For example, the Chief Officer on a PNTL ship must hold a Master’s Certificate.

Several emergency training exercises are held each year to test the company’s overall response activities, the communication systems, the expertise of team members and the ships’ crews and the performance of equipment. All personnel are actively encouraged to enhance their skills and qualifications and to take relevant training courses.

The annual average dose to a PNTL crewmember is 0.08mSv/yr, which compares favourably with the permitted exposure for a member of the public from a nuclear site of 1mSv/yr. While there is no requirement for routine dose measurement on PNTL ships, all crewmembers wear film badges to monitor individual radiation doses whenever casks of radioactive material are on board, in line with procedures at licensed nuclear sites.

For shipments of MOX fuel and plutonium, armed officers of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) provide on-board protection from departure to arrival. The CNC officers are specially trained to protect nuclear facilities and materials.