How TrackMini is Improving Transparency in Waste Transport

Room for improvement in nuclear waste transport

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Amidst the complexity of global supply chain, businesses grapple with obstacles in guaranteeing the seamless transport and supervision of vital assets. Among these, the transportation of nuclear waste stands out as one of the most crucial and challenging endeavors, with Germany alone witnessing over 500,000 nuclear transports annually¹.

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Nuclear logistics companies, tasked with the responsibility to move CASTOR (Cask for Storage and Transport of Radioactive Material), encounter significant hurdles ensuring the efficiency and safety of their operations.

These challenges include:
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• Manual Bookkeeping: Regulatory compliance demands that carriers meticulously document past routes to ensure safety and adherence to protocols. Without visibility of containers and load carriers in place, these companies resort to manual derivation of routes based on leg times and arrival data from third parties, leading to inaccuracies.
• Absence of Real-time Monitoring: Maintaining the safety and security of nuclear shipments necessitates real-time monitoring, yet carriers struggle with this aspect. To mitigate risks, companies rely on regular communication with drivers and dispatchers, adding layers of complexity to an already intricate process.
• Inaccurate Maintenance Intervals: Traditionally, maintenance schedules are determined based on planned routes, attempting to integrate information from various disparate systems. However, without concrete data on the actual routes taken, this method frequently leads to inaccuracies and discrepancies.

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Addressing these challenges is imperative for leading nuclear logistics companies to uphold the highest standards of safety, compliance, and efficiency.

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Three ways how pyliot increased operational efficiency for a leading nuclear waste transport company

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In a move aimed at optimising their waste transport operations in Europe, a prominent player in the nuclear logistics sector has partnered with pyliot to harness the power of their comprehensive suite of solutions, including 350 units of TrackMini Industrial and the pyliot app.

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The implementation of pyliot's IoT solution has yielded remarkable results:

• A 5% reduction in weekly working hours has been achieved through precise route documentation and robust coverage utilising GNSS, WiFi, and cell tower signal strength.
• Introduction of real-time monitoring capabilities through the pyliot app, empowering the customer with unparalleled vsibility and control over their container fleet. Paired with customisable alerts, the highest level of safety and compliance are in place.
• A significant 10% improvement in utilisation rates of the containers, driven by precise data on maintenance intervals, enabling the customer to maximize container usage.

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About customer
‍The company offers high-value products and services for the entire nuclear fuel cycle, ranging from raw materials to the treatment of nuclear waste. Its activities, including mining and decommissioning as well as the conversion, enrichment, and reprocessing of fuel elements, logistics, and engineering, contribute to electricity generation with a low CO2 footprint.

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About pyliot

pyliot is an asset tracking solutions provider for logistics use-cases offering cutting-edge devices, platform and tailored services to streamline operations and enhance efficiency. The company offer solutions for verticals incl. General Transport, Pharma & Life Science, Food & Beverages and Healthcare. Based in Munich, Germany, the company is backed by iDTRONIC GmbH a renown RFID brand.

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References:

[1] Bundesamt für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung (2023). Zwischenlagerung / Transport. Available under: https://www.base.bund.de/DE/themen/ne/transporte/einfuehrung/einfuehrung.html