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"The cost for reactor head segmentation ultimately proved to be less than the contract award amount and in fact was approximately equal to what costs for transport and packaging an intact reactor head would have been."
- Michael Snyder, Principal Radiological Engineer
Diamond Wire Sawing of Metal
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With a history of world firsts, providing innovative engineered solutions, and the personnel and equipment to deploy and perform them, Bluegrass is the nuclear metal cutting leader.

The metal cutting services offered by Bluegrass, allow for segmentation or modification of any nuclear site related structure.

The experience derived from 90 plus projects, ensures we understand the ramifications of your needs and the controlled environment in which the work must be accomplished.  From tube bundle cutting to segmenting reactor nozzles we have the combined technologies to offer best practice solutions to your task at hand consistent with ALARA, waste minimization, dust and water control.

  • Steel lined equipment hatches
  • Stainless steel lined refuel canals
  • Heat exchangers
  • Carbon containment liners
  • Reactor nozzles
  • CRDMs


Our metal cutting specialists operate with 40 hour hazwoper, 10 hour OSHA, Radworker, in addition to plant and site specific training.  Daily safety meetings incorporating job hazard analysis are mandatory.  Background checked, drug tested and US citizens, committed people are the backbone of our demolition company.

Supporting maintenance activities, outages, SGR’s and plant decommissioning, we offer advanced technology combinations to match your controlled demolition tasks.

Metal Cutting Projects:
Diamond wire sawed reactor nozzles at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
Reactor missile shield cutting at Point Beach Nuclear Plant
Diamond wire sawed reactor nozzles at Connecticut Yankee
Segmented reactor head at Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Plant
Stainless liquid level nozzle cutting at LaCrosse Boiling Water Reactor
Inconel tube cutting at Arkansas Nuclear One

Related projects:
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The Bluegrass controlled demolition company uses a diamond wire saw for precision cutting, including metal cutting and concrete cutting, in many situations from nuclear decommissioning to very selective demolition during industrial renovations, which may also involve Brokk robotic hammering when diamond wire cutting would be less efficient.