Nuclear Waste News
Sellafield supports Whitehaven Harbour Marine Waste ProjectA youth-led eco project is set to see Whitehaven's harbour become mainland Europe’s largest Seabin site. Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project has already secured the installation of 6 of the… |
British nuclear revival to move towards energy independenceGreat British Nuclear to boost UK energy security, reduce dependence on volatile fossil fuel imports and deliver government priority to grow the economy. A massive revival of nuclear power… |
Major £17 million earthworks contract awarded on Sellafield projectThe Programme and Project Partners (PPP), a 20-year partnership transforming how Sellafield Ltd delivers major projects, continues supply chain expansion with earthworks package award. … |
Work underway to prepare nuclear waste for final disposalRepository site begins work processing 260 containers to make nuclear waste permanently safe, sooner. Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), which operates the UK’s Low Level Waste Repository in… |
Escape to Cumbria for your next career move.Apart from the stunning scenery and endless sports and leisure activities, Cumbria has a wealth of opportunities for outsiders moving into the area. Hidden in the depth of Cumbria, Nuclear… |
Introduction to Geological Disposal FacilityAn introduction to GDF, a Geological Disposal Facility for the long-term disposal of nuclear waste, with an explanation of why we need one, what makes it a safe and sustainable solution, and where… |
Magnox BEPO reactor 75th AnniversaryThe British Experimental Pile Operation (BEPO) reactor at Magnox’s Harwell Site began operating on Saturday 3 July 1948 when the men’s Wimbledon singles final was being played. Rationing was still… |
Studies to assess potential site suitability for GDF underwayNuclear Waste Services (NWS) has begun a wide range of studies to evaluate sites that could be suitable to host a GDF. The studies will be conducted over a number of years to help ensure a… |
Jennifer is a ‘top 50’ international engineer at SellafieldJennifer Maher has been named as one of the top 50 women in engineering Sellafield engineers, Jennifer Maher and Jennifer Humphries have extra reasons to celebrate this Women in Engineering… |
Innovative nuclear site monitoring and inspection technologies showcased at demo dayDASA and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) hosted a demo day to showcase the progress of 10 projects funded through the Remote Monitoring of Sensitive Sites competition. On 14 June… |
Magnox awards major decommissioning and asbestos removal contractFive suppliers have been awarded a framework contract to meet the needs of the Magnox decommissioning programme across the UK with an estimated value of £485m. Costain Ltd, Keltbray Holdings… |
Project examines retrofitting sails to nuclear transport shipsNuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) - part of the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority - has partnered with renewable marine technology specialist Smart Green Shipping (SGS) to investigate the… |
Berkeley decommissioning work brought forward 50 yearsFive decades earlier than planned, Magnox is embarking on the decommissioning project to clean-up and demolish the four 'blower house' structures which surround the two reactor buildings at the… |
Behind the scenes site tour of Hinkley Point C 2023Hinkley Point C’s Delivery Director, Nigel Cann has released his latest 2023 update on the project. The footage shows how work has progressed over the last 12 months, with the site moving… |
A Long Term Solution to Nuclear WasteA short film that describes our mission to find a suitable site in a willing community for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). Prof Claire Corkhill, an independent Nuclear Waste Expert from… |
UK launches Nuclear Waste Services strategyThe Nuclear Waste Services strategy for the UK aims to "make nuclear waste permanently safe, sooner". The strategy sets out key dates, such as capping starting on the Low Level Waste… |
Sellafield AI strategy 'to boost safety and speed up site remediation'The UK's Sellafield nuclear facility has unveiled its AI (artificial intelligence) strategy intended to improve efficiency and safety, with the goal that by 2032 "AI will be driving safer, faster… |
TPU project to use electric discharge to decontaminate concreteTomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) and TVEL have launched a project to use electric discharges to speed up the decontamination of radioactive concrete. The aim is to allow decontamination of… |
US, UK, Canada and France collaborate on nuclear legacy sitesThe USA's Department of Energy (DoE), the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL), the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and… |
UK grant for Deep Isolation corrosion-resistant canistersThe project is a collaboration between Deep Isolation, the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, the University of Sheffield and NAC International and aims to engineer canisters that… |