Early in 2014, up to £13 million will be made available jointly by the Technology Strategy Board, the Department of Energy and Climate Change DECC and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority NDA to help UK-based businesses take advantage of the opportunities that the growing nuclear market offers. Read the rest of this entry »
The Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store, Direct Import Facility project team at Sellafield Ltd are rightly celebrating their achievement in progressing the programme to strip out equipment from the BEPPS facility. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bepps, encapsulation, sellafield
Two leading organisations within the UK’s nuclear industry, the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), have committed to work collaboratively on activities connected to the promotion of nuclear research & development. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: nnl.nia. nuclear
Magnox has taken a major step to ensure prompt payment for small and medium enterprises (SME) by requiring its direct suppliers to adopt its own ‘nett monthly’* payment standards on Magnox related work. Read the rest of this entry »
Hitachi, Ltd. and Horizon Nuclear Power (Horizon), a subsidiary of Hitachi, today announced that Hitachi, Horizon Nuclear Power Wylfa Ltd and HM Treasury signed a co-operation agreement to promote external financing for a new nuclear power station on Anglesey. Read the rest of this entry »
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority NDA, the public body that owns Dounreay and funds its clean-up, has set out key milestones for the site over the next three years. Read the rest of this entry »
Members of the Nuclear Institute’s Young Generation Network YGN took part in a five day Technical Tour of the Ukraine. Read the rest of this entry »
The European Parliament has approved the regulation setting up Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation programme for 2014-2020 to include nuclear research. Read the rest of this entry »
A DSRL pioneering in-house invention has allowed the PFR reactor dismantling team to complete one of the final phases of the reactor dismantling ready for final demolition. Read the rest of this entry »
On 24 October the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) launched a Call for Evidence for its Balance of Competences Energy Review. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: competence, decc, energy