The IAEA is celebrating this year the fortieth anniversary of its International Nuclear Information System (INIS), a database providing access to scientific literature published worldwide on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Read the rest of this entry »
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Four new reports are now available online, three for Capenhurst (Urenco UK Ltd) regarding construction requests and another for sub-underleasing at Harwell. Read the rest of this entry »
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EDF Energy recently hosted two successful regional conferences in Somerset and Suffolk to share its plans for nuclear new build with the local communities. A national conference is now planned for 13 September 2010 in London to further highlight the plans and designs for nuclear installations in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »
Cammell Laird and Nuvia are announcing an ambitious partnership agreement today which aims to ‘catapult’ them to the forefront of the UK’s multi billion pound new nuclear build programme. Read the rest of this entry »
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority NDA has today (1 September 2010) published the draft of its updated Strategy for consultation. Read the rest of this entry »
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Defuelling at Chapelcross site in Scotland reached a significant milestone this week as the 50th flask was safely shipped to the Sellafield for reprocessing. Read the rest of this entry »
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Kevin Allars, Director of New Build GDA at the HSE, and Joe McHugh, Head of Radioactive Substances Regulation at the Environment Agency, have today published the second Quarterly Report for 2010 (April–June). Read the rest of this entry »
Collaborative working by teams at Sellafield has delivered a solution to a problematic waste disposal issue, saving the company over £250,000 in the process.
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John Ritch, Director General at the World Nuclear Association and former adviser to US President Bill Clinton, spoke to an audience of graduates at the Sixth Annual Summer Institute of the World Nuclear University at Christ Church, Oxford last week. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has published the UK Strategy for the Management of Solid Low Level Radioactive Waste (LLW) from the Nuclear Industry. Read the rest of this entry »