The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is today (31 March) publishing its Business Plan. The Plan confirms expenditure of £2.8 Billion for the next year (2010/11) across the NDA’s estate of 19 sites built in the post-war days of the UK’s early nuclear programme.
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Horizon Nuclear Power outlined further details of its nuclear power programme in the UK. Given the right market conditions the company proposes to have its first reactor, at Wylfa on the Isle of Anglesey, commissioned as early as 2020.
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Cogent is in the process of writing 4 reports on the UK nuclear industry. The latest report Next Generation: Skills for New Build Nuclear is now available for download.
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The Government today made further progress towards facilitating new nuclear power in the UK.
Toshiba Corporation and Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC today announced the formation of a new joint venture, UK based Advance Uranium Asset Management, Ltd. (AUAM), that will strengthen Toshiba Group’s capabilities in the nuclear front end business segments and enhance the extensive range of support services extended to utilities around the world.
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A proposed multinational nuclear fuel bank under IAEA control reached a milestone this month when Kuwait pledged a financial contribution of US$10 million.
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Most of the 470 commercial nuclear power reactors operating or under construction in the world today require uranium ‘enriched’ in the U-235 isotope for their fuel.
The NDA has now concluded an agreement with Westinghouse Electric Company that will secure the future of the Springfields nuclear facility in Preston. Negotiations on the deal began last year.
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The last of more than 10,000 drums of Magnox Depleted Uranium (MDU) left Chapelcross this week, signifying the reduction of a major hazard associated with the UK’s civil nuclear legacy.
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The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has teamed up with Atkins, one of the world’s leading engineering and design consultancies, to provide its nuclear training academy with fully accredited, university-standard courses.
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