The fellowship was awarded to Jean Llewellyn by Paul Thomas President of the Nuclear Institute at the annual northwest Nuclear Institute dinner on the 13th May 2010. 

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John on May 28th, 2010

One of Sellafield’s effluent treatment plants has today celebrated 25 years of operation during which time over 20 million cubic metres of contaminated water has been treated.

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John on May 28th, 2010

The Weir Group PLC  and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop activities in the UK nuclear new build market under the brand WEIR-MHI. 

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John on May 27th, 2010

The Open University is leading a consortium of six UK universities to enhance understanding of the performance of the materials used in the next generation of nuclear reactors.

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John on May 26th, 2010

Chris Huhne has announced the appointment of Charles Hendry, as Minister of State for Energy, resposible for supporting new nuclear development.

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John on May 25th, 2010

Liberal Democrat voters lead call for action on climate change and also back nuclear as part of a balanced energy mix. Voters of all three main political parties support nuclear power and are in favour of changes to the planning system to make it easier to build new nuclear plants, according to a major poll [...]

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John on May 25th, 2010

Two important high hazard risk reduction milestones have been achieved in the clean up of the historic Pile Fuel Storage Pond facility at Sellafield.

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John on May 21st, 2010

Tony Fountain, NDA’s Chief Executive, outlines why and how the financial year 2009/10 saw strong progress in the decommissioning and clean-up across 19 sites.

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The first major project to be completed by Sellafield Ltd, under the ownership of Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) has just been delivered – ahead of schedule and under budget.

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AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, and Energy Solutions , the international nuclear services company, have formed a joint venture to bid for the Parent Body Organisation (PBO) contract at Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL).

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