John on August 31st, 2010

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). 

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John on August 27th, 2010

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 on August 26th, 2010

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. 

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John on August 26th, 2010

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has published the UK Strategy for the Management of Solid Low Level Radioactive Waste (LLW) from the Nuclear Industry.

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John on August 26th, 2010

 Small and Medium Sized (SMEs) businesses are invited to attend an event aimed at saving them valuable time, by removing complexity, and steering them through the maze of information already available and help provide a head-start for them to compete for nuclear supply chain contracts.

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John on August 26th, 2010

Publication of the NDA updated Strategy is due no later than March 2011. We will launch a consultation on our Draft Strategy on 1 September 2010. Below are details of the timescales for publication of our final Strategy.

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John on August 25th, 2010

NNL has many years experience of the nuclear fuel cycle and associated science and technology and is in an ideal position to advise decision makers on key topics which are important when considering the UK’s ability to meet these nuclear challenges.

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John on August 20th, 2010

The contract for the first phase of a massive new multi-million pound waste storage facility at Sellafield has been won by a Babcock and Balfour Beatty Joint Venture.

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John on August 13th, 2010

NEF Assured (Nuclear) is the industry specific standard for assuring deliverers of training in the nuclear sector. It has been specifically developed to assure the standard of training that is delivered ‘in-house’ by nuclear organisations.

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John on August 12th, 2010

Contracts in support of the preparatory studies phase of the UK’s geological disposal facility (GDF) for higher activity nuclear wastes.

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