December 2011 – nuclear matters

Happy Christmas 2011!

May I wish all the visitors to Nuclear Matters a terrific Christmas holiday and a spectacular 2012.

The NDA has published its draft Strategy Development Programme for Integrated Waste Management for comment.

Berkeley Lab Researchers find evidence suggesting cancer risk may not be proportional to dose at low dose levels of ionizing radiation.

A protocol for the transfer of employees from Magnox Limited to AMEC has been agreed by the two companies.

Wylfa Site has reached a significant milestone in its lifecycle by taking delivery of the last Magnox nuclear fuel elements

Rolls-Royce has won a €250 million contract with AREVA to supply safety instrumentation and control (I&C) technologies and systems for

Cold shutdown conditions have been declared at Fukushima.

Generic designs for two nuclear reactors proposed for construction in the UK have been granted interim design acceptance by the

Westinghouse Electric Company is delighted that the UK regulators – Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and Environment Agency (EA) –

EDF Energy and AREVA are pleased by the decisions by the Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR) to issue an Interim