February 2012 – nuclear matters

Oldbury Power Station shuts down

29 February 2012 John 2872 Views 0 Comment magnox, nuclear, oldbury

After 44 years of safe operation, Magnox’s Oldbury power station – the world’s oldest operating nuclear power station – ceased

29 February 2012 John 5480 Views 0 Comment axiom, progressive, sellafield

Two major groups have won the £1.5 billion framework agreement for design services at Sellafield.

UK Nuclear Fission Technology Roadmap Preliminary Report is the name of a new report by NNL that sets out possible

The NDA is seeking proposals on potential alternative approaches for managing the UK’s plutonium stocks alongside providing support to the

Horizon Nuclear Power’s first ‘public information surgery’ on plans for a new nuclear power station at Wylfa, Anglesey, UK, could

This is the latest routine quarterly report on the progress of Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of the AP1000® and UK

22 February 201222 February 2012 John 1602 Views 0 Comment

Magnox Ltd, that operates and maintains Wylfa Power Station, has requested ONR consent to restart Reactor 1 at the end

NuGen, the UK nuclear company has announced it has completed the purchase of SSE’s 25% stake in the project.

21 February 2012 John 1957 Views 0 Comment assystem, atkins, edf, epr, nuclear

Atkins and Assystem are to expand their nuclear engineering alliance to support EDF in the deployment of the UK European

20 February 2012 John 1740 Views 0 Comment nuclear, rolls royce. areva

The UK and France have put the green economy and energy security at the heart of their relationship. This came