Decommisssioning

admin on February 3rd, 2012

Large tracts of land at two sites owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) have been officially sanctioned as available for new development after the last remaining nuclear regulations were removed.

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John on January 24th, 2012

The NDA has now published the report from the National Event for stakeholders, held in Manchester at the end of last year.

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John on January 19th, 2012

The NDA is offering a bursary up to £500,000 to encourage university research projects that can contribute to its nuclear decommissioning and clean-up mission.

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John on January 12th, 2012

The Nuclear Decommissioning Conference is the most focused decommissioning meeting for the UK & European nuclear industry. Held in Manchester, April 17/18 the 2012 show is set to showcase world class speakers, crucial industry debates and executive attendees.

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John on January 10th, 2012

Dounreay is close to completing one of Britain’s most important nuclear clean-up tasks in the destruction of liquid metal from Britain’s experimental fast breeder reactor.

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John on January 6th, 2012

The Waste Encapsulation Treatment Plant (WETP) at Winfrith has been demolished, marking the final stage of decommissioning of the plant, following successful completion of a five year sludge retrieval and processing programme by site licence company RSRL, parent body organisation Babcock reports.

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John on November 30th, 2011

Hertel has won a five-year framework contract as part of the Celadon Alliance for deplanting, demolition and asbestos (DD&A) removal across 10 Magnox power station sites.

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John on September 27th, 2011

A reduction of up to £2.4 billion over the decommissioning lifetimes of nuclear sites could be one of the many benefits from increased levels of recycling, combustion, super-compaction and other measures for dealing with radioactive low level waste (LLW), a recent meeting was told.

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John on August 4th, 2011

Bradwell’s skyline is set to dramatically change with the systematic demolition of the main turbine hall at Bradwell Power Station – the site’s largest single building.

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John on August 3rd, 2011

The NDA and its main contractors have begun a collaborative drive to develop practical strategies for supporting smaller businesses seeking work in the decommissioning sector.

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