Decommisssioning

A 16-piece tool designed to reach deep inside one of Britain’s earliest atomic experiments and harvest the nuclear material that once promised to revolutionise how the nation generated its electricity.

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John on July 5th, 2011

A vital flask to be used for the removal of the highly hazardous material from within the Dounreay Fast Reactor has been delivered, marking further progress for the shutdown of the site.

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The first UK nuclear power reactor has reached a significant milestone as the unique golf ball design reactor comes to the end of its 20 year decommissioning programme at Sellafield.

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John on June 10th, 2011

Two Magnox sites are pushing ahead with work to accelerate decommissioning and reach the ‘Care and Maintenance’ milestone years ahead of schedule.

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John on May 19th, 2011

A new laboratory is to be built at Dounreay to provide essential support to the remainder of the site clean-up.

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John on May 12th, 2011

Sellafield’s PFSP fuel storage pond is benefiting from the development of a new sludge retrieval machine to help safely decommission what is a 60 year old facility.

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John on April 27th, 2011

Work to clean up Dounreay moves offshore next month when contractor Land and Marine returns to the seabed in the latest search for fragments of spent nuclear fuel.

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John on March 2nd, 2011

In a major landmark for the UK’s nuclear industry, Costain has helped close the doors at one of the UK’s earliest reactors. It is now in ‘Safestore’ status until late this century.

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John on February 28th, 2011

Emptying of the Dounreay Fast Reactor east pond is almost complete.

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John on February 18th, 2011

Magnox is investing in mobile decommissioning equipment that can be moved around to tackle the waste legacy at a number of its sites.

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