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John on May 22nd, 2012

Bridgwater College in Somerset has received £2 million from EDF Energy to help students and local people secure new skills, training and jobs for Hinkley Point C and to create a legacy of engineering excellence across the South West. 

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Vincent de Rivaz, the CEO of EDF Energy made the following statement during the recent Nuclear Development Forum.

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Sellafield Ltd has carried out a technically challenging piece of work in a high radiation environment in order to pave the way for decommissioning one of the high hazard plants at Sellafield.

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John on May 18th, 2012

Rolls-Royce has delivered the final components of a multimillion dollar package of automated handling, transportation and storage technology to Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL), Canada’s leading nuclear science and technology Laboratory.

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John on May 17th, 2012

Horizon will hold its next Open Surgery at Llangefni’s Communities First Centre on Monday 21 May, at which local people can ask questions about plans for a new nuclear power station at Wylfa.

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NuGen today warmly welcomed news that National Grid has launched a consultation on initial proposals for connecting new, nationally-important energy sources like its Moorside project in West Cumbria.

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John on May 15th, 2012

Nuclear Engineering Services (NES) has achieved a significant milestone on the Silo Emptying Plant (SEP) Mobile Caves contract for Sellafield Ltd on behalf of the NDA. 

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John on May 11th, 2012

At the NW NI branch dinner last night the Nuclear Institute and Institute of Physics announced a new collaboration with the Lab in a Lorry project.

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Magnox hit a second decommissioning milestone when the last of the nuclear fuel was removed from the second of Chapelcross’ four reactors.

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John on May 3rd, 2012

Progress to deal with radioactive sludge in the Sellafield 60-year-old Pile Fuel Storage Pond (PFSP) has been impressive, with several milestones recently achieved.

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