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		<title>Dounreay Waste Disposal Facility</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2012/01/dounreay-waste-disposal-facility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Waste Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dounreay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ SEPA has announced its intention to hold a public consultation on the proposed solid low level radioactive waste disposal facility at Dounreay. DSRL applied to SEPA in November 2010 for an authorisation to disposal of solid low level waste in the new disposal facility, which is currently under construction. The public consultation is expected to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ONR Guidance on Radioactive Waste Management</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/12/onr-guidance-on-radioactive-waste-management/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/12/onr-guidance-on-radioactive-waste-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[onr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ONR guidance on radioactive waste management has been updated as a result of comments received since February 2010. Following a consultation exercise in 2002 the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Scottish Executive and the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) accepted a proposal from HSE, the Environment Agency (EA) and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ONR Interpretation of &#8216;Bulk Quantities&#8217; of Radioactive Matter</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/11/onr-interpretation-of-bulk-quantities-of-radioactive-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/11/onr-interpretation-of-bulk-quantities-of-radioactive-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HSE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[onr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/?p=2117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A consultation workshop on ‘Bulk Quantities’ of radioactive matter took place on 24 October 2011, allowing consultees the opportunity to ask ONR any questions of clarification before responding formally. The notes and presentation from the workshop are now available. The formal public consultation period ends on 12 December 2011. This consultation outlines ONR&#8217;s proposed approach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radioactive Materials Transport Team Joins ONR</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/10/radioactive-materials-transport-team-joins-onr/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/10/radioactive-materials-transport-team-joins-onr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HSE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[radioactive]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Office for Nuclear Regulation ONR extends its remit as a new team with regulatory responsibility for the transportation of radioactive material joins the organisation.  Formerly part of the Department for Transport (DfT), the Radioactive Materials Transport Team (RMTT) regulates the transport of radioactive material by road and rail in Great Britain. They also advise on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Transport of Radioactive Materials Safe</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/10/keeping-transport-of-radioactive-materials-safe/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/10/keeping-transport-of-radioactive-materials-safe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iaea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/?p=1972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some people hear &#8220;radioactive materials transport&#8221; and immediately become petrified. The facts simply don&#8217;t support that fear. And, moving these products is essential and necessary for public health, manufacturing, science and engineering. For the past 50 years, the IAEA has worked alongside the transport industry to ensure that these materials are moved safely; but also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waste Vitrification Plant Line 3 Returns to Service</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/10/waste-vitrification-plant-line-3-returns-to-service/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/10/waste-vitrification-plant-line-3-returns-to-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sellafield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sellafield Ltd has taken a major step forward towards its mission of high hazard reduction by successfully returning to service the Waste Vitrification Plant Line 3. The Vitrification plants Line 3, which converts high active radioactive liquor into glass, is back in full operation after an 18 month shutdown due to an issue with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Underpinning Science and Technology for Radioactive Waste</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/10/underpinning-science-and-technology-for-radioactive-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/10/underpinning-science-and-technology-for-radioactive-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rwmd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our Radioactive Waste Management Directorate (RWMD) is sponsoring the &#8220;Underpinning Science and Technology for Radioactive Waste&#8221; conference which takes place at Loughborough University, Leicestershire from 18 to 20 October 2011. The conference is being jointly organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry&#8217;s Radiochemistry group and: the Geological Society, the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Nuclear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integrated Waste Strategy Document</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/09/integrated-waste-strategy-document/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/09/integrated-waste-strategy-document/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HSE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/?p=1854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For many years, nuclear regulators have actively worked towards integrated management of radioactive waste on nuclear sites, via the development and use of, integrated waste strategies. In 2010 sufficient information had been gathered, to justify holding a significant regulator led National IWS Shaping Event. Following this event a factual report recording the days events and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dounreay Radioactive Waste Plan</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/09/dounreay-radioactive-waste-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/09/dounreay-radioactive-waste-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decommissioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dounreay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/?p=1824</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dounreay’s decommissioning contractor sets out what will happen to an estimated 300,000 tonnes of radioactive  material from the clean-out and closure of the former nuclear research site. More than 99 per cent is expected to remain indefinitely at Dounreay. A small amount of foreign radioactive waste and a stock of nuclear fuel inherited by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New LLW Grout Plant Contract</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/08/new-llw-grout-plant-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/08/new-llw-grout-plant-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dounreay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A notice published today in the Official Journal of the European Union seeks expressions of interest from companies capable of building a plant to grout low-level radioactive waste prior to its disposal at Dounreay. Compacted waste from the clean-out and demolition of the site is currently stored in shipping containers and these need to be [...]]]></description>
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