John on September 1st, 2010

Defuelling at Chapelcross site in Scotland reached a significant milestone this week as the 50th flask was safely shipped to the Sellafield for reprocessing. 

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John on August 27th, 2010

Collaborative working by teams at Sellafield has delivered a solution to a problematic waste disposal issue, saving the company over £250,000 in the process.

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Hazard reduction at Sellafield has taken a major step forward today with the successful transfer of 14,800 litres of historic radioactive liquid waste from a fifty year old nuclear waste storage silo for safe treatment.

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John on July 8th, 2010

Following a gap of over 20 years six new apprentices arrived at Sellafield Ltd’s office at Risley in June and are quickly getting to grips with the business including a visit to the Sellafield site.

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John on July 8th, 2010

Costain’s current work on the Evaporator-D plant at Sellafield which is currently the largest nuclear construction project in the UK gives the company a strong position to benefit from approaching nuclear power plant construction contracts, believes its new Nuclear Development Director.

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John on May 28th, 2010

One of Sellafield’s effluent treatment plants has today celebrated 25 years of operation during which time over 20 million cubic metres of contaminated water has been treated.

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The first major project to be completed by Sellafield Ltd, under the ownership of Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) has just been delivered – ahead of schedule and under budget.

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John on May 12th, 2010

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has today made an announcement about the future of the Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP).

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John on May 10th, 2010

Sellafield Ltd and International Nuclear Services (INS), working in partnership, have successfully completed the first shipments of solid highly active waste (HAW) to Japan and the Netherlands, safely, securely and in full regulatory compliance.

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Under the ownership of Nuclear Management Partners, Sellafield Ltd has now completed and approved the last safety commissioning test of the inactive safety commissioning phase on the Sellafield Product and Residue Store (SPRS) project.

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