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Positive results from space battery work
Initial success in demonstrating the feasibility of "space batteries" has led to the UK's National Nuclear Laboratory being awarded further developmental work by the European Space Agency.
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Friday, 26 July 2013
Incentives for nuclear communities
Financial incentives are on offer to British communities hosting new nuclear power plants, in common with measures to encourage new wind farms and shale gas development. Plans from the government were warmly welcomed today.
Nuclear Policies
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Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Loan guarantee for Hinkley Point C
The UK government has announced that EDF Energy's proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant is eligible for a multi-billion pound loan guarantee.
New Nuclear
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Friday, 28 June 2013
Bradwell welcomes falcon chicks
Decommissioning work plans at the UK's shuttered Bradwell nuclear power plant have been adjusted so as not to disturb a clutch of peregrine falcon chicks. The nestlings recently hatched on top of one of the two reactor buildings.
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Friday, 21 June 2013
UK looks to nuclear manufacturing future
Work has begun on two collaborative research programs to develop new forging and casting techniques for nuclear components, while UK manufacturers are invited to apply for funding to help them compete in the nuclear industry.
Corporate
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Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Fine for misdirected waste shipment
Sellafield Ltd has been fined £700,000 ($1.1 million) for mistakenly sending four bags of low-level waste to a conventional landfill instead of the correct facility.
Regulation & Safety
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Monday, 17 June 2013
Innovation cash for back-end technology
Three innovative technologies to reduce the costs of treating and storing nuclear industry wastes are to receive funding in Britain, while a major decommissioning milestone is being celebrated at one of the country's first-generation sites.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 6 June 2013
Dounreay waste retrieval deal
UK-based engineering company James Fisher Nuclear has won a £5 million ($7.6 million) contract for the retrieval and processing of radioactive waste from a 65-metre deep shaft and a wet silo at the Dounreay site.
Waste & Recycling
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Monday, 20 May 2013
Contract to lay out new Wylfa plant
Work to develop the design of Horizon Nuclear Power's proposed new plant at Wylfa in the UK is set to start.
New Nuclear
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Thursday, 16 May 2013
Dounreay raffinate prepared for disposal
Most of the highly active liquid waste produced from the reprocessing of Material Test Reactor fuel at the UK's Dounreay site has now been cemented into drums ready for disposal.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 10 May 2013
UK swaps plutonium to balance MOX policies
A series of exchanges has seen the UK take control of three tonnes of plutonium it had been storing for foreign firms. The country's goal is to use plutonium stocks as reactor fuel for power generation.
Waste & Recycling
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Tuesday, 23 April 2013
UK decides on Urenco sale
The British government will go ahead with a process to sell its stake in Urenco, subject to security concerns and the company's complex ownership structure.
Corporate
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Monday, 22 April 2013
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Decommissioning work plans at the UK's shuttered Bradwell nuclear power plant have been adjusted so as not to disturb a clutch of peregrine falcon chicks. The nestlings recently hatched on top of one of the two reactor buildings.
Work has begun on two collaborative research programs to develop new forging and casting techniques for nuclear components, while UK manufacturers are invited to apply for funding to help them compete in the nuclear industry.
Sellafield Ltd has been fined £700,000 ($1.1 million) for mistakenly sending four bags of low-level waste to a conventional landfill instead of the correct facility.
UK-based engineering company James Fisher Nuclear has won a £5 million ($7.6 million) contract for the retrieval and processing of radioactive waste from a 65-metre deep shaft and a wet silo at the Dounreay site.
Work to develop the design of Horizon Nuclear Power's proposed new plant at Wylfa in the UK is set to start.
Most of the highly active liquid waste produced from the reprocessing of Material Test Reactor fuel at the UK's Dounreay site has now been cemented into drums ready for disposal.