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NMP consortium retains Sellafield contract
Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) will continue to manage and operate the UK's Sellafield nuclear site after the country's Nuclear Decommissioning Agency announced a five-year extension to the consortium's contract.
Corporate
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Monday, 7 October 2013
Laser gun makes the cut in decommissioning
A hand-held laser for use in the dismantling of metallic infrastructures during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities has been developed by the UK's TWI.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 4 October 2013
UK launches consultation on waste siting
The UK government has launched a public consultation on how it will organise the process that will lead to selection of a site for a geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 12 September 2013
Cricket appeal for recovery
Diplomats from the British Embassy in Tokyo took on a team of residents from the Tohoku region for a friendly game of cricket staged in a town affected by the tsunami and nuclear crisis of March 2011.
Other News
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Tuesday, 10 September 2013
UK research facility open for business
The UK has opened a new £20 million ($31 million) facility that aims to deliver world-leading nuclear research and transfer that knowledge to industry.
Corporate
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Friday, 6 September 2013
Companies join forces to bring VVER to UK
Rosatom, Fortum and Rolls-Royce have agreed to work together to investigate building Russian-designed VVER pressurised water reactors in the UK. A memorandum of understanding signed by the UK and Russia will underpin the work.
New Nuclear
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Thursday, 5 September 2013
Demolition of Windscale chimney starts
Work to demolish the 110-metre tall chimney of the first Windscale pile - scene of a fire in 1957 - has begun at the UK's Sellafield site.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 5 September 2013
Surge in Sellafield apprenticeships
A record number of young people are to start courses leading to employment at the UK's nuclear fuel cycle centre, Sellafield.
Corporate
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Friday, 23 August 2013
Making space at Sellafield
New cutting and decontamination methods are being trialled to clear away old equipment more quickly and free space to store higher priority wastes at Sellafield.
Waste & Recycling
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Wednesday, 31 July 2013
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.
Other News
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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
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Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) will continue to manage and operate the UK's Sellafield nuclear site after the country's Nuclear Decommissioning Agency announced a five-year extension to the consortium's contract.
A hand-held laser for use in the dismantling of metallic infrastructures during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities has been developed by the UK's TWI._77x48.jpg "Fukushima cricket match (British Embassy Tokyo) 77x48")
Diplomats from the British Embassy in Tokyo took on a team of residents from the Tohoku region for a friendly game of cricket staged in a town affected by the tsunami and nuclear crisis of March 2011.
The UK has opened a new £20 million ($31 million) facility that aims to deliver world-leading nuclear research and transfer that knowledge to industry.
Work to demolish the 110-metre tall chimney of the first Windscale pile - scene of a fire in 1957 - has begun at the UK's Sellafield site._72x48.jpg "Apprentice (Sellafield Ltd) 72x48")
A record number of young people are to start courses leading to employment at the UK's nuclear fuel cycle centre, Sellafield.
New cutting and decontamination methods are being trialled to clear away old equipment more quickly and free space to store higher priority wastes at Sellafield.