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Energy Minister asks NDA to explore clean energy at MoorsideEnergy Minister Michael Shanks asks the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to explore clean energy at Moorside. The government’s nuclear decommissioning arm, which owns the site adjacent to… |
Holtec selects Doncaster’s GatewayEast as home of new UK factoryHoltec Britain, an innovative leader in Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), and a finalist in Great British Nuclear’s SMR competition, has today selected GatewayEast, next to Doncaster-Sheffield… |
Dounreay awarded Gold status for fourth year by ECITBNRS Dounreay has been awarded Gold status for skills and training for the fourth consecutive year by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board. The engineering construction… |
Flagship Sellafield project seals major milestoneMembers of the team who completed the final concrete pour at Sellafield's SRP project The Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant (SRP) is one of our largest and most complex… |
NDA celebrates 20-year partnership with Site Stakeholder GroupsThe Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is celebrating its unique 20-year relationship with nuclear communities. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is celebrating its unique 20-year… |
Decommissioning for the future with Stuart Miller, NDA GroupGuest: Stuart Miller, Programme Director, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Nuclear power has played a vital role in the UK’s energy story for more… |
Sellafield’s ’locked vault’ gives up its nuclear secretsOne of the most challenging puzzles in the UK’s nuclear clean-up programme is being solved. Waste is now being routinely retrieved from one of the world’s oldest nuclear waste stores for the… |
Fuel free at Hunterston B nuclear station completes defuelingFuel free at Hunterston B as UK’s first Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor nuclear station completes defueling Since 1976 Hunterston B has contributed more than £13.3 billion to the UK economy, and… |
NDA group deliver defueling milestone with EDFThe Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group played a pivotal role in defueling Hunterston B on time and on budget. Yesterday (24 April) EDF announced Hunterston B nuclear power station… |
Driving a UK nuclear renaissance with Tim StoneGuest: Tim Stone, chairman, Nuclear Industry Association It's the first anniversary episode of The Infrastructure Podcast and today we are going to… |
Second shipment of vitrified waste from the UK to Germany successfully completedA consignment of high-level waste (HLW) has been safely delivered to its destination in Germany. Seven flasks containing HLW in the form of vitrified residues, arrived at an interim storage… |
NDA commended for commitment to transparencyNuclear Decommissioning Authority hosted NDA/Non-Governmental Organisation Forum on sites for the first time. Keeping open and transparent dialogue going with a wide range of external… |
A sustainable solution for Sellafield’s surplus trainsA redundant Sellafield train has returned to the firm that rebuilt it 28 years ago. Sellafield’s hardworking locomotives star in the latest series of Great British Railway Journeys on BBC2,… |
Government and industry to train up clean power armyGovernment and industry to train up 'clean power army' of apprentice engineers, welders, and technicians. Young people will be trained to fill thousands of clean energy jobs and… |
Creating sensors for extreme fusion energy conditionsUKAEA awards £3.5m to develop highly specialised sensors for extreme conditions of fusion energy environments Diagnostic equipment on the MAST Upgrade machine measuring the magnetic field… |
New hydrogen power projects to boost growthA new wave of hydrogen powered projects have been shortlisted today to help cut emissions and create thousands of jobs in the UK’s industrial heartlands. Twenty-seven hydrogen projects have… |
Crane back in business - with a little help from Spot the robotSpot, the robot "dog," recently assisted colleagues in Dounreay’s Fuel Cycle Area by reactivating a crucial building crane in a reprocessing plant. The crane had been deactivated at the… |
Global experts in nuclear technology share expertise in CumbriaInternational experts in robotics, remote technologies and AI took part in a Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and Sellafield Ltd co-hosted workshop. Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and Sellafield Ltd… |
A gender-balanced workforce can be achieved without quotasA gender-balanced workforce can be achieved without the need for quotas. That is according to Julia Pyke, joint managing director at Sizewell C, which is setting new benchmarks for diversity. It… |
Julianne Antrobus Officially Takes the Helm as UKNNL Chief Executive OfficerJulianne Antrobus has officially begun her tenure as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL) Julianne, whose appointment was first… |
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