The NDA group has been allocated £154 million in government funding to develop specialised capabilities to enable plutonium disposal.
Sellafield is located on the West Cumbrian coast on the western outskirts of the Lake District National Park. The site has been operational since the 1940s and led the development of the UK’s nuclear industry, from the production of plutonium for the country’s nuclear deterrent programme through to the development of nuclear power generation. The site is home to Calder Hall, the world’s first commercial nuclear power station which operated between 1956 and 2003. Since the closure of Calder Hall and the three Windscale Reactors (Windscale Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor, Windscale Pile 1 and Windscale Pile 2) electricity is no longer generated at the site. The focus of Sellafield Ltd is now on the remediation and clean-up of the hundreds of nuclear and non-nuclear facilities across the site; safe and secure storage of special nuclear materials; and the safe retrieval of nuclear waste from the legacy ponds and silos, for storage in modern facilities.
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Energy Coast West Cumbria Ltd (BEC) has been commissioned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Cumberland Council to undertake target
The nuclear industry marked three significant anniversaries this week as His Majesty The King met with members of the Nuclear Decommissioning Autho
A team of robotics specialists have achieved a world first by fitting and operating a robotic arm inside an active nuclear glovebox at Sellafield.
Local science fair in Whitehaven, West Cumbria goes from strength to strength.
A collaborative laptop recycling scheme, is helping to bridge the digital divide across our local communities.
Graduate engineers at Sellafield Ltd have won a prestigious award at the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Young Engineers Awards.
Thanks to the Site Ion Exchange Plant at Sellafield, we can remove the majority of radioactive isotopes from water used in our nuclear operations,
A team of remote technology specialists have achieved an industry first at Sellafield by successfully operating a robot remotely from an off-site l
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has announced it’s establishing a Plutonium Ceramics Academic Hub with the Universities of Manchester and She