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Costain announces a strong operational performance, a record year-end order book and an increased dividend for the year. Further progress has been delivered by focusing on blue-chip customers with committed long-term investment programmes. Read it all..

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The pace of the Dounreay competition continues to gain momentum, with the NDA announcing the publication of the Contract Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).

The publication of the Contract Notice coincides with the second part of the Industry Event on 9 March in Glasgow and marks the start of the prequalification period of the Dounreay Parent Body Organisation (PBO) Competition.

The event on 9 March is to provide the market with key information about the specific requirements and process for the competition, as well the expectations of key stakeholders and regulators. Read it all..

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Amec boasts of an order book strong at £3.2 billion Read it all..

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Trawsfynydd celebrated a major milestone yesterday when its new Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) Store was officially opened – marking a first for a Magnox site. Read it all..

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VT Group plc (“VT” or the “Company”) notes the announcement by Babcock International Group plc (“Babcock”) and confirms that it received a preliminary approach from Babcock on 3 February regarding a possible offer for the Company. Read it all..

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The Health and Safety Executive has welcomed the publication of a second report into its Nuclear Directorate from the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

A team of senior nuclear regulators from across the world visited the UK in October 2009 to perform a second peer review of ND’s work in regulating safety at Britain’s nuclear facilities, the first being in 2006.

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Kevin Allars, Director of New Build GDA at the HSE, and Joe McHugh, Head of Radioactive Substances Regulation at the Environment Agency, have today published the fourth Quarterly Report for 2009 (October – December).  This provides an update on our work to assess new nuclear power station designs.

In summary, good progress continues on the assessment, but many technical issues remain open and the successful clearance of these will require high quality and timely information from the Requesting Parties (RPs).

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Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd has announced changes to its senior management team.

The changes allow the current parent body organisation and its partners to recall and replace senior figures prior to the start of the NDA competition for a new parent body. They also reflect a natural turnover to refresh the business. Read it all..

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Caithness welcomes a raft of first-time visitors this month, as nuclear industry representatives arrive for the launch of the two-part Dounreay Industry Event on the 5th February.

 The first part of the event, which will be held at the Wick Assembly Rooms, is being hosted by the Dounreay Stakeholder Group, with support from the NDA. Read it all..

The programme of returning solid Highly Active Waste (HAW) from Sellafield to overseas customers, announced in September last year, began this week. Read it all..