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The world’s deepest nuclear clean-up job has won its 4th top award for engineering excellence.
Judges in this year’s Scottish Saltire Awards named the shaft isolation project at Dounreay as one of the country’s best examples of civil engineering. Read it all..
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A new report provides an independent assessment of the levels of radioactivity that members of the public are exposed to near Dounreay. Read it all..
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A MAJOR milestone in radiological risk reduction and nuclear clean up has been reached on the Sellafield site.
Over 2,300 m3 of historic medium active (MA) solvent has now been transferred and processed through Sellafield’s Solvent Treatment Plant (STP), representing over ten years work by the teams involved. Read it all..
Managing Director of VT Group Environment John Chubb (left) and British Energy Head of Supply and Quality John Sexton (right).
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VT Group has made its first foray into the sector of manufacturing parts for nuclear reactors by winning a prestigious order from British Energy to supply high integrity new reactor bio-thermal assemblies for the Dungeness power station.
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The UK nuclear safety regulator (HSE’s ND), the French nuclear regulator (ASN), and the Finnish nuclear regulator (STUK) are currently working to assess the EPR Pressurised Water Reactor.
In carrying out individual assessments, we have all raised issues regarding the EPR Control and Instrumentation (C&I) systems, which the proposed licensees and/or the manufacturer (AREVA) are in the process of addressing. Read it all..
Magnox North’s Wylfa Site has announced the appointment of Nick Gore as the new site director following the departure of Greg Evans in September. Nick brings with him a wealth of experience and proven leadership qualities, to what is one of the most vital roles in Magnox North. His new role will commence on November 9th 2009. Read it all..
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Support services and Construction Company Carillion has signed a major Collaboration Agreement with French company Eiffage to deliver new nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom.
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Press ReleaseThe sale of UKAEA Ltd, the commercial arm of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, to Babcock International Group has been completed. Read it all..
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The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is pleased to announce that today, following a period of market engagement and negotiation with interested parties, it has sold an area of land comprising 190 ha (470 acres) lying to the north of the existing site at Sellafield in Cumbria for a value of at least £70 million. The winning consortium comprises Iberdrola S.A, GdF Suez S.A and Scottish and Southern Energy plc. Read it all..
