Dounreay aerial view
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The clearance of tens of thousands of tonnes of radioactive waste from the redundant nuclear site at Dounreay today moved a step closer.
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd announced the formal award of a contract to develop a disposal site for low-level waste from the decommissioning and closure of the site. Read it all..
Platts 2011 European Nuclear Power conference
Platts 6th Annual European Nuclear Power:
23-24 June 2011 – Marriott Prague – Prague, Czech Republic
Platts 2011 European Nuclear Power conference will once again assemble the organizations that are leading and those that are supporting nuclear renaissance in Europe. The ‘growth areas’ of Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Poland and the UK will be explored in depth whilst the regions’ leading utilities EDF, E.ON, GDF Suez and RWE share their nuclear plans and the challenges they face. This conference will continue to provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of European nuclear power and its development market; highlighting new opportunities and providing practical solutions to the challenges of deployment from infrastructure to finance.
Babcock, the UK’s largest nuclear site management, engineering and support services organisation, has committed to implementing the Nuclear Skills Passport (NSP) across its activities in the UK, supporting the National Skills Academy for Nuclear in the launch of the scheme. Babcock’s managing director Nuclear, Roger Hardy, sealed the agreement in a meeting today (Thursday 17 March) with the National Skills Academy Nuclear’s chief executive Jean Llewellyn, when he signed the NSP Company Charter. Read it all..
The UK Government and the Scottish Ministers have approved our new Strategy. This statutory document sets the direction for delivering the nuclear clean-up programme. Read it all..
The latest United Kingdom Radioactive Waste Inventory was published yesterday.
The UK Radioactive Waste Inventory, currently updated every three years, is provided by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) The information, like that from previous Inventories, is being made publicly available. Read it all..
Mike Weightman, chief nuclear inspector and head (director) of the Health and Safety Executive’s Nuclear Directorate, the UK’s independent nuclear safety and security regulator, said:
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From Keith Parker – Chief Executive, UK Nuclear Industry Association
The NIA, which is the representative organisation for the UK’s civil nuclear industry, has been saddened by the tragic events in Japan. Our sympathies are with the Japanese people – and our colleagues in the Japanese nuclear industry.
This sequence of events is of historic proportions. It is now officially the worst-ever recorded earthquake in Japan – a country regularly hit by some of the worst seismic activity in the world. Read it all..
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The current situation in Japan is a major humanitarian disaster and our sympathies are very much with the Japanese people at this time of such distress.
We recognise that the situation is also a major concern for the global nuclear industry. However, we still do not have the full facts surrounding the severe problems at Fukushima power plant and we are monitoring the situation closely. Read it all..
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Pat Kieran, Senior Control & Instrument Engineer, Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) has received the third Cogent SSC Award for Outstanding Leadership in Nuclear Skills. His passionate commitment to promoting the Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) agenda, in the local community, saw him shine through. Read it all..
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The innovative employer-backed Nuclear Island skills project is being moved to the next stage following a successful funding bid by Cogent and Imperial College London to the National HE STEM programme.
This will see the immediate development of a Nuclear Island module developed in partnership with Imperial College London in association with universities across England and Wales. A trial will take place in June, with a view to roll out next Spring. Read it all..
