Magnox North Chapelcross’s decommissioning programme hit a significant milestone this week as the 50th Flask was safely shipped to the Sellafield Site in Cumbria for reprocessing.

Following formal permission to start defuelling from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) in July 2009, and the first element being removed from the reactor core just over a year ago on Monday 18th August 2009 there has been consistent progress made with the defuelling programme at the Chapelcross Site. Read it all..

NDA Press Release

The last of more than 10,000 drums of Magnox Depleted Uranium (MDU) left Chapelcross this week, signifying the reduction of a major hazard associated with the UK’s civil nuclear legacy. Read it all..

Another key milestone in the defuelling of the four Chapelcross Reactors was reached on Thursday 3 September when defuelling started  on Reactor 3.  Read it all..

NDA Press release 6th July

Together with the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and Scottish Enterprise we have agreed to commission a £100,000 feasibility study to evaluate options for harnessing Tidal Energy on the Solway Firth. Read it all..

Magnox North News

A major milestone in the defuelling of the four Chapelcross Reactors was reached this week when the first M2 flask of fuel containing 116 elements left the site for reprocessing at Sellafield. Read it all..

NDA News 06 February 2009

The NDA’s Socio-Economic Committee has agreed an investment totalling £2.5 million for two projects to develop an Industrial Park and Business Incubation Centre at Chapelcross. Read it all..

31 August 2008

Magnox North’s Chapelcross site began the next phase in its life this week when final de-fuelling of Reactor 1 commenced.

The first fuel element was removed from the reactor core on Monday 18th August, beginning the active commissioning of the newly upgraded fuel route. Approximately 40,000 fuel elements will be systematically removed from all four reactors and dispatched for reprocessing at Sellafield Site in Cumbria. Read it all..