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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..

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has announced the dates for the Dounreay Parent Body Organisation (PBO) Competition Industry Event. Read it all..

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One of the most demanding clean-up jobs ever undertaken in the history of nuclear energy is gathering pace. It involves the recovery and packaging of more than 1500 tonnes of radioactive waste that has lain submerged for up to 50 years in the ground beneath Britain’s abandoned experiment with fast reactors at Dounreay. Read it all..

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Dounreay aerial view

The performance of Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd during its first year of operation is highlighted in the newly-published annual report and accounts of its parent body, UKAEA. Read it all..

James Fisher and Sons plc announces the purchase of MB Faber Ltd (Faber) for up to £5.25 million in cash. The consideration consists of £4.0 million net of cash payable on completion with up to a further £1.25 million in March 2010, provided the EBITDA (earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation) for the year ended 31 December 2009, exceeds £1.225 million. 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..

NDA Press Release 22nd June 2009

NDA have awarded TWI Ltd a contract to demonstrate the capability of lasers in decommissioning nuclear facilities. The contract, worth almost £1m, will see the Cambridge-based materials engineering specialist set up technology demonstrations to show how modern high power lasers can be used to remove contaminated surfaces of concrete and cut up metal pipework and process vessels.

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Press Release Dounreay Site Restoration 17^th June 2009

A new film about decommissioning Dounreay gets its first public screening today at a national stakeholder event in Manchester run by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

“Countdown to Closure – Decommissioning Dounreay” charts the progress made to dismantle the site since the NDA was set up four years ago. Read it all..

Like a giant Meccano set, some 1500 parts are being fitted together to create a new ventilation system that will protect workers decommissioning some of Dounreay’s most hazardous facilities. Read it all..

Press release Sellafield Ltd 21/5/2009

Enhanced funding has been announced for Sellafield Ltd to progress the development of two major projects at the site it operates at Capenhurst in Cheshire.

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