NDA Press release

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..

The NDA has a duty to monitor the performance of all plants within its ownership and the performance of the Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP) has been of concern to the NDA since its formation in 2005. Read it all..

The transfer of material from one Calder Hall site analytical laboratory to another was 3 grams over what was specified in the Operating Rule, which as always is based on very conservative data. It was at all times safely contained within the transfer process system. Read it all..

Press Release NDA
For over 30 years, overseas used nuclear fuel has been reprocessed in the UK, under contract  at Sellafield, to separate and recover the reusable nuclear materials from the waste.  Since 1976 all UK reprocessing contracts have contained an option for this radioactive waste to be returned to its country of origin. In 1986 HM Government took the decision that this option should be exercised. Read it all..

Sellafield Ltd has worked very closely with several key stakeholders to find the best way of dealing with high burn up fuel. Read it all..

Sizewell A Nuclear Site, owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has begun defuelling with the first spent fuel flask since it ceased generating on 31 December 2006 being dispatched to Sellafield. Read it all..

04 August 2009

 The NDA’s asset disposal programme involving land adjacent to Sellafield, Cumbria, has moved to the next phase with the closure of the period for companies to express an interest in taking part in the process. 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..

Press Release  NDA 19^th June 2009

Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, along with students from two West Cumbrian secondary schools, last Friday opened ENERGUS, a state of the art £20m skills, training and education facility at Lillyhall Business Park, Workington.

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08 June 2009

 NDA today announces the start of the disposal process for land adjacent to the nuclear site at Sellafield in Cumbria. Read it all..