Oldbury Power Station has successfully implemented a new direct pour method for waste sludge removal, the first of its kind in the UK nuclear industry. Read it all..
October 7, 2009
Oldbury Pioneers Direct Pour Waste Technique
August 6, 2009
RWE npower and E.ON UK have announced the appointment of Alan Raymant as the new Chief Operating Officer for the companies’ nuclear joint venture. Read it all..
RWE Npower E.ON Nuclear New Build CEO
RWE npower and E.ON UK have announced the appointment of Alan Raymant as the new Chief Operating Officer for the companies’ nuclear joint venture. Read it all..
July 21, 2009
E.ON New Build At Oldbury
E.ON has identified land near to the existing nuclear plant at Oldbury as a site which they believe to be strategically suitable for new nuclear development in the UK. Read it all..
June 24, 2009
Magnox North Reaches Final of ‘Idea of the Year’
Magnox North has had four ideas short listed as finalists in the Ideas UK ‘Idea of the Year’ competition 2009
May 27, 2009
Oldbury Returns To Full Power
Magnox North’s Oldbury Power Station is celebrating its return to generating electricity at ‘full-power’ after exactly five years of reduced output. Read it all..
March 17, 2009
Online Bidding Begins
16 March 2009
Following an announcement in December by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and EDF concerning the disposal of land adjacent to three NDA sites at Wylfa, Oldbury and Bradwell; the process enters its final phase with the start of online bidding. Read it all..
March 4, 2009
E-On Drop In Sessions At Oldbury
E-On news
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has announced that it intends to nominate land near the existing nuclear power station at Oldbury in Gloucestershire as potentially suitable for a new nuclear power station. E.ON supports this nomination. Read it all..
January 23, 2009
NDA To Nominate Land For New Nuclear
23 January 2009
The NDA has today announced that it expects to nominate land near Sellafield, Wylfa, Oldbury and Bradwell, for consideration under the Government’s Strategic Siting Assessment (SSA) process to identify sites suitable for nuclear new build. Read it all..
December 18, 2008
Oldbury Powers On Into 2009
NDA News 18 December 2008
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has today announced that Oldbury Power Station will continue to generate electricity into 2009 and beyond. Read it all..
September 11, 2008
Oldbury Receives Decommissioning Consent
30 April 2008
Oldbury has achieved a major milestone in the site’s lifecycle, having received consent from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) to decommission the site.
This is the second of two key permissions required for decommissioning and is the culmination of nearly three years work by staff.
As part of the process, Oldbury was required to set out the measures it will take to ensure decommissioning has a minimal impact on the local environment. Read it all..