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  • NDA helped fund action outlined in the Wales Rural Development Plan to address the economic challenges faced by Gwynedd in North Wales.

  • Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal today unveiled a commemorative plaque marking the official opening of Nucleus (The Nuclear and Caithness Archives).

  • Future scientists will get the chance to learn about careers from nuclear industry experts at The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair.

  • Experts from around the globe heard about the NDA's commercial opportunities from Dr Adrian Simper, Strategy and Technology Director.

  • As the UK faced extreme weather conditions, Direct Rail Services joined Network Rail to help keep the nation moving by clearing snow from train lines.

  • The last working Rolls-Royce Proteus Gas Turbines anywhere in the world are set to leave the former Wylfa nuclear power station on Anglesey.

  • Work has started to make one of the most hazardous materials left at Dounreay safer.

  • NDA R&D funds have helped two UK businesses develop a small drone that will measure radiation levels at Japan's damaged Fukushima power plant.

  • The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is celebrating 10 years of supporting skills development with the National Skills Academy for Nuclear (NSAN).

  • The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's Chief Executive has announced that Professor Malcolm Morley OBE has been appointed as Chair of Radioactive Waste Management (RWM).

  • Specialist scuba divers are plumbing new depths to haul radioactive waste out of the nuclear fuel storage pond at Sizewell A.

  • Robots controlled by smart auto-navigation systems are doing battle in an £8.5 million competition to find ways to tackle Sellafield radioactive hotspots.

  • The meticulous approach to managing historical records at the Nucleus archive has secured the highest accolade from the government’s records regulator.

  • The next generation of cyber security professionals are set to benefit from the first Cyber Lab classroom, co-funded by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

  • Hazard reduction at the Wylfa nuclear site on Anglesey has reached a significant milestone, with more than half of the used nuclear fuel now emptied from its reactors by Magnox Ltd.

  • Experts at the Sellafield site have cut the sixth and final hole in the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo (PFCS), a locked vault that was never designed to be opened.

  • A UK company has won a multi-million pound deal to supply glove boxes to support nuclear clean-up at Sellafield.

  • The handbrake from a vintage 1968 Ford Cortina has been used in a piece of kit to help decommission a reactor at Dounreay.

  • Nearly £100,000 has been awarded by Magnox to two community projects close to its Bradwell and Dungeness A sites.

  • Work is now under way to overcome a 20-year conundrum that has hampered decommissioning of the Dounreay Fast Reactor in Scotland.