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An update on a chemical event at Sellafield
Nuclear Safeguards Bill published in Parliament in preparation for the UK’s departure from Euratom.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A remotely operated machine has been sent into Sellafield’s most hazardous nuclear waste store for the first time.
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) visited Sellafield on the 5 October 2017.
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) visited the Low Level Waste Repository on the 4 October 2017.
In line with announcements in March 2017, the NDA has now served notice of termination to Cavendish Fluor Partnership (CFP) for the management and decommissioning of the UK’s 12 Magnox reactor and research sites.
Brand new high-precision containers have been used successfully for the first time to deliver radioactive waste from Harwell in Oxfordshire to Sellafield in Cumbria.
Delivered by Professor John Loughhead to the Member States of the IAEA.
Safely accessing the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo takes Sellafield Ltd a step closer to reducing the UK’s nuclear hazard.
Sellafield Ltd has been awarded 9 gold awards by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
Sellafield Ltd has awarded a contract to OneAIM, a joint venture comprising AmecFosterWheeler and Interserve.
Our plenary meetings are open, meaning members of the public can observe them and ask questions.
‘Recycling Lives’ will recycle metal from the nuclear site, offering jobs and training opportunities at a new depot in Workington.
15 ideas have been shortlisted in a £3 million competition to find new ways of cleaning up one of the UK’s largest nuclear hazards.
Details of an incident at Sellafield on 14 June 2017.
The site of the former Bradwell nuclear power station has now successfully dealt with all of its Fuel Element Debris (FED) waste - a major source of intermediate level radioactive waste at the Essex site.
The 10-year-old trilateral Statement of Intent (SOI) between US and UK government organisations responsible for nuclear clean-up was recently renewed for a further 5 years.
The 2016 UK Radioactive Wastes and Materials Inventory (the Inventory) is updated every 3 years to provide the latest national record on radioactive wastes and materials in the UK.
Written ministerial statement by Energy Secretary Greg Clark on NDA settlement and contract termination plus inquiry.
RWM has today announced its membership of the National Skills Academy for Nuclear (NSAN)
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