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Experiments are under way in Switzerland to investigate how radionuclides could migrate, via groundwater, through buffer material in a geological disposal facility (GDF).
Radioactively contaminated mercury could be solidified, enabling it to be successfully disposed of.
Research is under way into alternative methods of analysing one of the radioactive isotopes found in decommissioning waste.
'Latro', an agile robotic spider, is one of the most recent additions to the array of tools available to deal with nuclear material in fuel ponds.
This new approach to demolishing a highly contaminated nuclear facility has many benefits.
A trial has demonstrated the specialist divers can successfully retrieve the contents of spent nuclear fuel ponds.
Several technologies are being tested to evaluate their effectiveness in measuring radioactivity levels in concrete.
Magnox Ltd has begun work on the final piece of the decommissioning jigsaw at the former Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor (SGHWR) on the Winfrith site in Dorset.
The winners of this year’s prestigious NDA Estate Supply Chain Awards were announced to a packed audience in Manchester.
An alliance of client organisations collaborating in the procurement of shared goods and services from the supply chain.
Delivered to the ONR industry conference.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
For the first time in the UK, divers are being used to clean up former cooling ponds in a safe, environmentally beneficial way.
Innovative engineering firm expands its expertise from the trawling of the sea bed to dredging of radioactive sludge on nuclear sites.
The sixth shipment in a programme to repatriate highly active waste to Japan from the UK has been completed.
Work has begun on a world class nuclear skills training centre in Cumbria, supported by Sellafield Ltd.
A consignment of highly active waste has been safely delivered to its destination in Switzerland for the Swiss electricity utilities AXPO AG and BKW Energie.
On this day 60 years ago Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II opened the world's first full-scale nuclear power station, Calder Hall, at Sellafield.
Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) today brings together a wide range of stakeholders including government, regulators, industry and academics to consider progress and next steps for permanently disposing of the UK’s most ra…
Environment Agency officers stopped and checked 60 vehicles carrying waste in an operation in the North East.
Serious pollution incidents across England have fallen by 56% since 2000 thanks to the work of the Environment Agency and its partners, reports out today show.
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