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  • Karen Wheeler will oversee RWM's radioactive waste management services and the delivery of a long-term solution for the UK’s higher activity radioactive waste

  • A partnership between Sellafield Ltd, Jacobs, and Morgan Sindall is set to deliver job opportunities for people in Cumbria.

  • A refurbishment project to update the existing Rosehill Theatre which would help to revive the performing arts in west Cumbria and involve the whole community in creative ventures.

  • A brand new state-of-the-art education and activity hub which brings together St Benedict’s Catholic High School and Mayfield School for children with special educational needs.

  • The aim of this project was to regenerate a neglected area of the Silecroft beachfront and provide a much-needed resource for local people and holidaymakers.

  • Upgrading and refurbishment of national research facility, Millport Marine Station, on the Isle of Cumbrae in Ayrshire, to increase its use by UK and overseas universities as well as supporting the local economy.

  • The UK Radioactive Waste Inventory is the latest public record on sources, quantities and properties of radioactive waste and materials in the UK.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Britain’s most hazardous nuclear building is now a step closer to being decommissioned.

  • As part of ongoing research into technologies for immobilising plutonium, the NDA has embarked on a collaborative project with the US to examine the feasibility of a can-filling treatment in preparation for Hot Isostatic Pre…

  • A range of 3D imaging techniques are being investigated to assess their value in predicting how spent AGR fuel is likely to behave over time when stored under water.

  • Research is under way to quantify the environmental implications of dealing with the huge quantities of concrete rubble will arise across the NDA’s 17 sites as facilities are demolished following decommissioning and clean-up…

  • The NDA is working with industry and funding partners to support a £9.4 million research programme that will be stretch over the next 4 years and involve more than 40 university studies.

  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, have undergone rapid development over the last few years, with many leisure and commercial uses. The NDA is looking to maximise their value for nuclear decommissioning.

  • Paul Foster has been awarded a CBE for services to business in the 2020 New Years Honours list.

  • The Dounreay stock of civil separated plutonium is now safely stored at Sellafield following completion of a phased transfer programme involving a range of organisations.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • NDA Chief Executive David Peattie is set to become the new WiN UK Patron.

  • This project involved creating a permanent record of the former Chapelcross nuclear power station as an exhibition in the local Devil’s Porridge Museum. The exhibition features Chapelcross employees and its contribution to t…

  • Two consortia, led by Barrnon and Wood, have reached the next round of an innovation competition that could help decommission highly radioactive facilities at Sellafield.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Debbie Francis has won the award for ‘demonstrating the courage to challenge and make a real difference in a male-dominated industry’.

  • A Cumbrian communications professional has won an international prize for her work to encourage more females into the nuclear industry.