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A 350-tonne machine has been installed at Sellafield to tackle one of the world’s most challenging nuclear clean-up jobs.
A unique new archive, funded by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has today opened its doors to the public for the first time, bringing together historical nuclear records from all over the UK.
A portable system for monitoring levels of contaminated groundwater in situ is set to improve the quality and accuracy of data.
Celebrations are taking place at our Harwell site this festive season as the former research centre, birthplace of the UK nuclear industry, reaches the grand old age of 70.
Energy Minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe has today announced the appointment of Tom Smith as Chairman of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Radioactive sludge has been transferred out of the world’s oldest nuclear fuel pond for the very first time, marking a historic achievement in the decades-long programme to clean up Sellafield.
An innovative snake-like robot has been developed to cut up items in contaminated or difficult-to-access areas of nuclear facilities.
Fishing gear used by trawlers to dredge for scallops has been re-designed for a new market scooping sludge from spent nuclear fuel ponds.
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million to develop and demonstrate innovative technologies for nuclear decommissioning.
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Chief Executive John Clarke has been given a lifetime achievement award for services to the nuclear industry.
NDA welcomes the launch of the Nuclear Skills Strategic Plan to ensure UK nuclear employers, including the supply chain, can recruit skilled people at the required rate to meet the sector’s ambitious forward programme.
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.
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