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  • Retrieval of high hazard materials from the Sellafield (LP&S) was an area of specific focus to urgently reducing the intolerable risk that they pose.

  • The NDA has endorsed a site-specific approach to Magnox reactor decommissioning which will involve a mix of decommissioning strategies.

  • A new framework to allow operators to balance the overall safety and environmental risks associated with remediation and consider a broader range of options in pursuit of the optimised solution.

  • The complex transfer campaign with an array of technical, logistical, safety and security considerations.

  • The Thermal Treatment Integrated Project Team carried out work to understand waste applicability, technology capability and economic aspects.

  • Optimising site funding, balancing container and operations costs with infrastructure costs.

  • A group-wide project was launched last year to help everyone feel more able to talk openly about mental health in the workplace and ensure that our people understand how to access help if they need it.

  • Purple Lumi raised the operational resilience of the NDA group by simulating a series of cyber attacks which required different parts of the sector to work together, sharing information to defeat the aggressor.

  • Development of a decommissioning toolkit of scalable, transferable and integrated solutions which would drive safer, faster and cheaper decommissioning.

  • A full review of the Nucleargraduates programme approach and content was undertaken to ensure that it continues to be attractive to the brightest and best graduates and maintain this key pipeline of talent for both the NDA g…

  • A scheme intended to ensure greater opportunities by removing barriers which may be perceived when engaging with larger companies.

  • Ensuring appropriate, accessible records essential for safe interim storage, future completion, transport and ultimate disposition of waste packages.

  • The NDA helped financial contribution helped Scrabster Harbour Trust secure additional funding from other sources to invest £20 million in developing its facilities.

  • In 2013 we concluded the development of our strategy to remove unirradiated nuclear material from Dounreay and consolidate it at Sellafield.

  • Since the Fukushima Daiichi incident in 2011, the UK has increased its support to Japan, using its experience to assist with decommissioning challenges.

  • MOD and the NDA have both made commitments to work together to manage nuclear liabilities in the national interest.

  • Nick Elliott has been appointed to the NDA Board as a non-executive board member.

  • The NDA’s Annual Report and Accounts has been recognised by the National Audit Office (NAO) as an example of best practice amongst public sector organisations.

  • 14 successful companies have been awarded contracts to come up with innovative approaches to remotely sort and segregate radioactive waste.

  • David Peattie, Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has today announced the appointment of Lawrie Haynes as Chair Designate of Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd. (DSRL)