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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.
Development of a decommissioning toolkit of scalable, transferable and integrated solutions which would drive safer, faster and cheaper decommissioning.
Ensuring appropriate, accessible records essential for safe interim storage, future completion, transport and ultimate disposition of waste packages.
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.
A Northamptonshire man, who was jailed in January, after a decade of waste offences was ordered this week to pay £12,500 in costs and £140 in victim surcharge.
Proposals to support sustainable fashion unveiled on Global Recycling Day.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan jointly with the British Embassy in Ashgabat organised roundtable dedicated to the UN Climate Change Conference.
As more people than ever opt for electric vehicles, the government announces changes to the plug-in car, van and truck grant.
Farmers and land managers have until 17 May to apply for BPS; and claim for CS revenue and ES payments
A new project to provide safe carbon storage capacity in the North Sea, off Aberdeenshire, will benefit from £31 million of UK Government funding.
Greener building and conserving wildlife goes hand in hand in the North East as a new approach to sustainable development is launched.
The Flipflopi sailing boat arrives in Uganda to the source of the River Nile, to tackle plastic pollution in Lake Victoria and the East African region.
Sand will be topped up on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point, reducing the risk of flooding for Lincolnshire's coastal communities.
An ambitious blueprint to deliver the world’s first low-carbon industrial sector and over £1 billion to cut emissions from industry, schools and hospitals has been announced by the Business and Energy Secretary.
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