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A skip hire boss is ordered to pay back cash after he was found to have profited from illegal waste crime by almost £1million
Firm told to pay £205,000 after Bank Holiday spill forced mussel and oyster beds to close in Fal estuary, Cornwall.
The Environment Agency and Durham Police are warning landowners to be vigilant after waste is dumped on private land.
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.
For the first time, radioactive sludge from the world's oldest nuclear storage pond has been packaged safely within a modern store.
The Environment Agency visited businesses in Tyne & Wear in an operation to tackle environmental pollution.
Anglian Water Services Ltd will pay the Environment Agency costs as part of a civil sanction.
The Environment Agency joins forces with the Health and Safety Executive to carry out combined visits to waste sites in the North East.
Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) is pleased to launch a new information film today, providing an insight in to its work to find a permanent, safe solution to managing the UK’s most radioactive waste.
Environment Agency officers are out to crack down on illegal waste crime, kick-starting the ‘Right Waste Right Place’ initiative for 2017.
A portable system for monitoring levels of contaminated groundwater in situ is set to improve the quality and accuracy of data.
Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) is the public body appointed by government to implement geological disposal of the UK’s higher-activity radioactive waste. Building a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) will involve finding…
Radioactive Waste Management Limited (RWM) ydi'r corff cyhoeddus a benodwyd gan Lywodraeth y DU i gyflawni gwaredu daearegol gwastraff ymbelydrol actifedd uwch (GAU) y DU. Bydd adeiladu Cyfleuster Gwaredu Daearegol (CGD)…
Local Government Minister Marcus Jones urged festive households to continue the season of goodwill and reuse or recycle their Christmas trees.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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).
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.
Environment Agency cracks down on illegal waste carriers in the Staines area as part of the ‘Right Waste Right Place’ initiative.
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