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The Committee has restarted its eBulletins. This one looks back at the Committee's work in 2015.
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) is recruiting for eleven members.
Sellafield Ltd achieves the “most significant stride ever” in its clean-up mission. The entire bulk stocks of historic nuclear fuel are now removed from one of the site’s oldest ponds.
The second in a series of 4 days of action targeted illegal waste sites across the South East on Thursday, 21 January.
Waste vehicles have come under the spotlight across Essex, South London and Hertfordshire in a multi-agency stop-and-check operation.
Tony Fountain will become the new chair for Sellafield Ltd.
Magnox Ltd has dispatched its final flask of fuel from Oldbury for reprocessing at Sellafield in Cumbria, completing the site’s programme of defuelling and removing 99 per cent of the radioactive hazard from the site.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change today announced the appointment of Sir Andrew Mathews as chair of the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) with effect from January 2016.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
RBS, Imperial College and CarbonNeutral head growing queue of customers for London firm's remanufactured office furniture.
New enforcement programme targets inappropriate landspreading
Illegal waste sites came under the spotlight across the South East on Saturday (28 Nov) in a day of action to crack down on waste crime.
A drop-in session is being held in Silver End to explain and discuss a proposal for an integrated waste management facility on the former Rivenhall Airfield site in Essex.
Nuclear waste expert Martin Cairns provides mentoring to students on an MSc in Nuclear Technology and Safety Management course.
One of the UK’s most hazardous buildings at Sellafield is closer to being cleaned up after delivery of a huge piece of decommissioning kit.
Our consultation on National Geological Screening Consultation is open until 4th December. We would like to encourage people to respond.
Our enforcement team use Manchester Fire and Rescue Service's AIR (Aerial Imagery Reconnaissance) unit to view waste sites from the air.
LLW Repository Ltd has submitted a far-reaching planning application which, if successful, will ensure the future of its site until 2050.
The Environment Agency is asking people who are planning on having a Guy Fawkes bonfire to make sure that they only burn small amounts of paper, leaves, wood and cardboard and the waste is kept securely before being burned. …
Changes in legislation will make it easier for enforcement authorities to tackle waste crime
One of the biggest tasks in the clean-up of Sellafield is half way to completion.
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