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The first of 237 zeolite skips has been removed from Sellafield's First Generation Magnox Storage Pond, which has been prioritised for clean-up by the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Date: Thursday, 28 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-zeolite-skip-removed-from-Sellafield-pond

Rolls-Royce SMR has welcomed an agreement between Polish industrial group, Industria, and UK-based Chiltern Vital Group (CVG) to collaborate on international projects to deliver low-carbon energy projects based on Rolls-Royce SMR technology.

Date: Thursday, 14 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-poland-agreement-brings-rolls-royce-smr-deployment-a-step-closer-11597859

Polish industrial group Industria has signed a letter of intent with UK-based zero emissions energy and technology developer Chiltern Vital Group to collaborate on the deployment of Rolls-Royce small modular reactors in Poland.

Date: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-Polish-partnership-for-SMR-deployment-in-Poland

EDF, in its annual fleet update, said it plans to invest a further £1.3bn ($1.65bn) in the UK’s five generating NPPs over 2024-26, taking the total invested in the fleet to nearly £9bn since 2009. EDF Energy manages the UK’s eight nuclear power station sites, five in operation (Sizewell B, Torness, Heysham 2, Heysham 1, Hartlepool) and three that are being defuelled pending decommissioning (Hunterston B, Hinkley Point B and Dungeness B).

Date: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsedf-may-extend-operation-of-uk-agrs-11423166

Sellafield’s newly-opened Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store (BEPPS) has received its first box of nuclear waste.

Date: Friday, 22 December 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-waste-package-for-new-sellafield-store-11390544

The newly-opened Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store - Direct Import Facility at the Sellafield site in the UK has received its first box of historical radioactive waste.

Date: Thursday, 21 December 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-waste-received-by-new-Sellafield-transfer-fa

The Guardian newspaper has recently published two articles about the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA’s) Sellafield site, both of which have been strongly repudiated by Sellafield Ltd.

Date: Friday, 08 December 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssellafield-repudiates-guardian-articles-on-cyber-attacks-and-leaks-11354910

The UK’s Magnox Ltd will in future be known as Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS). “This is more than a change of sign – it is a demonstration of the organisation we want to be – delivery focused, transformative, innovative and growing,” said NRS Chief Executive Officer, Rob Fletcher.

Date: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmagnox-rebrands-to-become-nuclear-restoration-services-11278272

The defuelling of the first reactor at the UK’s Hunterston B NPP has been completed, on time and on budget, EDF Energy reported. Reactor 3 was defuelled in 16 months and work is due to start shortly on Reactor 4.

Date: Friday, 22 September 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdefuelling-of-first-reactor-complete-at-hunterston-b-11164076