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Project marks first time this type of facility has been defuelled
- Source: Nucnet
State company failed to protect vital nuclear information, court hears
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 04 October 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/operator-ordered-to-pay-nearly-gbp400-000-over-cybersecurity-failings-10-4-2024
Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) has been given planning consent to demolish the turbine hall and electrical annexe at the decommissioned Sizewell A Magnox nuclear power plant in Suffolk, England.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 16 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Sizewell-A-demolition-work-approved
Gov’t says deep geological repository will not be ready until 2050s
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/changes-of-radwaste-disposal-policy-could-save-gbp500-million-in-storage-costs-5-1-2024
Operators at the UK’s Sellafield site have removed the first zeolite skip from the First Generation Magnox Storage Pond (FGMSP) to a self-shielded box, which was then placed in the new Interim Storage Facility.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 29 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssellafield-begins-removal-of-zeolite-skips-from-legacy-pond-to-new-storage-11640320
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.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-zeolite-skip-removed-from-Sellafield-pond
Sweden’s ISEC Monitoring Systems has been awarded a contract to supply its Process CCTV system for the new SPRS Retreatment Plant (SRP) at the Sellafield site in the UK. This turnkey camera system was awarded to ISEC by NG Bailey, Key Delivery Partners to help deliver the site's decommissioning programme over the next 20 years. This is the fourth significant contract that ISEC Monitoring Systems has been awarded in the UK over the last two years.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 23 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsisec-to-supply-monitoring-systems-for-sellafield-sprs-retreatment-plant-11623026
The Imperial College Reactor Centre (ICRC), part of Imperial College London, has become the first reactor site to be fully decommissioned in UK nuclear history under modern regulatory controls. The site was delicensed by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) following years of work to defuel and then decommission the site in Ascot after the shutdown of the consort research reactor in 2012.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 01 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-completes-first-full-decommissioning-of-reactor-site-under-modern-regulatory-controls-11560248
The Imperial College Reactor Centre in Ascot, England, has become the first reactor site to be fully decommissioned in the UK under modern regulatory controls, the country's Office for Nuclear Regulation has announced.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 29 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-research-reactor-fully-decommissioned
Site holds 85% of all UK’s nuclear waste, much of which is stored in ageing facilities
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 17 February 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/spending-watchdog-launches-investigation-into-risks-and-costs-2-5-2024
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