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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
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
Sellafield’s newly-opened Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store (BEPPS) has received its first box of nuclear waste.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- 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.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- 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.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 08 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssellafield-repudiates-guardian-articles-on-cyber-attacks-and-leaks-11354910
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.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdefuelling-of-first-reactor-complete-at-hunterston-b-11164076
The defueling of the first of two reactors at the Hunterston B advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) nuclear power plant in the UK has been completed on time and on budget, EDF Energy announced.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-removed-from-first-Hunterston-B-reactor
Last plants due to stop generating electricity in 2028
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/agr-decommissioning-milestone-as-scotland-s-hunterston-b1-defuelled-on-time-and-on-budget-9-3-2023