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Guardian newspaper alleges state-backed criminals infiltrated ‘highest echelons’ of nuclear site’s IT systems
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/uk-regulator-denies-claims-of-cyber-attack-by-hackers-linked-to-russia-and-china-12-2-2023
‘Hazardous’ facility at UK nuclear site dates back to 1950s
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 17 August 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/work-begins-to-remove-historic-radioactive-waste-from-ageing-silo-8-3-2023
Drone pilots have successfully completed two flight firsts on the UK's Sellafield site which are expected to lead the way to increased safety of employees during decommissioning. Sellafield has now become the first UK nuclear site to employ a drone equipped with a radiation monitor.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 05 August 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Drones-put-into-use-at-Sellafield-site
The UK's Sellafield nuclear facility has unveiled its AI (artificial intelligence) strategy intended to improve efficiency and safety, with the goal that by 2032 "AI will be driving safer, faster and better performance across our facilities and business functions, with established advisory systems and non-safety-critical automation".
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Sellafield-unveils-AI-strategy-to-accelerate-clean
Sellafield Ltd's Programme and Project Partners (PPP) has announced the winners of a mechanical and pipework framework agreement. Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick and Doosan Babcock have been appointed to the framework, which is worth GBP112-237 million (USD148-312 million) over the 18-year life of the programme.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/PPP-awards-third-Sellafield-framework
Roll-Royce has announced that following the raising of £195 million in equity funding, its Small Modular Reactor business has now been established. Its purpose is to bring forward and deliver at scale the next generation of low cost, low carbon nuclear power technology.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 10 November 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsroll-royce-secures-funding-for-small-modular-reactor--9227680
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 September 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsspeakers-revealed-for-virtual-conference-on-nuclear-decommissioning-9087357
Sellafield Ltd has awarded four 20-year contracts which together form the new Programme and Project Partnership (PPP). The company said it will work collaboratively with the four partners - Doosan Babcock Ltd, Kellogg Brown & Root Ltd, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure and Wood plc - to deliver major projects in support of the site's 100-year decommissioning programme.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 09 May 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Partnerships-announced-for-Sellafield-decommission
The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have completed the transfer of around 700kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Dounreay, in northern Scotland, to the USA.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 08 May 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsheu-removed-from-dounreay-to-usa-7195680
A recent BBC documentary about the UK’s Sellafield nuclear facility, which criticised safety at the site has prompted denials from both the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (site owner) and Sellafield Ltd (site operator). They said in a joint statement on 6 August that the Panorama programme painted a negative picture of safety that “we do not recognise”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssellafield-denies-bbcs-reports-of-poor-safety-5004397