The Repository, which is part of Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) and manages disposal of the UK’s low level radioactive waste, has started key work on the final capping of historic trenches and vaults which are now full and ready for…

Oxfordshire Advanced Skills (OAS) has opened a new £13m state-of-the-art extension at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) Culham Campus, to provide high-quality training for apprentices in a range of industry sectors. The opening of the new facility completes the third…

Robotics at Cumbria’s Sellafield nuclear site are leading an evolution of how nuclear facilities are decommissioned safely and efficiently ROBOTS at Sellafield are delivering breakthroughs at the site with learnings shared with the wider nuclear industry. The use of robots…

Clean nuclear technology company newcleo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nuclear AMRC, a UK government-backed Technology Innovation Centre based at the University of Sheffield. This MoU establishes an outline for a collaborative partnership to drive forward manufacturability,…

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and Rolls Royce SMR partner on automated monitoring for nuclear Small Modular Reactors – The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and Rolls-Royce SMR have partnered on a new project to investigate safe automated reactor operation for…

HUNDREDS of people potentially looking for a career within Engineering and Maintenance at Sellafield attended the department’s first careers day.  On Saturday the Engineering Centre of Excellence in Cleator Moor hosted the event which was full to capacity, showcasing what…

newcleo Signs MOU with Scientific Leaders National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) : Clean nuclear technology company newcleo and National  Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining a  framework for forthcoming collaborative activities on advanced nuclear research and development. …

Four Danish companies, Topsoe, Alfa Laval, Copenhagen Atomics and Aalborg CSP, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the ammonia producer Pupuk Kaltim, together with Pertamina New & Renewable Energy, both of which are owned by the Indonesian state,…

The Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) Report has been published today and sets out significant progress of the programme to deliver a safe and permanent solution for the UK’s most radioactive waste.  The report from Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) highlights: Engagement…