Tag Archives: Sellafield

Britain’s Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield via BBC Four

Posted on 2015/08/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Lying on the remote northwest coast of England is one of the most secret places in the country – Sellafield, the most controversial nuclear facility in Britain. Now, for the first time, Sellafield are letting nuclear physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili … Continue reading →

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Sellafield nuclear waste storage safety limit relaxed following accident via The Guardian

Posted on 2015/05/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Amount of radioactive waste that can be kept in tanks allowed to breach legal limits to help cope with backlog caused by an accident in November 2013 Safety limits on the storage of some of the world’s most dangerous nuclear … Continue reading →

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The Chances of Another Chernobyl Before 2050? 50%, Say Safety Specialists via Technology Review

Posted on 2015/04/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

And there’s a 50:50 chance of a Three Mile Island-scale disaster in the next 10 years, according to the largest statistical analysis of nuclear accidents ever undertaken. The catastrophic disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima are among the worst humankind has … Continue reading →

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Sellafield clean-up costs rise to £53bn, says NAO via BBC

Posted on 2015/03/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The cost of decommissioning and cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria has increased by £5bn to £53bn, says the National Audit Office. Margaret Hodge MP, chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which commissioned the report, said the … Continue reading →

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Sellafield not the place to store waste from submarines via in-cumbria

Posted on 2015/02/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Sellafield should not be selected by the Ministry of Defence to store radioactive waste from dismantled nuclear submarines. That’s the view of Copeland Council, which has formally objected to the nuclear site being chosen to store intermediate-level waste from 27 … Continue reading →

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We’re in for the long haul in UK’s nuclear clean-up via NewScientist

Posted on 2015/01/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

THERE are few engineering challenges more difficult than decommissioning nuclear infrastructure. And there are few decommissioning challenges more difficult than Sellafield. Cradle of the UK’s nuclear programme – and site of the 1957 Windscale fire, the world’s first major nuclear … Continue reading →

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Sellafield nuclear clean-up taken back into state hands via The Telegraph

Posted on 2015/01/14 by norma field

Management of nuclear decommissioning at Sellafield is to be taken back into state hands because the toxic waste site is too complicated to be run by the private sector, Ed Davey, the energy secretary has said. Mr Davey on Tuesday … Continue reading →

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Sellafield Safety Shocker: Nuclear waste abandoned 40 years ago lies in rotting containers open to the elements via Irish Mirror

Posted on 2014/11/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Whistle-blower’s photos lay bare risk of disaster as expert warns it’s another Fukushima waiting to happen These photos of highly radioactive waste in crumbling ponds proves Sellafield is a Fukushima-like nuclear disaster waiting to happen on our doorstep. These alarming … Continue reading →

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Nuclear costs Britain a bomb? Cleanup bill reportedly spikes by £6 billion via RT

Posted on 2014/09/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The cost of decommissioning Britain’s nuclear sites, and particularly the Sellafield complex, has increased by billions of pounds. Both regulators and the government are accused of incompetence by anti-nuclear campaigners and union leaders. The estimated cost of decommissioning the UK’s … Continue reading →

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ALMOST 3,000 PEOPLE URGE GOVERNMENT TO SCAP CUMBRIA NUCLEAR REACTOR PLANS　via The Cumberland News & Star

Posted on 2014/08/25 by norma field

A total of 2,824 people have voiced their concerns online at the proposed plans – dubbed Europe’s largest nuclear project – to build another nuclear site in west Cumbria. The £10bn plant at Moorside will be built next to the … Continue reading →

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