Tag Archives: Sellafield

Sellafield plans new £1.5bn framework for decommissioning specialists via The Construction Index

Posted on 2014/07/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Sellafield Ltd is looking for specialist suppliers to help with nuclear decommissioning at its Cumbria site. The work will be for 10 years and will be valued at up to £1.5bn. It is advertising for specialist contractors to join its … Continue reading →

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Toshiba and GDF Suez Push Ahead on British Nuclear Plant via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/07/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

LONDON — Toshiba, the Japanese industrial giant, and the French utility GDF Suez have announced plans for moving ahead with a new British nuclear power station, adding momentum to the country’s atomic energy program. The facility, called Moorside, would be … Continue reading →

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Britain’s nuclear clean-up bill soars to £110bn via The Telegraph

Posted on 2014/06/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Spiralling costs at Sellafield site in Cumbria contribute to £6.6bn increase in bill for tackling Britain’s nuclear waste The bill for cleaning up Britain’s nuclear waste has topped £110bn, after a £6.6bn increase in the cost estimate for work required … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power undermines nuclear security via The Ecologist

Posted on 2014/05/02 by norma field

Opponents of nuclear power rightly focus on issues of cost, operational danger and waste disposal, writes David Lowry. But they should not forget the towering ‘elephant in the room’ – nuclear security and the risk of proliferation and terrorist attacks. … Continue reading →

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Sellafield Shares Decommissioning Expertise with Fukushima Nuclear Plant via International Business Times

Posted on 2014/05/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Sellafield, the Cumbria-based nuclear site, has agreed to help Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) in its cleanup at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station which was severely damaged by the tsunami and earthquake in March 2011. The companies signed an … Continue reading →

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Britain is paying dearly for neglecting its nuclear waste via The Economist

Posted on 2014/04/03 by norma field

SWILLING around murky ponds in the oldest part of Sellafield, a nuclear research and reprocessing centre in Cumbria, is a soupy, radioactive sludge. For years boffins working on Britain’s first military and civil nuclear programmes abandoned spent fuel and other … Continue reading →

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UK-built drone to map Fukushima nuclear fallout via WIRED.Co.UK

Posted on 2014/03/18 by norma field

A drone designed to scan disaster sites and nuclear plants for signs of radiation has been jointly awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering’s ERA Foundation Entrepreneurs Award. James MacFarlane and his winning team at the University of Bristol will use … Continue reading →

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Sellafield £70bn clean-up costs ‘astonishing’, MPs say via BBC News

Posted on 2014/02/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The estimated cost of cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site in Cumbria has risen by almost £2.5bn in a year, a report has said. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said clean-up costs at the complex had risen from £67.5bn … Continue reading →

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Sellafield radiation alert resolved via Financial Times

Posted on 2014/02/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The heightened radioactivity at the Sellafield nuclear site that forced a partial closure was naturally occurring radon gas, the plant’s operator has confirmed. The site will become fully operational this afternoon. This morning only essential workers were allowed in after … Continue reading →

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Sellafield partly closed after ‘above normal’ radiation via BBC News

Posted on 2014/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria is partially closed after “elevated levels of radioactivity” were detected. A perimeter alarm has been triggered at the north of the site and each building is being checked, a spokesman said. No evidence … Continue reading →

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