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The value of our LGBT+ employees - Dr Juliet Long, Chief Strategist for Site Decommissioning and Remediation, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

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This week celebrates National Inclusion Week (23rd – 29th September), a week dedicated to celebrating inclusion and taking action to create inclusive workplaces, with this year’s theme being ‘Impact Matters’, centring around identifying the impact on marginalised groups and taking …

How the Low Level Waste Repository in Cumbria is shaping the future of nuclear waste management

Over the last six decades, Mike Pigott and his team, and their predecessors, have been successfully managing the disposal of low-level radioactive waste at the Low Level Waste Repository in Cumbria. With 65 years of experience in safe radioactive waste …

Corhyn Parr talks inclusion and building female representation within the NDA group

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  To mark National Inclusion Week, Corhyn Parr, CEO of Nuclear Waste Services, part of the NDA group, shares her views on the importance of creating inclusive  workplaces and the success of our partnership with the Whitehall and Industry Group …

Tackling Inequality is Everyone's Business - Uzy Michael, Programme Manager, NDA

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This Race Equality Week I am reflecting on my own experiences and reflections on the barriers to race inequality. I have recently celebrated my one-year work anniversary at the NDA, and I am happy to be working for an organisation that …

Mental health and me - blog by YanYang Chen, Magnox nucleargraduate - International Men's Day 2022

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With the end of the year looming just around the corner, International Men’s Day poses a good opportunity to discuss a matter close to my heart – men’s mental health. According to latest reports, men account for around 74% of …

National Inclusion Week – how we’re making Sellafield Ltd more inclusive

Employees who feel able to bring their whole selves to work, better business decisions thanks to diversity of thinking, and a business better able to attract and retain talent for the long term… just some of the benefits of a more inclusive workplace.

As we celebrate the start of National Inclusion Week, here are some of the ways that we’re working to make Sellafield Ltd more inclusive and some of the people who are driving the change.

Abbie Evans, Nuclear Waste Services, discusses why workplace inclusion is important for LGBT+ employees

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I started with Nuclear Waste Services in January 2022 as a Waste Strategy Specialist. Amongst all the virtual and in-person introductions to my new colleagues both within the Strategic Waste Programme and beyond, as well as induction events, I made …

Ross Donnan, Nuclear Transport Solutions, talks about why Pride Month is still so important today

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When discussing this opportunity to be vocal about LGBT+, Pride and my experiences, I had two choices. The first was to be informative and repeat some text from Google on what Pride means. The second was to use this platform …