Yn y DU, rydyn ni wedi bod yn gwneud pethau sy’n cynhyrchu gwastraff ymbelydrol ers degawdau – yn cynnwys cynhyrchu trydan, triniaethau meddygol, amddiffyn ac amrywiaeth o weithgareddau eraill. Mae’n bwysig ein bod ni’n gadw golwg ar yr holl wastraff …
Pond clean-up activities across Magnox are now focused on Chapelcross Site in Scotland, the only site with water still to be drained down.
It's estimated that around 5 more years are required to reach a similar stage to Oldbury, Sizewell A and Dungeness A Sites which recently completed draining and decontamination programmes.
Ben Taylor, Safety Case Manager for the Decommissioning Programme, has been working to develop Magnox’s requirements for the newly launched Sort and Segregate Nuclear Waste competition. He believes that the successful system could be of value right across the nuclear sector.
The NDA's Head of Stakeholder Relations, John McNamara, looks at the feedback from the 2020 NDA Stakeholder Survey and how responses are used to further improve engagement
When I talk to people about our plans for the UK’s higher activity radioactive waste, one question I often hear is: what’s wrong with the way we handle the waste now? It’s a fair question. There are stores of radioactive …
Wrth i mi siarad gyda phobl ynglŷn â’n cynlluniau ar gyfer gwastraff ymbelydrol actifedd uwch y DU, un cwestiwn yr ydw i’n ei glywed yn aml yw: beth sydd o’i le ar y ffordd yr ydym yn ymdrin â’r gwastraff …
As we restart risk and hazard reduction work at Sellafield, I spoke to some of our employees about the projects coming on line and what it has been like working on site during the pandemic.
Fe ddechreuais i fel Prif Ymgynghorydd Gwyddonol i Radioactive Waste Management yn 2011, ond fe ddechreuais i weithio ar raglen gwaredu daearegol y DU pan oeddwn i’n dechrau fy ngyrfa yng nghanol yr 1980au. Yn ystod y cyfnod hwn roeddwn …
I started as Chief Scientific Adviser for Radioactive Waste Management in 2011, but I first began working on the UK’s geological disposal programme when it was just starting in the mid-1980s. At the time, I was working in computer programming, …
Three Magnox sites have achieved major milestones in their ponds decommissioning programme, working in a challenging radioactive environment to remove empty skips, sludge and other debris before draining off the water.