Solving the challenge of managing information related to nuclear decommissioning

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Entrance to Nucleus archive

Simon Tucker, Head of Information Governance, shares his views on how the new archive, Nucleus, in Caithness benefits the local community and provides a long-term solution for managing information related to nuclear decommissioning.

A research community capable of tackling our challenges in nuclear decommissioning

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Michelle Cowley, Research Manager

Michelle Cowley, Research Manager at NDA, shares details from the latest NDA PhD Bursary Seminar. The purpose of the seminar is to communicate the valuable work being carried out within our University research and development portfolio and real progress in generating solutions to complex problems in the area of nuclear decommissioning.

Celebrating apprenticeships in nuclear decommissioning

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Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers 2016

Beccy Pleasant, Head of Skills and Talent at NDA, recently chaired the judging panel for the National Apprenticeship Awards. She celebrates the value of on-the-job training and welcomes views on what more could be done to increase opportunities for individuals and organisations?

End in sight for reprocessing nuclear fuel at Sellafield

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Reprocessing

Martin Leafe, Director, Spent Fuel Management at Sellafield Ltd, explains how, over the next four years, the commercial reprocessing of spent fuel will end, and the site will move to full-scale decommissioning, remediation and waste management. This important change of focus is one of the milestones outlined in the draft NDA Business Plan.

Could you have the solution to the challenges in nuclear decommissioning?

Chris Hope and Melanie Brownridge at Digital Catapult Centre

Chris Hope, who’s on secondment to the NDA, from Sellafield, is urging organisations to sign up tp one of four brokering events around the UK as part of a competition to distribute nuclear innovation funds totalling £3 million. Melanie Brownridge, Head of Technology, outlines how this competition is part of NDA's ongoing commitment to seek …

First of the UK’s earliest nuclear sites to be sealed for a period of “care and maintenance”

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"Care and maintenance" period

Scott Raish, a Site Closure Director for Magnox Ltd, explains how Bradwell nuclear site in Essex will, in 2019, be the first of 11 Magnox sites across the UK to have its reactors and waste stores safely sealed for several decades. This is a significant future milestone from the latest NDA draft business plan, which …

Radiological hazard on all Magnox nuclear sites across UK set to reduce by 99%

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Two remaining nuclear sites with Magnox reactors due to complete defueling by 2020

Pete Knollmeyer, Chief Nuclear Officer for Magnox Ltd, explains why being declared ‘fuel-free’ is so important for the final Magnox reactor site. This milestone is due to be achieved within the next 3 years, the period covered by NDA's business plan that is currently available for consultation.