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How NWS is making sure the right waste, is in the right place with safe, sustainable and cost effective solutions

How NWS is making sure the right waste, is in the right place with safe, sustainable and cost effective solutions

Chris Macey, Service Lead for Treatment and Conditioning Services at Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), speaks about how his team is safely diverting huge quantities of nuclear waste away from permanent disposal at the UK’s Low Level Waste (LLW) Repository in …

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How active demonstrators are challenging the norm at Sellafield

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Active demonstration image showing spot the dog through a camera

We know ‘what’ needs to be done to deliver our purpose of creating a clean and safe environment for future generations at Sellafield but working out the ‘how’ can be challenging as we tackle buildings that were never designed with decommissioning in mind. That’s where our active demonstrator programme comes in.

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

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A man in a suit sat around a table with people, having a discussion

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 …

GDF Sustainability - Futureproofing our world

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Today, we have published the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme sustainability ‘first look’ paper setting out how sustainability is, and will continue to be, at the heart of the GDF programme. As a nationally significant infrastructure project which will span …

Investing in skills and employment

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Apprentices and grads at Parliament week in London

What does investment in the next generation of nuclear workers look like? For us, it looks like year-on-year investment in apprenticeships and graduate trainees, and that’s just part of the story. This week some of our apprentices and graduates are in Westminster, sharing their experiences. Meet, Sophie, Rachel, and Nicholas.

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

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Man with his father dressed in suits

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

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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.

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