The people behind the progress - emptying the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo

As we celebrate routinely retrieving waste from the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo, we talk to some of the people behind the progress.
As we celebrate routinely retrieving waste from the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo, we talk to some of the people behind the progress.
The Pile Fuel Cladding Silo at Sellafield, one of the oldest and most hazardous waste stores on the site, has been a focal point for decommissioning efforts.
John Heneghan, one of our contaminated land specialists, explains what pioneering ways him and his team are discovering, in order to manage ground contamination work.
In the UK, we’ve been doing things that generate radioactive waste for decades – including electricity generation, medical treatments, defence, and a whole range of other activities. It’s important to keep track of all that waste. For me, it wasn’t …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Once built, a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) will be part of the lifeblood of the community that hosts it for well over a century, providing thousands of skilled jobs over multiple generations. The surrounding area will draw in resources, goods …
Sara Huntingdon, the NDA’s Head of Innovation, explains why the NDA group is committed to taking more of a lead on innovation as it launches its Grand Challenges for Technical Innovation.
Yr wythnos diwethaf, aethom i dref heulog Brighton, cartref y pier enwog, llawer o gynadleddau pleidiau, a Chyngres flynyddol yr Undebau Llafur (TUC). Mae’n bwysig i RWM ei fod yn ymgysylltu â chynulleidfaoedd allweddol o'r diwydiant a’r undebau oherwydd rydym …
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