At the heart of our efforts to remove the Windscale Pile 1 chimney is SPIDA: the Suspended Platform with Incremental Descent Developed by ADAPT. It’s not just a machine - it’s a symbol of how Sellafield Ltd is using innovation and rigorous testing to tackle one of the site’s most complex decommissioning challenges.
Three apprentices from Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) had the privilege of attending a prestigious Parliamentary event marking 20 years of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group; two decades of innovation, collaboration, and progress in nuclear decommissioning. Hosted by Sir Lindsay …
As we celebrate routinely retrieving waste from the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo, we talk to some of the people behind the progress.
To mark International Women’s Day, Laura Hogg shares her story of entering the nuclear sector at 18 and her subsequent itinerant career around the NDA group: Throughout my career, I have been inspired, motivated and supported by some exceptional people …
PhD student Joshua Bettles reflects on his three-week placement with the team from Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) – part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group that is co-funding his studies – at former nuclear power station Sizewell A to …
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 …
Welcome to the Strategy Series – the place where we dissect our new Corporate Strategy with the help of our Nuclear Waste Service (NWS) experts. Our Corporate Strategy will help us to move forward in new, innovative ways with a …
From Professor Melanie Brownridge, NDA Technology and Innovation Director Last month I attended the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Conference on Nuclear Decommissioning in Vienna. The event brought together around 450 decommissioning experts from around the world to discuss achievements, …
Dr Sarah Bugby, Loughborough University Physics Lecturer, leads one of Game Changers’ most promising projects, she tells us why working with Sellafield Ltd and Game Changers is helping high hazard reduction.
To mark British Science Week, the NDA’s Technology and Innovation Director, Melanie Brownridge, talks about her career in science and why it’s important to challenge stereotypes. So, this week is British Science Week which coincides International Women’s Day - with …
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