Nuclear UK

Part of: Nuclear energy

Nils Bøhmer

Of primary concern on the United Kingdom’s nuclear landscape are the 15 Cold War legacy sites storing high amounts of radioactive waste, including Sellafield, that are to be decommissioned over the next several decades by the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Many of these are still semi-operational as civilian sites that, for example, reprocess nuclear fuel such as Sellafield’s Thorp facility. Of primary international concern is the cleaning up discharges from these NDA managed facilities. With help from Bellona, for instance, Sellafield reduced its discharges of deadly TC-99 by 98 percent. But other remnants of the race for the bomb remain and must be dealt with at NDA site. The country employs 23 nuclear reactors―of the Magnox , Advanced Gas Cooled, and Pressurised Water types―that provide for some 20 percent of its energy.

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Royal Navy

[ 20.02.2013 ]
Royal Navy sub returns to port with nuclear reactor coolant leak
The Royal Navy’s troubled HMS Tireless nuclear submarine has been forced back to port in Devonport, England after a small leak of coolant in its reactor system was discovered, Royal Navy sources reported.
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UK Nuclear Decomissioning Authority

[ 31.01.2013 ]
UK plans to build permanent nuclear repository near Sellafield struck down by local vote
Plans to advance Britain’s nuclear waste storage plans by searching for a site to build a $19 billion long-term repository in Cumbria – home to the UK’s Sellafield site – have been scuttled by a vote in the Cumbria County Council Wednesday not to move ahead with the venture.
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[ 03.01.2013 ]
New report casts shadow on Sellafield’s emergency preparedness
Continuing a spate of revelations about Sellafield’s ability to safely and economically operate, the Guardian has discovered a report that found errors by fire officers during practices exercises could have led to “prolonged release of radioactive material off-site.”
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[ 30.05.2012 ]
Bellona-konferanse om Sellafield

Torsdag 31. mai og fredag 1. juni arrangerer Bellona konferanse om Sellafield sammen med eierne av atomanlegget (Sellafield Ltd) og den norske organisasjonen Lofoten mot Sellafield. Blant temaene på konferansen er resultatene av stress-testen av Sellafield i etterkant av Fukushima-ulykken, status for tømningen av de 21 gamle tankene med flytende høyaktivt radioaktivt avfall og sikkerhetskulturen ved Sellafield.

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[ 12.09.2006 ] Government steps in to scuttle bid to buy British Nuclear Group, says paper
UK rejects $750m bid for BNG from US engineering giant Fluor

The British government has rejected a £400m ($750m) bid for clean-up company British Nuclear Group Ltd. (BNG) from US engineering and construction firm Fluor Corp, the British newspaper the Independent reported this weekend.

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[ 21.12.2005 ]
Working paper 1:2005 - Nuclear Clean-up in Great Britain

The Bellona Working Paper No. 01:2005 /Nuclear Clean-up in Great Britain /aims to give an overview of British thinking in the organisation and planning of the clean-up work at hand. The facilities due to be decommissioned are identified and described, with specific steps of action pointed out in the conclusion that Bellona considers should rank high on the British agenda.

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