Nuclear Waste Updates

Researchers achieve 10x production cost savings for reduced activation steel

NEURONE project billet leaving the caster and entering the product straightener - Image Credit: Materials…

One year after the conclusion of JET's final scientific experiments, crucial findings are emerging that will help advance future fusion machines.

One year after the conclusion of the Joint…

The Cumbrian Award – a special qualification for Cumbrian students – has been accredited by the University of Cumbria.

Western Excellence in Learning and Leadership (WELL) project is hosted…

NTS awarded multi-million funding to develop transport capability for next generation of nuclear fuel

Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) has been awarded £10.5 million to spearhead the…

Applications are now open for the 2025 apprenticeship scheme at Sellafield Ltd.

With both apprenticeships and degree schemes available covering a wide range of disciplines from business…

Natalie Parker has been awarded one of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s ‘Young Woman Engineer of the Year’ prizes.

A Sellafield Ltd technical specialist, Natalie Parker has…

Over 700kg of explosives have been used in the first stage demolition of four gigantic concrete plinths as part of work to decommission the turbine hall.

This significant achievement sets a…

Kiara Orchard has been recognised at the prestigious Association of Project Management Awards.

A Sellafield Ltd assistant project manager, Kiara Orchard, was the winner of the Emerging…

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group has launched a specialised cyber facility to accelerate collaboration across nuclear operators and the supply chain, on the adoption of innovative…

Leading resource management company, Veolia, has introduced an innovative solution to salvage copper from electrical cables in decommissioned nuclear facilities. By developing a new method of safe…

Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) has become the first nuclear transport operator in the world to install and trial revolutionary new sail technology on its specialist ships in a bid to reduce its…

A Geological Disposal Facility – or GDF – is the best solution to permanently dispose of our most radioactive waste. We’ve developed a robust process for choosing where a GDF could be built and at…

Sellafield’s legacy waste store, the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo, leaked radioactive liquor into the ground in the 1970s and in 2019 a new leak was discovered.

Our experts are pioneering new…

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority group have announced five organisations as winners of this year’s supply chain awards.

Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, The Decommissioning Delivery…

The first fuel has been placed into a space-saving storage rack at Sellafield set to save billions of pounds.

Known as the 63-can rack, the container allows the Thorp pond to store 50% more…

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group has published its 2023 to 2024 socio-economic report detailing a record investment in projects across the UK.

Over the last five years, the…

At the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority biannual stakeholder summit, CEO David Peattie announced up to £5 million over five years to support around 20 PhDs.

On the 17th and 18th of…

1 - You don’t have to be from West Cumbria to work at Sellafield

I’m originally from Wick in the far north of Scotland and in 2017, I moved to Glasgow to study for my Master…

This year's cohort of apprentices and graduates will help drive forward work at the UK's largest and most complex nuclear site.

Up to 300 vocational and degree apprentices and 150 graduates…