Nuclear Energy News

Engineering and energy management updates from employers, suppliers and contractors.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has achieved Menopause Friendly Accreditation in recognition of its work to foster an inclusive culture and put in place the right support for…

Publication Date:
25th January 2024

Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has welcomed the formation of a new Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) Working Group in South Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, to begin engagement about whether…

Publication Date:
25th January 2024

Community and environmental restoration projects in West Cumbria will receive over £460,000 of new funding through Sellafield Ltd’s Social Impact Multiplied programme.

Over the last 3 years…

Publication Date:
11 January 2024

Sector colleagues come together to collaborate on future geological disposal research at annual Nuclear Waste Services event

Nearly 200 nuclear waste experts, students and academics attended…

Publication Date:
15th January 2024

A critical project to upgrade Sellafield’s electrical power network has hit an important milestone.

The Electrical Distribution Network Upgrade Project, known as EDNUP,  is working to…

Publication Date:
09/01/2024

Two NDA group employees have been awarded honours by His Majesty the King in the New Year’s Honours List, for services to the nuclear industry, young people and their local communities.

Publication Date:
2 January 2024

Sellafield’s newly-opened Direct Import Facility receives first box of historical nuclear waste, paving the way for clean-up of one of the site’s oldest buildings.

One of the biggest…

Publication Date:
19 December 2023

Welcome to the Strategy Series – the place where we dissect the new Corporate Strategy with the help of our Nuclear Waste Service (NWS) experts.

In this article, Loren Redmond, Head of…

Publication Date:
29/11/2023

Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) and Women in Nuclear (WiN UK) hosted an event for young people to promote and showcase career opportunities in the nuclear industry

Around 150 students attended…

Publication Date:
21/11/23

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited Nuclear Transport Solutions’ (NTS) home port in Barrow-in-Furness today and received a tour of its facilities and closer look at its world-leading…

Publication Date:
17 November 2023

Over the last six decades, Mike Pigott and his team, and their predecessors, have been successfully managing the disposal of low-level radioactive waste at the Low Level Waste Repository in…

Publication Date:
17 November 2023

More than 60 years after disposal of low-level radioactive waste began at the repository site in Cumbria, work has started on the capping and securing of trenches and vaults which are full and…

Publication Date:
11 November 2023

The transformation of Whitehaven’s former Bus Station into a thriving business hub has been celebrated this week after receiving a national award for its impact.

Publication Date:
9th November 2023

Magnox Ltd has changed its brand and from 31st October 2023 will be known as Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS).

A world leader in its field, NRS is responsible for…

Publication Date:
01/11/2023

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority socio-economic funding is bringing fantastic benefits to Anglesey and Gwynedd.

NDA colleagues recently visited the region to meet the beneficiaries of some…

Publication Date:
26th October 2023

NDA Director of Socio-Economics, Jamie Reed, explains why we invest in projects to help deliver positive change in our communities.

As the NDA’s first Director of Socio-Economics, it’s a…

Publication Date:
26th October 2023

Corhyn Parr, CEO of Nuclear Waste Services, part of the NDA group, shares her views on the importance of creating inclusive  workplaces and the success of our partnership with the Whitehall…

Publication Date:
17 October 2022

A state-of-the-art skills centre for the UK nuclear industry has been officially opened at Sellafield.

The Glove Box Training Facility upskills operators in one of nuclear’s most important…

Publication Date:
17 October 2022

NDA hosts Cumbria’s first ever cyber security “Capture the Flag” competition for secondary schools.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) hosted Cumbria’s first ever cyber security “…

Publication Date:
16th October 2023

A key milestone has been successfully met in the first phase of decommissioning the UK’s fleet of seven Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) nuclear power stations.

The defueling of the first…

Publication Date:
19 September