nuclear site
The facility in Whitehaven, known as RAICo1, will be used by Sellafield Ltd, supply chain partners and academia to develop technologies needed for decommissioning
The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Ukrainian specialist teams had succeeded in repairing a power line needed to resume external electricity supplies at the plant, four days after they were lost at the Russian-controlled site
On Friday the regulator reported elevated radiation levels at the site in northern Ukraine
Sellafield Ltd held a three-day trial of Spot, the mobile robot dog developed by Boston Dynamics, at the Calder Hall nuclear power station which is currently being decommissioned
The Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant will treat and store historic nuclear waste for at least 100 years
Workers reportedly describe how racial, sexist and homophobic bullying had become routine
Tony Meggs will take up the post for a three-year term on 3rd May 2021, replacing Lorraine Baldry who has led the Sellafield Board since May 2018
The trial confirmed recycling opportunities could exist for other waste metal items
The project is expected to create up to 50 new jobs and support the oil and gas and renewables industry
The liquid is being turned into a solid by mixing it with cement, ash and lime, with more than 30 drums to be initially filled with the waste