Sellafield

Firms from Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria are building boxes to store radioactive materials from the site

It promises to transform the decommissioning of the redundant nuclear plant

It aims to help secure inward investment and reduce the economic challenge of over-reliance on the local nuclear industry

The highly radioactive ‘liquor’ has been in storage for several decades

The National Audit Office says the site is still facing continued delays

The charges relate to an incident on 5th February 2017 at a facility that handles special nuclear materials

A producer of automated handling systems is to open a new facility in Cumbria as a part of a long-term investment in the UK. PaR Systems aims to open the site this year and has recently agreed to an extended framework agreement supporting nuclear decommissioning at Sellafield. The firm says the new facility will give […]

Five projects have been awarded a total of £8.5 million to develop robots that can tackle some of Sellafield’s most radioactive hotspots. The robots controlled by smart auto navigation systems made it through to the final stages from a shortlist of 15, each receiving up to £1.5 million to build prototype demonstrators for testing in a simulated […]

One of the largest hazard reduction projects ever undertaken at the Sellafield nuclear decommissioning site has finished its preliminary stages. This involved six car-size holes being cut in the site’s oldest radioactive waste storage facility, followed by airtight doors being installed in preparation for its robotic clean-out. The milestone means Sellafield and its supply chain […]

The Sellafield nuclear site will be hit by fresh industrial action as firefighters have announced another strike this week. Around 3,000 members of the GMB union will stage a third 12-hour strike this Thursday, 30th November, from 6am to 6pm in a dispute over pay. The union claims firefighters’ job has been re-evaluated by three […]