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We have outlined our regulatory activities during 2023/24 for the development of a geological disposal facility (GDF) to dispose of the UK’s most hazardous radioactive waste. This year’s ‘Regulatory scrutiny and engagement for geological disposal: annual report 2023 to 2024’, …

A pub and campsite’s bid for nuclear power plant construction workers to stay there has been refused.

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The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has supported the use of a novel and innovative approach at a nuclear site which has significantly sped up one part of its decommissioning programme. Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS), formerly Magnox Ltd, cut all …

In evaluating solutions to global warming, air pollution, and energy security, two important questions that arise are (1) should new nuclear electricity-producing plants be built to help solve these problems, and (2) should existing, aged nuclear plants be kept open …

North Somerset Council is set to urge the government to block “crazy” plans to flood hundreds of acres of farmland near Kingston Seymour. Power company EDF wants to turn a huge swath of farmland by the village into a salt …

Rachel Reeves will announce plans to create pension “megafunds” that the Treasury says will unlock as much as £80 billion worth of investment in ­businesses and infrastructure.

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A new jobs map published by EDF Energy shows the nuclear industry now supports 3500 jobs in the city of Bristol in southwest England. Many of these jobs have been supported by the Hinkley Point C project, with further new …

Heysham 2 power station is the focal point of ‘Inside Nuclear’, a new documentary providing an access-all-areas peek into nuclear power generation. Produced by plant operator, EDF, and hosted by engineer and Channel 5 TV presenter Rob Bell, the documentary …

Reacting to the Prime Minister’s pledge at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan to reduce the UK’s emissions by 81% compared with 1990 levels by 2035, in line with the Climate Change Committee’s recommendation, Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive of the Nuclear …

The UK government’s nuclear energy agency has embarked on detailed negotiations with four shortlisted bidders to supply small modular reactors (SMRs) to bolster the country’s power generation. Great British Nuclear (GBN), owned by the government, says it will invite the …