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Business Secretary Grant Shapps refused to provide a figure for the cost of buying out China’s stake in proposed nuclear project Sizewell C. The cabinet member told a body of Westminster MPs yesterday he was “not trying to be evasive” …

A Pembroke Dock-based engineering, fabrication and construction firm has won a £50m contract with GE Steam Power at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in a move which safeguards 150 jobs. Ledwood Engineering specialises in the delivery of complex …

Nuclear electricity is a predictable and low-carbon part of the UK energy mix, currently providing 15% of the UK’s electricity. However, most existing nuclear power stations are set to close by 2030. The Government has an ambition to increase production …

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has served an enforcement notice on Sellafield Ltd after inspections identified shortfalls in the fire alarm and detection system at the First-Generation Magnox Storage Pond facility (FGMSP). ONR fire safety inspections discovered the shortfalls, …

A survey commissioned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) into stakeholder perceptions of its work shows positive progress in mission to clean-up the UK’s nuclear legacy sites.

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A FORMER nuclear power station in Somerset has replaced and upgraded some of its assets after an inspection from the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). Hinkley Point A, located near Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater, stopped generating power in 2000 and is …

Dounreay will have a budget of over £200 million next year but faces inflation challenges. The figure was divulged at last week’s SSG.

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The Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has today issued a flurry of new announcements designed to help accelerate the development of new nuclear and hydrogen technologies in the UK. The government confirmed £77m of new funding is …

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) can confirm it recently served a number of enforcement notices at the Hinkley Point C site in Somerset. Inspectors issued three prohibition notices relating to specific activities on the site involving vehicles and plant …

EDF Energy has appointed a design team made up of Egis, Jacobs UK, Setec TPI and Tractebel Engineering for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant. The ICOSH consortium will deliver the civil engineering design for the nuclear island at power …