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13 September 2010
Research workshop on geological disposal challenge
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21 September 2010
11th National Stakeholder Group Meeting
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22 September 2010
Socio Economic Panel
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01 September 2010
Next phase in our Strategy for Consultation
Today we have published the draft of our updated Strategy for consultation.
26 August 2010
UK strategy for managing LLW launched
We have published the UK Strategy for the Management of Solid Low Level Radioactive Waste from the Nuclear Industry.
26 August 2010
MOP8 Update
Magnox has monitored progress against the Magnox Operating Programme (MOP) and the forecast for completion of reprocessing has been adjusted.
30 July 2010
Successful opening of new vault
A state of the art facility for the storage of low level nuclear waste opened at the NDA's site near Drigg, Cumbria.
30 June 2010
Managing Director of RWMD appointed
Bruce McKirdy appointed as MD of Radioactive Waste Management Directorate (RWMD).
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£8m boost for nuclear archive
08 February 2008
The NDA has announced today that it will invest £8 million in plans to create the UK’s National Nuclear Archive (NNA) in Caithness, Scotland.
The NNA will potentially hold between 20 and 30 million digital, paper and photographic records primarily concerning the history, development and decommissioning of the UK’s civil nuclear industry since the 1940s. The money will be invested over three years and will help get the £20 million project off the ground.
The NNA is being proposed in response to the NDA’s statutory obligation to manage public records, keeping them safe and making them more accessible to the public and the nuclear community. Around 20 specialist jobs will be created by the project and the building will also provide a new home for the Wick-based North Highland Archive, which is much in need of additional storage space.
Dr Ian Roxburgh, NDA Chief Executive, said: “We are delighted to announce this investment for the UK’s National Nuclear Archive.
“This will be the first time that this amount of valuable information - useful to researchers, academics and businesses - will be brought together under one roof. We want to create a world-class, internationally renowned facility for records archiving and, ultimately, knowledge management.”
Dr Roxburgh added that the archive would benefit the community. “We are hoping to get local schools and colleges involved in using the NNA, even sponsoring educational projects”, he said. “We hope it could attract more visitors to the area and boost the local economy.”
The NDA has been working closely with both the Highland Council and the Highlands and Islands Enterprise on the project. Wick-based Highland Councillor Bill Fernie, Chairman of the Education Culture and Sport Committee, said: “This announcement is good news for Caithness and we welcome the NDA’s ongoing commitment to the project.”
Carroll Buxton, area director for HIE Caithness and Sutherland, added: “This excellent news will bring sustained benefits to Caithness, both economically and socially.
“Securing this archive is one of the targets set out in a 50-point action plan published by the Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership at the end of last year. This announcement represents an excellent start to the plan and I look forward to further projects being developed as work progresses.”
The archive will take about four years to build and many more to establish as an exemplar in its field. Land near the airport, currently owned by the local authority, has been earmarked as a potential site.
