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07 February 2012
Credible options on Dounreay nuclear materials
The NDA has published a Credible Options Study covering the remaining nuclear materials at Dounreay referred to as ‘exotics’.
02 February 2012
Land released from nuclear regulation
Large tracts of land at two Magnox sites have been officially sanctioned as available for new development after the last remaining nuclear regulations were removed.
23 January 2012
Stakeholders gather for national event
The NDA has published the report from the National Event for stakeholders, held in Manchester at the end of last year.
10 January 2012
Head of Programme for Sellafield
The NDA has announced that Dr Ian Hudson, its Head of Programme for Sellafield has decided to leave the authority and pursue his career with American corporation URS in the United States.
22 December 2011
Review of timescales for geological disposal
We have published a preliminary response to the Minister’s request to review the programme for implementing geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste with a view to bringing the date for first waste emplacement forward from the planned 2040 date to 2029.
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Fuel removal milestone at Chapelcross
27 August 2010
Defuelling at Chapelcross site in Scotland reached a significant milestone this week as the 50th flask was safely shipped to the Sellafield for reprocessing.
Progress on removing more than 38,000 fuel elements from all four reactors has remained steady following formal permission to start defuelling from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) in July 2009.
To date 7,178 fuel elements have been removed and sent for reprocessing in 50 flasks, representing almost 20% of the defuelling programme, with each flask containing an average of 144 fuel elements. The scheduled completion date is April 2012.
Tim Dunham, Operations and Project Manager in charge of the defuelling project, said:
"This is a great achievement for the site and is a credit to the skilled workforce currently focussed on the defuelling project".
