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The Bradwell nuclear site, in the process of decommissioning. Magnox has said it plans to cut up to 1,600 jobs across 12 of its nuclear power sites by September 2016. The company says the cuts ...
The final report of an independent inquiry into the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's award of the Magnox decommissioning contract, related litigation and its subsequent termination has been ...
Fibrelite were approached by Magnox to provide numerous replacement manhole and trench covers to replace the existing degrading concrete and cast-iron covers. This works had to be coordinated and ...
Just over a year since electricity generation ended at the Oldbury 1 Magnox reactor, the operation to remove all the used fuel from unit has started. The defuelling process is expected to take 4-5 ...
And to tackle this mammoth task, the robots are being forced to evolve. Sellafield’s First-Generation Magnox Storage Pond is a giant outdoor body of water that’s the same size as two Olympic ...
Steve Holliday, the former chief executive of National Grid, was asked by the Business Secretary Greg Clark to undertake an independent inquiry into the award of the Magnox nuclear decommissioning ...
It follows a decision to name Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd as the lead project for former Magnox stations in the UK. The twin reactors will become the very first in the UK to be fully decommissioned.
It's been 50 years since the Sellafield magnox reprocessing plant began operating. The West Cumbrian facility has reprocessed more than 50,000 tonnes of spent nuclear fuel. It will reprocess a ...
Calder Hall's four Magnox reactors are different from those being built today in that they are gas-cooled reactors that are fueled with rods made out of enriched natural uranium, and use blocks of ...
Magnox, owner of the Trawsfynydd site in Gwynedd, is aiming to demolish and infill the site’s ponds complex before capping it with concrete. In two scenarios – for future site occupiers and ...
Wylfa Nuclear Power Station began operation in 1971 as the UK’s largest plant running on Magnox reactors. It was initially set to permanently retire in 2010 but received extensions until it was ...