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GMB Union has said that nuclear waste from the Sellafield site must be used, rather than buried in the ground. In January, the government said it would put 140 tonnes of the hazardous material, ...

‘We understand that spent nuclear waste will generate residual heat, but experience in other areas (granite) suggests the ...

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group achieved the milestone at Sellafield, marking progress in long-term efforts to dispose of the UK’s plutonium stockpile. The processed material is now ...

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DEZNZ) said immobilising the stockpile was the best "long-term solution" A union is calling for radioactive plutonium at a nuclear plant to be recycled ...

The University's research into the behaviour of radioactive materials has helped the nuclear facility to improve industrial treatment processes and site safety. The legacy ponds research reduced ...

A vacuum cleaner was among radioactive waste retrieved from a nuclear store which was never intended to be reopened. Sellafield's Pile Fuel Cladding Silo has been a locked vault since waste stopped ...

Sellafield, the nuclear site in Cumbria, is set to face legal action over claims of IT security offences, according to the nuclear industry regulator. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK state-owned operator of Europe’s largest nuclear waste dump has been fined £332,500 after pleading ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The state-owned operator of the UK’s largest nuclear waste site has pleaded guilty to criminal charges brought ...