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Ministers decide on submarine dismantling: Rosyth and Devonport selected as dismantling sites

By Nuclear Information Service
Date: 24 March 2013

Ministers have made the 'Main Gate' decision on the next steps to be taken in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) programme for addressing the legacy of the Royal Navy's fleet of redundant nuclear powered submarines, announcing that submarine dismantling will take place at the Rosyth and Devonport naval dockyards and outlining the approach which will be used to select an interim storage site for radioactive waste from the submarines.

Ministry of Defence seeks commercial sites for storage of radioactive waste from submarines

By Nuclear Information Service
Date: 20 December 2012

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched a search to find commercially owned sites for the storage of radioactive waste from its fleet of redundant nuclear powered submarines.

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