nuclear sites

As a public service, NIS monitors and reports on non-sensitive developments at and about British nuclear weapons production related sites.

NIS publishes material relating to the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston and Burghfield sites, located in the southern English County of West Berkshire. Since the 1950s, AWE is where the design, production, assembly, maintenance, disassembly and decommissioning of nuclear weapons takes place. Between 2004 and 2015, building developments are underway to enable a new generation of warheads to be researched and designed without underground nuclear testing. See monthly NIS Updates on the new developments at AWE.

Other nuclear weapons related sites include the Clyde facilties at RNAD Coulport and the Naval Base Faslane; RRMPOL Derby and DML Devonport. All these sites creat nuclear discharges and waste.

Flood map for AWE Burghfield. Shaded areas represent areas at significant risk of flooding, where the chance of flooding each year is greater than 1.3% (1 in 75).

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MOD Stops Live Nuclear Work at AWE due to preasure from NII over safety risks..
2008 Annual Report released by NIS.
A New Film Exposes Deadly Cargo on British Roads..

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The City of Plymouth should say NO to nuclear submarine dismantlement in Devonport
2009-04-30 18:40
The City of Plymouth should say NO to nuclear submarine dismantlement in Devonport Dockyard says the Campaigning Against Nuclear Storage And Radiation. ... more
Faslane Safety Failures
2009-04-27 14:00

Two stories on the safety failings at the Faslane base.

Devastating admissions about one of Britain’s most significant nuclear sites are disclosed in MoD documents released under the Freedom of Information Act...

Safety failings are "a recurring theme" at the nuclear submarine base at Faslane. The transfer of three Trafalgar class submarines to Faslane is causing public alarm on the Clyde...
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Faslane Safety Failures
2009-04-27 14:00

Two stories on the safety failings at the Faslane base.

Devastating admissions about one of Britain’s most significant nuclear sites are disclosed in MoD documents released under the Freedom of Information Act...

Safety failings are "a recurring theme" at the nuclear submarine base at Faslane. The transfer of three Trafalgar class submarines to Faslane is causing public alarm on the Clyde...
... more
Fresh hurdle for AWE development
2009-04-22 14:00
The Nuclear Awareness Group (NAG), based in Reading, has lodged a complaint with West Berkshire Council over the handling of a planning application at AWE in Burghfield by outlining their concerns about the way plans to build a new nuclear warhead facility were handled.

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NIS Update - UK NUCLEAR WARHEAD PRODUCTION DOWN TO ONE A YEAR
2009-04-15 23:00
A greatly reduced warhead workload at AWE is reported in the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate's 2008 AWE Quarterly Reports[1]. Nukewatch, the Citizen's Verification group that observes warhead transport confirms that only one new or refurbished warhead was processed and delivered into service in 2008; four were taken apart, according to the evidence. ... more
Hansard on the proposed Enriched Uranium Facility and Hydrodynamics Facility at AWE Aldermaston
2009-03-30 14:00
Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Portsmouth South of 18 December 2008, Official Report, column 964W, on AWE Aldermaston, if he will place in the Library a copy of any Preliminary Safety Report prepared by the Directorate of Major Projects when it has been completed at AWE Aldermaston for the proposed Enriched Uranium Facility and Hydrodynamics Facility at AWE Aldermaston which has been provided to the Health and Safety Executive. ... more
Hansard on International Regulations affecting safety at AWE Burghfield
2009-03-25 15:00
*Mr. Hancock:* To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 22 January 2009, /Official Report,/ column 1668W, on AWE Burghfield: nuclear weapons, what internationally recognised standards and codes of practice are applicable. [265568] ... more