ISOLUS

NIS holds a range of information about British nuclear-powered and armed submarines; nuclear safety of Z & X Berths and the MoD’s proposals for the storage of nuclear sections of decommissioned submarines; the Interim Storage of Laid Up Submarines (ISOLUS). You can also read position papers on ISOLUS from the Nuclear Submarine Forum (NsubF) and on "Z" berths from the Solent Coalition Against Nuclear Ships here(SCANS), plus further background information. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/csec /isolus2/isolus-homepage.htm and http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/ pages/content.php3?page=8882

Nuclear Information Service

Ibex House
85 Southampton Street
Reading
RG1 2QU
United Kingdom

Tel / fax: 0118 327 7489
email: office(at)nuclearinfo.org

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AWE sites proposed for nuclear submarine radioactive waste dump
2009-11-02 09:31
The two Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) sites in Berkshire have been included on a secret shortlist of sites where the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is thinking of dumping radioactive waste from defunct nuclear powered submarines, according to an authoritative report in a Scottish newspaper. ... more
Hansard on the movement and dismantling of defuelled nuclear submarines
2009-03-25 15:00
*Angus Robertson:* To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the Interim Storage of Laid-Up Submarines Group will commence its programme of dismantling the UK’s defuelled nuclear powered submarines. ... more
Submarine Waste Fiasco
2009-03-05 15:00
The MoD has secretly ordered the cutting up of a submarine’s nuclear reactor without waiting the recommended 30 years decay time and while the debate is still raging over the safest way to deal with it.

The Nuclear Submarine Forum (NSubF)'s response to the MoD's experimental cut up of a submarine nuclear reactor head in Devonport Dockyard ... more
Nuclear reactor being dismantled in Devonport
2009-03-04 15:00
In advance of agreement by the Interim Storage of Laid Up Submarines (ISOLUS) Advisory Group that meets on 11th March in Reading, the MoD has gone ahead and ordered the cut up of a submarine nuclear reactor. An ISOLUS Technical Options Group facilitated by Fraser Nash Ltd meeting last August, reported that 'cutting up' was not proved to be as safe as cutting the reactor compartment 'out' and storing it whole until radiation levels had decayed. ... more
Hansard on Nuclear Submarines, 15th July
2008-07-15 14:00
*Mr. Streeter:* To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the status of the ISOLUS programme is; and if he will make a statement. ... more
MPs debate ISOLUS Military Radioactive Waste
2008-05-20 14:00
The Ministry of Defence was working with the nuclear industry on decommissioning of nuclear submarines, MPs argued today. During a debate on military radioactive waste, Defence Minister Derek Twigg highlighted his department's work in this area, adding that the MOD's current and future liabilities amounted to less than 5 per cent of the total UK waste inventory so it worked closely with the UK nuclear industry. ... more
Hansard on Nuclear Waste, Debate, 20th May 2008
2008-05-20 14:00
The Ministry of Defence was working with the nuclear industry on
decommissioning of nuclear submarines, MPs argued today.

During a debate on military radioactive waste, Defence Minister Derek
Twigg highlighted his department's work in this area, adding that the
MOD's current and future liabilities amounted to less than 5 per cent of
the total UK waste inventory so it worked closely with the UK nuclear
industry. ... more