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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.

en 2010-09-10 11:03 NIS calls for independent inquiry into fire at Atomic Weapons Establishment http://nuclearinfo.org/view/nuclear_sites/accidents/a2086 The Nuclear Information Service (NIS) has written to the Health and Safety Executive calling for an independent inquiry into the recent fire at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston.

According to a report from the BBC a fire broke out in a building within the explosives area of the site late in the evening on 3rd August. AWE has stated that there were “no radiological implications” as a result of the fire, but a number of local residents were evacuated from their homes to overnight hotel accommodation.

AWE report that one member of staff was injured in the blaze, and road closures in the area following the fire caused traffic chaos during the Wednesday morning rush-hour.

]]> New AWE Emergency Plan highlights chilling consequences of a nuclear accident http://nuclearinfo.org/view/nuclear_sites/accidents/a2035 Calls for greater transparency at AWE following contamination incident http://nuclearinfo.org/view/nuclear_sites/accidents/a2025 Faslane Safety Failures http://nuclearinfo.org/view/nuclear_sites/accidents/a2009 Trident submarine

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...

]]> NIS UPDATE November 2008 http://nuclearinfo.org/view/nuclear_sites/accidents/a1965 AWE Planning Application for Assembly/ Disassembly facility - AWE expects to apply to West Berkshire Council for planning permission around December 18th for its replacement Gravel Gerties in the Burghfield high security area. The Planning Officer has agreed to accept consultation responses and representations after the 21-day consultation period has officially expired. Update summary:


  • AWE Planning Application for Assembly/ Disassembly facility
  • Emergency Planning for Serious Floods
  • Change in ownership of AWE
  • NIS Legal Challenge of the replacement of Trident
  • more
]]> Hansard on MOD handling of Burghfield AWE floods http://nuclearinfo.org/view/nuclear_sites/accidents/a1957 Hansard on AWE Burghfield Floods, Oct 27th 2008 http://nuclearinfo.org/view/nuclear_sites/accidents/a1976