The Ministry of Defence has selected the Capenhurst Nuclear Services site in Cheshire as the preferred site to store radioactive reactor pressure vessels from dismantled nuclear submarines. The selection of a site concludes a process begun in 2012 and means that decommissioning work can begin on the submarines.
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NIS Response to Labour’s Defence Review
Nuclear Information Service has submitted a response to the Labour Party's defence policy review.
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What does NATO need from Britain?
A new paper from Nuclear Information Service examines various ways in which the United Kingdom can contribute politically, economically, and strategically to NATO.
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Trident replacement: Costs rise and timetable slips
The costs of building four new submarines for the UK's Trident nuclear weapons programme has risen to at least £31 billion pounds, with the submarines not scheduled to enter into service until the early 2030s according to the government's Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). The review, presented to Parliament by Prime Minster David Cameron, […]
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Public views on disposal of nuclear submarine waste published by Ministry of Defence
The results of a public consultation programme on the location of a storage site for radioactive waste from decommissioned nuclear submarines have been published by the Ministry of Defence.
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Cancellation of Trident programme would have limited impact on Scottish jobs
A new report published jointly by the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) and the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament shows that many of the skills used by Scottish workers in the Trident nuclear weapons programme could be transferred to other non-Trident submarine work, surface warship work or economic development activity in alternative areas.
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Ministry of Defence reviews command arrangements to sort out nuclear weapons “mess”
Senior civil servants have handed David Cameron proposals to radically reshape the way in which the UK's nuclear weapons programme is managed, following a confidential review undertaken by the Ministry of Defence.
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Public money lines the pockets of failing private companies in the nuclear sector
Companies running the UK's nuclear sector have a poor track record of delivery
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NIS response to Ministry of Defence Submarine Dismantling Consultation
Read the reponse by Nuclear Information Service to consultation by the Ministry of Defence on proposals for the interim storage of radioactive waste from decommissioned nuclear powered submarines.
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Do the Scottish Nationalists hold the key to UK nuclear disarmament?
Changes in the electoral landscape provide an opportunity to scrap Trident after the next election.
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Confusion over pledge to reduce number of missile tubes in new Trident submarines
The government is facing accusations that it has misled the public and the international community over the number of missiles which could be carried on the 'Successor' class Trident replacement submarines following the disclosure of details of a contract to build missile tubes for a new submarine.
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Submarine waste site selection consultation begins
The Ministry of Defence has announced its final shortlist of candidate sites for the storage of intermediate-level radioactive waste from decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines and is about to embark upon a fourteen-week programme of public consultation to select a suitable storage site for the waste.