Significant safety problems have been exposed in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) response to an accident involving nuclear weapons after an emergency exercise in East Anglia last year.
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Emergency planning arrangements for AWE’s Explosives Technology Facility
Emergency plans for the explosives technology facility at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston have been released into the public domain (available for download at the bottom of this article) following a series of questions from Members of Parliament.
Following the fire in the explosives area at Aldermaston on 3 August 2010 Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion, enquired about the emergency arrangements which were implemented in fighting the fire.
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A tale of two reviews
How much of an issue will plans to replace the UK's Trident nuclear weapons be during the next general election campaign? Although the election is not scheduled to take place until 2015, the battlelines for the Trident debate are already being drawn.
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Trident Initial Gate – here at last!
Word cloud showing the frequency of words in the Ministry of Defence Initial Gate report.
Defence Secretary Liam Fox has announced that approval has been given to go ahead with the detailed design phase of development of new submarines planned to replace the current Vanguard class vessels which carry the UK's Trident nuclear weapons.
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AWE visits to the USA give insight into US-UK nuclear co-operation
Recently revealed information on visits to the United States of America by staff from the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) has shed a little more light on the nature of US – UK co-operation on nuclear weapons programmes.
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NIS Update: March 2011
US-UK CO-OPERATION ON WARHEAD FUSE DESIGN PAVES THE WAY TOWARDS A NEW BRITISH WARHEAD
UK nuclear weapon scientists are co-operating with colleagues in the USA to develop upgrades to a US nuclear warhead design, according to budget documents prepared by the US Department of Energy.
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Press and security services wrongly accuse Katia Zatuliveter
The Nuclear Information Service (NIS) is questioning the reasons for the arrest of Katia Zatuliveter, research assistant for Mike Hancock MP, who was arrested last week on suspicion of being a Russian spy.
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Despite Cameron’s cuts pledge we’re still spending a million a day on new nuclear weapons.
As David Cameron outlines the need for deep cuts in public spending, the Ministry of Defence has quietly revealed that spending on the replacement for the UK's Trident nuclear weapons is steadily increasing.
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Hague announces size of UK nuclear arsenal
William Hague has announced to Parliament that the new coalition government intends to reveal the size of the UK's nuclear arsenal and that it will review policies on the use of nuclear weapons.
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We’re already forking out a third of a million every day to replace Trident
With nuclear weapons and the huge cost of replacing Trident rapidly moving up the election agenda, advoc
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NIS Update: January 2010
INITIAL GATE FOR TRIDENT REPLACEMENT POSTPONED
Following a series of claims and counter-claims about the timetable for announcing the 'Initial Gate' decision for the programme to replace the UK's Trident nuclear weapons programme, defence ministers have finally made an unambiguous announcement that the decision is to be delayed by “a few months”.
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Arms Control: Nuclear Weapons – Hansard 2nd June 2009
Hansard UK Parliamentary report Written Question & Answer 2 Jun 2009 : Column 375W*
Arms Control: Nuclear Weapons