An overview of the dockyard where the UK’s nuclear submarines are maintained.
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Devonport: A Nuclear Information Service Briefing
An overview of the Devonport Royal Dockyard and its role in servicing the UK’s submarine fleet
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AWE’s ‘do minimum’ waste plan: more details emerge
AWE's nuclear waste plan was developed as a ‘do minimum’ comparison option.
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AWE’s nuclear waste plan: send it to Sellafield
The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) plan to send up to 5,000 barrels of Higher Activity Waste to Sellafield for treatment and storage.
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Environment Agency plans to approve 2000% increase in AWE discharge limit
A consultation is being run on the draft decision until 6th June
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AWE want to increase radioactive discharge limit by over 2000%
The consultation is open until 22nd February
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AWE’s radioactive waste plan is sixteen years overdue, but is it realistic?
What are the prospects for progress on AWE's Higher Activity Waste problem?
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Environment Agency allows increase in radioactive carbon emissions from Devonport Dockyard
The Environment Agency has agreed to allow Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd permission to increase the quantity of radioactive carbon released into the atmosphere from submarine refit operations at the dockyard, following public consultation over the need to vary the company's Environmental Permit.
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Regulators raise concerns over safety incident and tritium leak at Atomic Weapons Establishment
The Atomic Weapons Establishment “is a safe place, but could be a lot safer”, according to Iain Coucher, the new chief executive of the Establishment.
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Capenhurst selected as interim storage site for submarine reactor vessels
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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Environment Agency considers proposal to increase radioactive carbon emissions from Devonport dockyard
Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd, the company which runs the Devonport naval base on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, has applied to the Environment Agency for permission to increase the quantity of radioactive carbon released into the atmosphere from operations at the dockyard.
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Submarine Dismantling Project – What Next?
The Ministry of Defence will annouce the decision from its Submarine Dismantling Project in summer 2016 – but what will happen next?