The Office for Nuclear Regulation has served a formal Improvement Notice on the Atomic Weapons Establishment following AWE's failure to meet a legal requirement to treat radioactive waste.
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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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Atomic Weapons Establishment off the hook over failure to treat radioactive waste
The Atomic Weapons Establishment will not be prosecuted for failing to treat intermediate level radioactive waste stocks which have accumulated at its Aldermaston site – even though the company defied a legally binding instruction by missing a deadline to deal with the waste.
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Plans submitted for new radioactive waste treatment plant at Faslane submarine base
The Ministry of Defence has submitted a planning application for construction of a new radioactive waste treatment plant at the Faslane nuclear submarine base to Argyll and Bute Council.
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Submarine waste storage and the Atomic Weapons Establishment – a briefing for local residents
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will this week (14 November) begin consulting local people on the possibility of storing radioactive waste from nuclear powered submarines at Atomic Weapons Establishment sites in West Berkshire, and Nuclear Information Service has prepared a briefing for local people to help them understand the issues involved and have their say […]
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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.
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Environment Agency raps Atomic Weapons Establishment over radioactive waste management staff shortages
The factory that manufactures the UK's nuclear weapons has been rapped by a government regulatory agency for the second time this year for failings in radioactive waste management arrangements.
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Consultation to commence on storage sites for submarine radioactive wastes
The Ministry of Defence is set to begin public consultation this autumn to identify a location for the storage of radioactive waste from the Royal Navy's out-of-service nuclear submarines.
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Environment Agency probes AWE on future of the Pangbourne Pipeline
The Environment Agency has met with the Atomic Weapons Establishment to discuss decommissioning of the Pangbourne Pipeline, formerly used for the disposal of radioactive effluent from the AWE Aldermaston site.
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Atomic Weapons Establishment under investigation by safety watchdog for failing to comply with radioactive waste management orders.
The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) – the factory where the UK's nuclear weapons are designed and made – is under investigation by the government's nuclear safety watchdog for failing to comply with instructions for managing a growing backlog of radioactive waste.
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Shortlist of potential storage sites for submarine radioactive waste published
The Ministry of Defence has published a shortlist of five nuclear sites across the UK which it has identified as potential locations for the storage of radioactive waste from disused nuclear-powered submarines.
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Environment Agency warns Atomic Weapons Establishment following radioactive effluent investigation
The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) has been served with a formal warning letter and enforcement notice by a government environmental watchdog after increases in levels of tritium – a radioactive form of hydrogen – were found in the Aldermaston Stream.