It's time to plan a new future for the laboratory which builds the UK's nuclear weapons, writes NIS Patron Jonathon Porritt.
Aldermaston latest news
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Report: AWE: Britain’s Nuclear Weapons Factory PAST, PRESENT, AND POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE
The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) plays a key role in the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons programme. This report describes AWE’s work and examines alternatives for its future in the event of a decision to cancel the Trident programme.
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AWE consortium retains contract despite poor performance
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Nuclear safety event reported every fortnight at Atomic Weapons Establishment
An official record of nuclear incidents has revealed that over the last three years over eighty safety-related events were reported to government safety inspectors by the factory where Britain's nuclear weapons are designed and built – an average of more than two every month.
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New Chair and Chief Executive at the Atomic Weapons Establishment
New bosses: Iain Coucher (left) and Ian Tyler (right) The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) has announced new appointments to the two top posts in the commercial consortium that is contracted to operated the Establishment on behalf of the Ministry of Defence. Ian Tyler has been appointed as Chair to the Board of AWE Management […]
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Improvement Notice served on AWE after radioactive waste failure
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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Supercomputing upgrade at Atomic Weapons Establishment
The Atomic Weapons Establishment is to receive an upgrade to its high performance supercomputing system to further boost its ability to undertake research contributing to the development of new nuclear weapons.
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500 jobs to be cut at Atomic Weapons Establishment
Five hundred jobs are to be axed at the factory which designs and manufactures the UK's nuclear weapons.
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Nuclear weapons factory to stay under ‘special measures’ for third year running as watchdog reports decline in MoD nuclear safety performance
The factory where the UK's nuclear weapons are manufactured will require “an enhanced level of regulatory attention” for the third year running because of a failure to improve safety performance, says the government's nuclear safety regulator. The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston is one of a number of Ministry of Defence (MoD) nuclear sites where […]
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Joint US-UK research programme demonstrates feasibility of disarmament monitoring and verification
After fifteen years of study, the United States and the United Kingdom have concluded that the monitoring and verification of nuclear warhead disarmament is 'feasible' – removing a barrier on the path to a world without nuclear weapons.
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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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Atomic Weapons Establishment management contract to be terminated?
A 25 year contract to manage the government laboratory where the UK's nuclear weapons are designed and built may be terminated by the Ministry of Defence as a result of poor performance, safety concerns, and project management failures.