Aldermaston latest news
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New emergency planning area calculations for AWE sites
New hazard assessments published by the Atomic Weapons Establishment for the Aldermaston and Burghfield nuclear sites suggest that the impacts of a radiation emergency at either site would extend over smaller areas than currently defined in emergency plans, raising fears that emergency planning areas may be reduced in size.
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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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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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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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USA consolidates its influence over UK warhead programme with appointment of new AWE Director
New AWE plc Managing Director Kevin Bilger (photo: Lockheed Martin Corporation) AWE plc, the company which runs the Atomic Weapons Establishment, has announced that its new Managing Director is to be Kevin Bilger – an American citizen from the USA's Lockheed Martin Corporation, one of the three parent companies which comprise the AWE […]
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Atomic Weapons Establishment managing director steps down
Andrew Jupp, Managing Director at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), has stepped down from the top job at the UK's Trident nuclear weapons factory.
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Safety assessment downplays off-site radiation risks at Atomic Weapons Establishment
A new assessment of hazards posed by the site where Britain's nuclear warheads are assembled and dismantled has concluded that there are “no reasonably foreseeable scenarios” that would result in a radiation emergency at the site.
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AWE Aldermaston must remain under ‘special measures’ for second year running, says government safety watchdog
The factory which designs and manufactures the UK's nuclear weapons must stay on a list of nuclear sites which require an enhanced level of regulatory attention because of the risks it poses, according to the government's nuclear safety watchdog
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Investigation into faulty fire detection systems underway at Atomic Weapons Establishment
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AWE agrees to return safety awards following fire prosecution
AWE plc, the company which operates the Atomic Weapons Establishment, has returned three awards presented by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents following the fire at AWE Aldermaston in 2010.
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‘Combat and the Campus’ event on video
Video now online showing the whole of the launch event for our 'Atoms for Peace?' report.