'Atoms for Peace?', the new report from Nuclear Information Service and Medact detailing research links between the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) and British universities, has hit the headlines in the academic press in a big way.
Aldermaston latest news
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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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Over fifty British universities funded by Atomic Weapons Establishment
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UK and France extend warhead research collaboration into new areas
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Regulator extends timescale for completion of AWE structural improvements
Repairs to structural damage to a major nuclear processing facility at Britain's main nuclear weapons factory will not be completed until May 2015 – almost three years after the problems were first discovered.
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2013 PROGRESS REVIEW. OPENING THE GATES: RAISING THE STANDARD OF COMMUNITY LIAISON AT THE ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT. Standards of accountability and openness at Atomic Weapons Establishment rated “poor” in annual review
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Serco group to repay £68 million to government following tagging fraud
Serco Group, one of the three corporate partners in AWE Management Ltd, the company which runs the UK's nuclear weapons factories, has agreed to repay more than £68 million to the government after overcharging on a contract with the Ministry of Justice for the electronic tagging of prisoners.
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Go-ahead given for construction of Pegasus uranium store
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has given permission for construction work to start on a radioactive materials store as part of 'Project Pegasus' at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), but has criticised AWE for “numerous instances” of failing to provide adequate information in the application to commence work.
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Investigation by safety watchdog concluded that AWE fire could have resulted “in many fatalities”
A scathing report by the government's health and safety watchdog into a fire which broke out at Britain's nuclear weapons factory has concluded that it was fortunate that the incident did not lead to “numerous fatalities.”
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Nuclear weapons factories placed under ‘special measures’ by government nuclear safety watchdog
The factories which build and maintain the UK's nuclear weapons are among five nuclear sites which require an “enhanced level of regulatory attention” because of the risks they pose, according to the government's nuclear safety regulator.
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Local councils block proposal to cut AWE Aldermaston emergency planning zone
Local councils and emergency services have blocked a bid to halve the area of a nuclear emergency planning zone surrounding the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston, despite a recommendation to scale down the zone by the government agency responsible for nuclear safety.
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Cabinet Office investigates Serco government contracts
Serco Group, one of the companies in the management consortium which operates the Atomic Weapons Establishment, is under investigation by a team from the Cabinet office following accusations that it has overcharged the Ministry of Justice by millions of pounds on contracts for tagging offenders.