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 […]
Burghfield latest news
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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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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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‘Combat and the Campus’ event on video
Video now online showing the whole of the launch event for our 'Atoms for Peace?' report.
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Universities: it’s time for action
'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.
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Over fifty British universities funded by Atomic Weapons Establishment
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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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Nuclear warhead factory police under investigation for failing to conduct key security duties
Police responsible for guarding the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Burghfield, where the UK's nuclear weapons are assembled, are under investigation for failing to carry out security duties.
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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.