At the beginning of December 2010 the Ministry of Defence (MoD) released new information relating to its Submarine Dismantling Project (SDP). The Project has the long term aim of dismantling 27 of the Royal Navy's nuclear powered submarines – from Dreadnought to Vengeance – and is currently considering how and where to do this. The latest releases from the MoD for the project include an update of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Scoping Report and a Site Criteria and Screening Paper
Submarine Dismantling latest news
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Safety risks reach red at Ministry of Defence
Top-level Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports from the Admirals responsible for the UK's military nuclear safety reveal that a lack of adequate and resources and suitably competent staff may place safety and the environment at risk in the medium term.
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NIS Update: January 2011
TRIDENT LONG LEAD COSTS MAY PRE-EMPT POST-ELECTION DECISION
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NIS Update: October – November 2010
MOCK WEAPONS INSPECTION TO TAKE PLACE AT AWE
A mock weapons inspection will take place at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in December as part of the latest phase of the UK – Norway Initiative.
The aim of the exercise will be to test confidence building measures during an inspection so that international inspectors can be allowed access to sensitive sites without endangering nuclear secrets.
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AWE sites proposed for nuclear submarine radioactive waste dump
The two Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) sites in Berkshire have been included on a secret shortlist of sites where the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is thinking of dumping radioactive waste from defunct nuclear powered submarines, according to an authoritative report in a Scottish newspaper.
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Hansard on the movement and dismantling of defuelled nuclear submarines
*Angus Robertson:* To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the Interim Storage of Laid-Up Submarines Group will commence its programme of dismantling the UK’s defuelled nuclear powered submarines. [265166]
*Mr. Quentin Davies:* No decisions on the dismantling programme will be made until completion of a Strategic Environmental Assessment and public consultation. It is the intention to make an announcement regarding the programme in 2010.
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Submarine Waste Fiasco
Nuclear Submarine Waste Fiasco
Set up to monitor the Ministry of Defence storage solution for redundant nuclear submarine hulks, the Nuclear Submarine Forum (NSubF) is a national group opposed to nuclear power and weapons. NSubF is appalled at the news from Devonport.
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Hansard on Nuclear Submarines, 15th July
15 July 2008 : Column 312W*
*Nuclear Submarines*
*Mr. Streeter:* To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the status of the ISOLUS programme is; and if he will make a statement. [218348] -
MPs debate ISOLUS Military Radioactive Waste
Tue, 20 May 08 | Debate – Adjournment and General Summary The Ministry of Defence was working with the nuclear industry on decommissioning of nuclear submarines, MPs argued today. During a debate on military radioactive waste, Defence Minister Derek Twigg highlighted his department's work in this area, adding that the MOD's current and future liabilities amounted to less than 5 per cent of the total UK waste inventory so it worked closely with the UK nuclear industry. Moreover, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority was being worked wit
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Hansard on Nuclear Waste, Debate, 20th May 2008
Tue, 20 May 08
*Adjournment Debate on military nuclear waste*
MPs debate Military Radioactive Waste
| Debate – Adjournment and General
Summary
The Ministry of Defence was working with the nuclear industry on
decommissioning of nuclear submarines, MPs argued today.During a debate on military radioactive waste, Defence Minister Derek
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Old Submarine Holed Below Waterline
Navy divers have discovered a brick-sized hole in Revenge, one of four old Polaris nuclear submarines stored in Rosyth docks awaiting a land storage solution. While the MoD says it has solved the problem for the time being, this discovery adds urgency to the ISOLUS project to find a land storage site(s) for decommissioned submarines. The clear message is that no new generation of nuclear submarines should be built, since no-one wants the resulting nuclear waste in their backyard.
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Isolus Options
Interim Storage of Laid Up Submarines (ISOLUS) will be subject to a 2nd Public Consultation at the end of 2009. The nuclear reactor compartments (RCs) and contaminated pipework has to be stored until a long-term storage facility for nuclear waste is established. NIS has taken a sideways look at the options regarding the CUT UP of RCs for boxed storage and CUT OUT of RCs to be stored as a whole submarine section. The 1st consultation and current NGO policy is to support Cut Out.