A watchdog has dropped the requirement for extra security checks at the UK's largest nuclear site. Sellafield, near Seascale ...

The Office for Nuclear Regulation has taken Sellafield out of special measures for physical security, but harbours cyber ...

Inspectors cited a sustained period of improved performance, highlighting the close working relationship between ONR inspectors and Sellafield Ltd in ac ...

Although Chernobyl is the most well known, there are a host of other radioactive places in the world in countries including ...

THE nuclear watchdog has returned Sellafield to routine regulatory attention for physical security. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said the site had shown a "sustained period of improved ...

Improvements in physical security arrangements at Sellafield have been recognised by the UK's nuclear regulator. The Office ...

A NUCLEAR waste site previously described as Europe’s most toxic has been taken out of “enhanced” security measures by the ...

Ed Miliband has been warned he is throwing away “a valuable national resource” after ministers confirmed plans to bury Britain’s massive stockpile of plutonium ...

140 tonnes of plutonium is currently being stored at Sellafield, the nuclear site in Cumbria The government says it will dispose of its 140 tonnes of radioactive plutonium - currently stored at a ...

Nuclear Week in Parliament provides an annual opportunity to celebrate the work of the UK’s world-leading nuclear industry.

Plutonium has accumulated at Sellafield for decades as a byproduct of spent nuclear fuel. The government had been exploring the possibility of reusing the stockpile as mixed oxide fuel (MOX), in which ...

A nuclear engineering consulting company has announced two senior appointments as part of its growth strategy. Cumbria O&M Services (COMS) has appointed Paul Sutton as engineering and compliance ...