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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Council backs new nuclear power station build
Thursday 13 January 2011, Whitehaven News


COPELAND councillors have reaffirmed their support for a new nuclear power station on land adjacent to Sellafield, as part of its response to a government consultation.

Copeland’s full council meeting yesterday agreed a response to the government’s re-consultation on its National Policy Statements (NPS) for Energy.

This is the policy documents that outline the government’s approach to energy generation and which list potential sites for new nuclear power stations.

The authority has previously backed plans for a new power station near to Sellafield, which was always the council’s priority site.

Council leader, Elaine Woodburn, said: “Councillors on all sides of the political spectrum have backed plans for a new nuclear power station adjacent to the Sellafield site.

“All councillors recognise the significance of building a power station in Copeland, and the impact it could have on our economy.

“We’ve taken huge steps forward with nuclear new build since we last considered these policy statements, and are now working with a potential developer and with our partners and the commercial sector regarding grid connections. This is down to the hard work and belief of those involved.”


Read More - http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/ne...cks-nuke-new-build-1.798591?referrerPath=home
 
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#37 ·
More excellent jobs news and the biggest investment in the county since Sellafield was built.
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/u...ew-nuclear-power-station-in-cumbria-1.1133232
Up to 21,000 jobs at new nuclear power station in Cumbria

Last updated at 16:42, Thursday, 01 May 2014

Up to 21,000 jobs could be created following a deal that moves the creation of a new nuclear power station in west Cumbria a step closer.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has reached an agreement with Toshiba and its partner GDF Suez on the key commercial terms of an updated option agreement for land at Moorside, near Sellafield.
This is a key step in enabling the development of the new nuclear power station.
Toshiba and GDF Suez intend to build three reactors, to come online from 2024.
They will deliver around 3.4GW of new nuclear capacity, enough to power up to six million homes.
It is estimated the project will result in 21,000 jobs over the construction period, including peak on-site employment of more than 6,000 people.
In the operational phase, the reactors will sustain around 1,000 permanent jobs over the course of their lifetimes.
NDA chief executive John Clarke said: “This is a significant step forward for the plan to establish new nuclear in west Cumbria.
"Together with our nuclear partners we are seeing the emergence of west Cumbria as a centre of nuclear excellence across the whole span of the industry from new build to decommissioning and waste management
 
#38 ·
Reassurances on cancer risk from North nuclear plant

From today's Journal Live, copyright NCJMedia Ltd @ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/reassurances-cancer-risk-north-nuclear-7487718

Reassurances on cancer risk from North nuclear plant
Jul 23, 2014 14:45 By The Journal


Sellafield Nuclear plant in Seascale, Cumbria

Children currently living near the Sellafield nuclear plants are not at an increased risk of developing cancer, researchers from the North East have found.

People living close to nuclear power stations should take reassurance from the study, experts from Newcastle University said. The researchers found that children, teenagers and young adults who live near the two sites are not at an increased risk compared to the general population. Their study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, examined cancer rates between 1963 and 2006 among those who were under 25 and living near Sellafield or the Dounreay plant in Scotland when diagnosed.

Earlier studies have shown raised risks of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in children, teenagers and young adults resident either at birth or diagnosis in Seascale, the village on the coast of the Irish Sea in Cumbria near to Sellafield. Some increases in cancer risk in these age groups had been noted among those living around Dounreay. But researchers Newcastle University, working with colleagues at the Childhood Cancer Research Group at Oxford University, found no difference was found in cancer incidence from 1991 to 2006 between those living near these nuclear power plants and the general population.

“Apart from previously reported raised risks, no new significantly increased risks for cancer overall or any diagnostic subgroup were found among children or teenagers and young adults living around either nuclear installation,” the authors wrote. Individuals born close to the installations from 1950 to 2006 were not shown to be at any increased risk of cancer during the period 1971 to date.”

Lead author Kathryn Bunch said: “For many years, there have been concerns over the potential raised cancer risk among people - particularly children - who live near nuclear installations. This study found that children, teenagers and young adults living close to Sellafield and Dounreay are no longer at an increased risk of developing cancer. Furthermore, there is no evidence of any increased risk of cancer later in life for those who were born near these power plants.” Commenting on the research, Dr Julie Sharp, Cancer Research UK’s head of health information, added: “There has been a lot of concern that nuclear power stations could increase the risk of cancer, particularly leukaemia. This study is reassuring for anyone who happens to be living near a power plant, as it shows no increased risk among children, teenagers or young adults in recent years.”
 
#39 ·
Two Hartlepool nuclear reactors closed following safety concerns

From today's Journal Live, copyright NCJMedia Ltd @ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news/two-hartlepool-nuclear-reactors-closed-7593970

Two Hartlepool nuclear reactors closed following safety concerns
Aug 11, 2014 11:30 By Tom Keighley



Two nuclear reactors at EDF Energy’s Hartlepool site have been shut down following concerns about its sister site in Lancashire.

One of the two reactors at EDF’s Heysham 1 nuclear power station, Reactor 1, has been shut since June when a defect was found in a ‘boiler spine.’The discovery was originally made during a period of planned statutory outage in 2013, before closer inspection this year. EDF called the closure of Heysham 1 Reactor 2 and Hartlepool Reactors 1 and 2 a “conservative decision.” Ongoing inspections are now taking place to satisfy the company and the Regulator that the reactors can be safely returned to service.

A statement from EDF read: “Until the results of the further inspections are known it is not possible to advise exact return to service dates for these four reactors, however, an initial estimate is that these investigations will take around eight weeks. EDF Energy’s other nuclear power stations are not affected by this issue as they are of a different design.”

The closures will cause a reduction in the output of the plants for around eight weeks.
 
#40 ·
The Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors (AGR) stations like Hartlepool and Heysham have been dogged with problems ever since the first example at Dungeness began construction in 1965.

The main issue with the AGR's seems to be cracking of the graphite blocks in the core due to irradiation. Pics of one of the Heysham reactor's core

I'd imagine it could have something to do with a combination of design of the bricks with their notches and high temperature of the CO2 coolant. The older Magnox design of reactor used rectangular graphite blocks that didn't seem to have as many problems.

A second issue with the older AGR stations like Hartlepool is the use of mild steel for certain components, particularly around the boiler areas, which leads to oxidation issues. When Hartlepool was being built, the designers considered using helium instead of CO2 as the coolant to try to counter the corrosion issues.
 
#41 ·
Amec awarded multi-million pound Sellafield contract

From today's Journal Live, copyright NCJMedia Ltd @ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/busines...warded-multi-million-pound-sellafield-7849063

Amec awarded multi-million pound Sellafield contract
Sep 29, 2014 09:30 By Coreena Ford


The Sellafield site in Cumbria

Engineering group Amec has secured a new contract to carry out works at Sellafield.

The group, which has bases in Newcastle and North Shields, has announced it is working in a joint venture with fellow North East employer Balfour Beatty and Jacobs Engineering Group to carry out a waste treatment contract at the nuclear plant.

The firms have been selected to deliver Sellafield’s Box Encapsulation Plant (BEP) project – a four-year programme potentially worth between £240m and £336m. The joint venture partners will share the finances from the framework contract equally and work is scheduled to begin immediately. Under the terms of the contract, the joint venture will carry out the project management, design, engineering, procurement, installation, and construction management of the project, which addresses the cleanup of one of the most hazardous legacy facilities on the Sellafield site.

The Box Encapsulation Plant (BEP) is designed to treat Magnox reactor waste which is currently stored at Sellafield by containing it in concrete and getting it ready for long term storage.

AMEC chief executive Samir Brikho said: “AMEC has successfully delivered complex projects at Sellafield for over 50 years, during which we have played a key role in the development and delivery of many of the major waste treatment plants on the site. The BEP project is another significant nuclear waste management initiative in the programme to reduce the historic waste issues on Europe’s most complex nuclear site.”

The contract comes three months after a joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Babcock was formed to build a new facility to aid the decommissioning of the Cumbrian power plan – a project that will employ more than 300 people.
 
#42 ·
Sellafield workers' £20m office development opens

From the BBC Cumbria News site @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-29665911
Sellafield workers' £20m office development opens
18th October 2014



A £20m office development has opened its doors in West Cumbria.

Albion Square in Whitehaven will be home to more that 1,000 office workers, who will be relocating from the Sellafield nuclear plant. The joint project by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Copeland Borough Council and Sellafield Ltd, is on a site formerly occupied by a scrap metal merchant and an auto company.

There are hopes it will provide an economic boost to the town.

The decommissioning authority said it would be easier for staff who would now no longer have to go through the security system at Sellafield.

Elaine Woodburn, leader of Copeland Council, said: "As a council we've worked for nearly a decade to get this development. It's going to increase the footfall by over 1,000, which will be a massive boost to the town."
 
#43 ·
From the BBC Cumbria News site @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-29665911
Sellafield workers' £20m office development opens
18th October 2014



A £20m office development has opened its doors in West Cumbria.

Albion Square in Whitehaven will be home to more that 1,000 office workers, who will be relocating from the Sellafield nuclear plant. The joint project by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Copeland Borough Council and Sellafield Ltd, is on a site formerly occupied by a scrap metal merchant and an auto company.

There are hopes it will provide an economic boost to the town.

The decommissioning authority said it would be easier for staff who would now no longer have to go through the security system at Sellafield.

Elaine Woodburn, leader of Copeland Council, said: "As a council we've worked for nearly a decade to get this development. It's going to increase the footfall by over 1,000, which will be a massive boost to the town."
I pass this every week on my way to Aldi and it has transformed this part of Whitehaven, which a couple of years ago was dominated by a scrapyard, a disused garage, two empty houses and a pub that was like a Cumbrian version of the Alnwick Castle. It probably means businesses nearby like Aldi, Asda, Home Bargains and Argos will see a lot more trade.
 
#45 ·
#46 ·
This from the --Construction Enquirer,--

Sellafield clean-up team lose £9bn contract

The Government has stripped the Amec, URS and AREVA consortium of its £9bn contract to clean up the nuclear waste site at Sellafield in Cumbria.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will immediately step in to take over Sellafield and manage its clean-up, contracting out work packages to contractors.

Moving forward the NDA aims to find a new partner within the next 15 months to manage capital projects and contracts.


Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said Sellafield Ltd would now become a subsidiary of the NDA.

Read more http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2015/01/13/sellafield-clean-up-team-set-to-lose-9bn-contract/
 
#47 ·
This from the --Construction Enquirer,--

Sellafield clean-up team lose £9bn contract

The Government has stripped the Amec, URS and AREVA consortium of its £9bn contract to clean up the nuclear waste site at Sellafield in Cumbria.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will immediately step in to take over Sellafield and manage its clean-up, contracting out work packages to contractors.

Moving forward the NDA aims to find a new partner within the next 15 months to manage capital projects and contracts.


Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said Sellafield Ltd would now become a subsidiary of the NDA.

Read more http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2015/01/13/sellafield-clean-up-team-set-to-lose-9bn-contract/
Good riddance, however it's a shame that we can't undo the asset stripping and ultimate destruction of BNFL.
 
#48 ·
This from Construction Enquirer,--

M+W wins Sellafield waste store with £150m bid


Sellafield procurement bosses have confirmed M + W Group has won the job to complete the unfinished waste store building project at the site with a £150m bid.

A previous bid competition to deliver the Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store and Direct Import Facility was abandoned in 2013 after failing to attract sufficient interest.



M+W Group, which is based in Stuttgart, will use local Cumbrian firm James Fisher & Sons as it civils contractor.

Read more http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2015/01/20/mw-wins-sellafield-waste-store-with-150m-bid/
 
#49 ·
This from the News & Star,--

Nuclear clean-up costs soar to £53 billion in a year


Last updated at 17:48, Wednesday, 04 March 2015


Nuclear industry bosses have been given a week to explain how they will control the spiralling cost of Sellafield's nuclear clean-up.

MP Margaret Hodge, who chairs the powerful House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, aimed scathing criticism at those in charge of decommissioning the plant as the National Audit Office revealed that the cost has soared by £5b in a year.

The projected cost of decommissioning the site is now put at £53b.

Mrs Hodge said: "Despite my Committee’s calls in February 2014 for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to make big improvements, the cost of cleaning up the nuclear waste at Sellafield continues to soar and has risen by an astonishing £5b to £53b in February 2015, from £48b on March 31, 2014.

"The Authority’s work at Sellafield is not just costing more; it is also taking much longer than planned and, for 2014-15, it looks like work will be behind schedule for the fourth year running.

Read more http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/nuclear-clean-up-costs-soar-to-53-billion-in-a-year-1.1196628
 
#50 ·
Cost of nuclear clean up at Sellafield increased an extra £5bn in the past year

From today's Chronicle Live, copyright NCJMedia Ltd @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/cost-nuclear-clean-up-sellafield-8838478
Cost of nuclear clean up at Sellafield increased an extra £5bn in the past year
12:00, 15 March 2015 By Will Metcalfe


Sellafield Nuclear plant in Seascale, Cumbria

Constantly increasing costs for the clean up of Sellafield are Britain’s bill for the Cold War, an MP has claimed.

This week MPs launched a fresh attack against the rising cost and delays of decommissioning and cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear site. Leading figures from the nuclear industry were questioned by the Public Accounts Committee following the revelation that the expected costs have increased by £5 billion in a year, to £53 billion.

In a recent progress report on the work, the National Audit Office (NAO) criticised the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), which oversees the plant, for delays in cancelling a clean-up contract with the consortium Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) after demands from MPs a year ago to do so. The report said the contract was terminated only last month, at a cost to the taxpayer of £430,000 in cancellation fees.

The site is used to store nuclear material from across the UK and was the host of a facility which secretly produced nuclear materials for the UK’s defence programme during the Cold War which was finally demolished in 2014.

Jamie Reed, MP for Copeland, where the nuclear reprocessing site is based, said: “It is absolutely right that every penny of public money that is spent is accounted for and that value for money is achieved for the taxpayer. At Sellafield, we are dealing with some of the most complex decommissioning challenges in the world and, in some circumstances, it is understandable that costs rise as new challenges present themselves. In some of the silos and ponds at Sellafield it is not possible to understand the full challenges – and therefore the full costs of dealing with these challenges – until work has been done. The Public Accounts Committee and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority are doing sterling work in ensuring that the public get value for money from what is Britain’s bill for the Cold War era.”

Read more @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/cost-nuclear-clean-up-sellafield-8838478
 
#51 ·
This from the News & Star,--

Government minister to have last say on underground nuclear repository

By Julian Whittle

Published at 08:21, Tuesday, 07 April 2015

A future Secretary of State for Energy will have the final say on whether west Cumbria – or anywhere else – hosts an underground repository for nuclear waste.



Parliament has voted to make a repository a “nationally significant infrastructure project”, putting it in the same category as nuclear new build at Sellafield.

This means the decision to grant planning permission will lie with the Secretary of State, rather than with local authorities.

Anti-nuclear campaigners are convinced this makes it much more likely that a repository will be built.

Read more http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/g...y-on-underground-nuclear-repository-1.1203758
 
#52 ·
This from the News & Star,--

Nuclear power station consortium moving in to Whitehaven town centre

By Jenny Barwise

Last updated at 11:09, Friday, 10 April 2015

The NuGen consortium proposing to build a nuclear power station in west Cumbria will move into Whitehaven’s Civic Hall.



The information centre and exhibition space will play a key role in the upcoming public consultation around the proposed Moorside Project, near Sellafield, and will be the company’s second base in the area alongside it’s office at Westlakes Science Park at Moor Row.

NuGen’s chief executive Sandy Rupprecht said: “It has long been our commitment to have a presence in Whitehaven town centre in order to engage with the local community about our proposals and help them to have their say.

Read more http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/n...moving-in-to-whitehaven-town-centre-1.1204621
 
#53 ·
This from the News & Star,--

Talks to try and settle dispute at Sellafield nuclear site

By Jenny Barwise

Last updated at 08:20, Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Workers at the Sellafield nuclear site could take industrial action before the end of May if a row over health and safety is not resolved.



Shop stewards debated for three hours yesterday morning about what steps could be taken if an agreement is not reached concerning a new health and safety role.

Unite claims it has been trying for 10 months to have a union official appointed to the role at Sellafield Ltd before talks broke down.

Yesterday, an agreement was made to allow the National Joint Council for the Engineering Construction Industry (NJC) to try to intervene and resolve the issue.

But, if this is not successful, the 20 shop stewards unanimously agreed to ballot for industrial action.

Read more http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/t...-dispute-at-sellafield-nuclear-site-1.1206950
 
#54 ·
This from the Northern Echo,--

Amec Foster Wheeler wins 10 year Sellafield waste contract



Andy Richardson

AMEC Foster Wheeler has won a 10-year contract to supply radioactive waste analysis to the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria.

The multi-million pound contract will see the engineering consultant perform lab-based work to help in the disposal of waste via the safest and most cost-effective means.

“The long-term nature of this contract is an endorsement of the exceptional skills and expertise within Amec Foster Wheeler,” said company spokesman Greg Willetts.

“Our laboratories have been delivering high quality, reliable analysis results since the 1980s and this award confirms our position as a leading provider of decommissioning services to the UK nuclear industry.”

Read more http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/bu...ns_10_year_Sellafield_waste_contract/?ref=mac
 
#55 ·
Metalcraft to move to Cumbria after £50m Sellafield contract win

From yesterday's Bdaily @ https://bdaily.co.uk/industrials/12...to-cumbria-after-50m-sellafield-contract-win/
Metalcraft to move to Cumbria after £50m Sellafield contract win
Sophia Taha 12 May 2015



Following a major contract win with Sellafield, Cambridge-based Metalcraft has announced that it plans to set up operations in Cumbria.

The £50m Sellafield contract is for high-quality stainless steel containers for nuclear waste and the company, Metalcraft was chosen due to its ‘ socio-economic commitments it made to deliver a package which includes new jobs, apprenticeships and training development to advance the capability of manufacturing skills.“

Sellafield Ltd managing director, Paul Foster, said: “This announcement demonstrates our total commitment to ensuring value for money for the UK taxpayer and securing a package of benefits to the communities in which we operate, from the annual £1.95bn annual expenditure on Sellafield. We recognise that how we work with our supply chain can and should play a fundamental part in supporting socio-economic growth and ensuring that we remain the backbone of the community. Our investment in education, skills and infrastructure must be felt in West Cumbria and the wider UK economy.“

The news comes as the cost of decommissioning Sellafield has rocketed as the process has taken longer than expected.
 
#56 ·
This from the News & Star,--

Consultation starts today on nuclear power station plan

Last updated at 09:11, Saturday, 16 May 2015

Consultation starts today on plans to build Europe’s biggest new nuclear development in west Cumbria.

A series of open meetings are being held across Cumbria, where people can learn more about the Moorside development. The open meetings are from 11am to 7.30pm.

For more details visit: www.nugenconsultation.com.

Read more http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/consultation-starts-today-on-nuclear-power-station-plan-1.1212431
 
#57 ·
This from the News & Star,--

Unions won't back underground nuclear store unless jobs kept local

By Sue Crawford

Published at 13:57, Tuesday, 09 June 2015

Furious union leaders have warned they will not support the building of an underground nuclear waste repository in west Cumbria if the local workforce is not guaranteed future jobs.



The statement has been made in the wake of a decision by Sellafield to award a second £50 million contract for metal storage containers to a company outside the county.

In an open letter to MPs and local politicians, the joint Sellafield unions the GMB, Prospect and Unite said yesterday that the Sellafield workforce and west Cumbrian community were outraged that Sellafield had awarded two £50m contracts to produce metal boxes to companies outside west Cumbria.

Read more http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/u...uclear-store-unless-jobs-kept-local-1.1217253
 
#58 ·
This from the News & Star,--

Site of new Cumbria nuclear plant confirmed

Last updated at 11:43, Tuesday, 14 July 2015

The site of a new Cumbrian nuclear power plant has been confirmed.



NuGen, the UK nuclear new-build developer, announced today that it has officially signed a contract with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for the Moorside site.

Feasibility studies at Moorside have now confirmed the site is suitable for the construction of three reactors.

NuGen have paid an undisclosed sum to the NDA for the land and the contract was approved at a meeting in Tokyo today.

NuGen chief executive Tom Samson signed the land deal with the NDA’s chief executive John Clarke.

Mr Samson was delighted at the “major milestone for NuGen’s Moorside project”.

“This is a key moment in our Moorside Project journey," he said. "Our board has reached a decision of significance which confirms Moorside is suitable, against criteria at this stage of the development.

Read more http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/site-of-new-cumbria-nuclear-plant-confirmed-1.1222465
 
#59 ·
^^^^
More on the article above,------


This from the News & Star,---

Proposed nuclear development will be of "unprecedented scale"

Last updated at 16:12, Thursday, 23 July 2015

A new nuclear power plant in Cumbria will be of a scale "unprecedented for the UK".



Speaking at a meeting of Cumbria County Council’s cabinet today, leader Stewart Young said that significant additional investment is needed to achieve the Government's nuclear aspirations.

The proposed £10bn project at Moorside will see the construction of three nuclear reactors.

Cabinet heard that extensive investment is needed into services like the county’s infrastructure (roads, railways and port), accommodation for the workforce, and the development of skills to ensure that as many jobs as possible are taken by Cumbrians.

This “significant additional investment” in the current public sector financial climate will need to come from NuGen, the Government or both.

Read more http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/p...ment-will-be-of-unprecedented-scale-1.1223451
 
#61 ·
Another concern locally could be if the anti nuclear Jeremy Corbyn becomes Labour leader and looks like he could win the next election. Moorside would be the first project to be cancelled and Sellafield could close with the loss of 8000 jobs. I know talking to Sellafield staff that a Corbyn win is one thing they don't want to happen.
 
#60 ·
Sellafield nuclear site ordered to improve after string of safety breaches

Courtesy of today's Chronicle Live, copyright NCJMedia Ltd @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sellafield-nuclear-site-ordered-improve-9753711
Sellafield nuclear site ordered to improve after string of safety breaches
08:00, 1 August 2015 By Will Metcalfe


Sellafield Nuclear plant in Seascale, Cumbria

The North’s most notorious nuclear site has been issued with an improvement notice after series of safety breaches. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) issued Sellafield, in Cumbria, with the notice after 13 safety breaches at the Magnox Reprocessing Plant at the site.

Among the incidents were problems with a vessel which could have resulted in a ‘critical’ accident, failure to have alternative monitoring equipment following a power fault and failing to have substitute equipment on discharge stack alarms.

The notice comes as the investigation into the Bosley mill explosion in Cheshire, which claimed the lives of four people, continues, amid claims from whistleblowers that staff were given no training.

Sellafield’s Magnox plant reprocesses spent fuel from across the UK, but ONR inspectors found a failure to act on operating instructions. However the plant says new measures have been introduced to address the concerns.

The notice said: “In each of these events, diligent adherence to the plant’s OIs was an important part of Sellafield Ltd’s suite of measures designed to prevent accidents with significant radiological consequences, which in the case of criticality accidents may even be fatal consequences. All these events compromised one of the multiple barriers Sellafield Ltd had put in place to ensure nuclear safety. Sellafield Ltd agrees that these events highlight significant shortfalls in its management of nuclear safety and has already responded by preparing an improvement programme.”

Read more @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sellafield-nuclear-site-ordered-improve-9753711
 
#62 ·
This from the News & Star,--

'World class' training centre plan for Sellafield police

By Jonny Irving

Last updated at 09:31, Tuesday, 03 November 2015

A new state-of-the-art training facility for police officers protecting the Sellafield nuclear site is poised to get the go-ahead.



A new state-of-the-art training facility for police officers protecting the Sellafield nuclear site is poised to get the go-ahead.
Nuclear police photo
The centre would include firing ranges

The Civil Nuclear Constabulary want to build the 161,000 sq ft site on green field land to the north east of the spwaling atomiccomplex.

The force say the proposed “world class” facility will provide the “highest level of teaching and training”.

Planning officers from Copeland Council have recommended the scheme for approval, subject to conditions.

And if it gets the green light at tomorrow’s development control meeting it could see the creation of three indoor firing ranges, a central hub with office and conference facilities, outdoor training areas and other infrastructure built.

The central hub will be a four-storey building and includes a visitors reception, classrooms, administrative offices plus a secure armoury.

Read more http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/world-class-training-centre-plan-for-sellafield-police-1.1229870
 
#63 ·
This from the News & Star,---

Go-ahead for police firearms training centre at Sellafield

By Ben Graham

Last updated at 08:48, Thursday, 05 November 2015

A new training centre for armed officers at Sellafield has been approved at a planning panel meeting.



The “world class” facility, which will be built on land south-east of Sellafield in Seascale, will include indoor and outdoor training centres, including three indoor firing ranges and an ‘advanced skills hub’.

Work on the new firearms training facility on land to the south east of the Sellafield site will begin at the end of next year and it will be up and running in early 2017.

Concerns were raised at the planning meeting because the complex is set to be built on greenfield land. Letters of objection from parish and Copeland councillors raised concerns about noise, traffic and the environmental impact of the facility.

The building, with 15,000 square metres of floor space, also be used a conference facility and have parking space for over 130 vehicles.

Read more http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/g...earms-training-centre-at-sellafield-1.1229985
 
#64 ·
This from the News & Star,---

Plans for nuclear college submitted to council

By Matthew Cobb

Last updated at 11:29, Saturday, 21 November 2015

The building of a new nuclear college in west Cumbria has taken a step closer.



Plans to build The National College for Nuclear (NCfN) on land next to the Lakes College in Lillyhall, near Workington, have been filed with Allerdale Council.

It is part of a Government strategy to tackle a future national skills shortage within the nuclear industry.

The NCfN, a partnership between Lakes College, Sellafield Ltd and the University of Cumbria, will be open to students aged 16 and over who have completed their GCSEs and are entering higher education.

Courses will offer qualifications up to degrees.

If successful, a new two-storey centre would be built at the western end of the existing main college campus.

The two would be linked by a new landscaped courtyard.

A statement submitted with the application said: “The National College for Nuclear was identified by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills as a key part of this initiative.

Read more http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/plans-for-nuclear-college-submitted-to-council-1.1230713
 
#65 ·
This from the News & Star,--

Nuclear industry's £500,000 flood recovery boost

Published at 12:38, Thursday, 10 December 2015

Nuclear companies and agencies have pledged £500,000 of immediate funding to help Cumbria's flood recovery effort.



Sellafield Ltd, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Nuclear Management Partners, the National Nuclear Laboratory, the Low Level Waste Repository and Britain’s Energy Coast have all contributed.

The pledge is made up of cash donations totalling £271,000 and the rest of in-kind commitments to provide people, materials, equipment and expertise for as long as the community needs it.

The offer is county-wide and people in Carlisle, Appleby and Glenridding have been urged to get in touch if they need help.

An immediate cash injection of £71,000 has been made to Cumbria Community Foundation’s flood appeal by the nuclear industry.

It has also

provided a team of Sellafield project managers to help develop Cumbria County Council’s recovery programme
provided emergency generators to provide power at locations across Allerdale
released dozens of staff to volunteer for emergency response teams


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