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Warhead factory's flagship construction project placed 'on hold'

By Nuclear Information Service
Date: 7 March 2015

Delays Possible

   

New emergency planning area calculations for AWE sites

By Nuclear Information Service
Date: 20 December 2014

New hazard assessments published by the Atomic Weapons Establishment for the Aldermaston and Burghfield nuclear sites suggest that the impacts of a radiation emergency at either site would extend over smaller areas than currently defined in emergency plans, raising fears that emergency planning areas may be reduced in size.

Submarine waste storage and the Atomic Weapons Establishment - a briefing for local residents

By Nuclear Information Service
Date: 13 November 2014

Environment Agency raps Atomic Weapons Establishment over radioactive waste management staff shortages

By Nuclear Information Service
Date: 2 October 2014

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.

Environment Agency probes AWE on future of the Pangbourne Pipeline

By Nuclear Information Service
Date: 1 October 2014

The Environment Agency has met with the Atomic Weapons Establishment to discuss decommissioning of the Pangbourne Pipeline, formerly used for the disposal of radioactive effluent from the AWE Aldermaston site.

USA consolidates its influence over UK warhead programme with appointment of new AWE Director

By Nuclear Information Service
Date: 26 September 2014

Kevin Bilger

Atomic Weapons Establishment managing director steps down

By Nuclear Information Service
Date: 2 August 2014

Andrew Jupp

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.

Safety assessment downplays off-site radiation risks at Atomic Weapons Establishment

By Nuclear Information Service
Date: 26 July 2014

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.

AWE Aldermaston must remain under 'special measures' for second year running, says government safety watchdog

By Nuclear Information Service
Date: 23 July 2014

The factory which designs and manufactures the UK's nuclear weapons must stay on a list of  nuclear sites which require an enhanced level of regulatory attention because of the risks it poses, according to the government's nuclear safety watchdog

Investigation into faulty fire detection systems underway at Atomic Weapons Establishment

By Nuclear Information Service
Date: 11 June 2014

     

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Video - Remembering West Dean
9 January 2017 Nuclear Information Service

A video telling the story of one of the case studies in our new report