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Trouble Ahead: Risks and Rising Costs in the UK Nuclear Weapons Programme
This report looks at the problems arising in the UK nuclear weapons programme, the overall total cost of the programme and the need for policy changes to address a situation that is becoming increasingly unsustainable.
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Government claims releasing nuclear safety assessment would risk national security
All the regulator's reports since April 2015 have been censored.
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Underwater drone technology threatens submarines of the future
A new report from the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) has warned that the development of high-tech underwater drones and advances in sensor technology which will make the oceans “effectively transparent” could mean an end to the days when submarines can remain at sea undetected.
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Revealed: the 2012 Faslane safety incident which led to radiation exposure for twenty workers
Twenty workers repairing a Trident nuclear weapons submarine at the Faslane naval base received unplanned doses of radiation because of a “prolonged and repeated failure” by Royal Navy personnel according to formerly unpublished documents obtained by Nuclear Information Service. The documents, released under the Freedom of Information Act after a two year wait (available […]
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23 nuclear flights between UK and US in five years
Military nuclear materials are flown across the South of England and South Wales around four times a year on average, according to new information revealed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in answer to a Parliamentary Question. The materials, in transit between the USA and the UK, are essential to the UK's nuclear weapons and […]
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MoD side-steps nuclear transport hazard warning regulations
A secret decision to exempt Ministry of Defence nuclear transport arrangements from hazard warning legislation has been revealed as a result of questioning by Members of Parliament.
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Failures, delays, and mistakes exposed during MoD nuclear emergency exercises
Ministry of Defence personnel recover a casualty during a nuclear emergency exercise A series of mistakes, delays, and communication failures revealed in official assessment reports for nuclear emergency exercises have raised questions over the Ministry of Defence (MoD)'s ability to respond effectively to an accident involving a nuclear weapon. The reports reveal […]
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‘Don’t provoke Russia’ warns Hammond – as NATO flexes its muscles in the Baltic
The Foreign Secretary's words lack conviction as NATO military exercises take place on Russia's eastern flank.
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Public money lines the pockets of failing private companies in the nuclear sector
Companies running the UK's nuclear sector have a poor track record of delivery
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Trident replacement programme ‘on target’ as spending passes £1.2 billion
Spending to date on the programme to replace the submarines which carry the UK's Trident nuclear weapons has now reached a total of £1.24 billion, according to an annual progress report published by the Ministry of Defence.
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Extension of US-UK nuclear co-operation arrangements will support Trident replacement
Britain is stepping up co-operation with the USA over its Trident nuclear weapons programme under the terms of a controversial agreement between the two nations which allows the sharing of nuclear technology. The US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement (MDA), one of the most important agreements underpinning the military “special relationship” between the US and the UK, […]