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Interserve lands Meggitt Midlands deal

Interserve has won a three-year facilities contract with Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems at its Coventry and Birmingham sites.Interserve is delivering industrial and domestic cleaning, equipment servicing, water treatment, building maintenance, project ... [Published FM World - 21 hours ago]
First reported Jun 19 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 1 reports

The Magnox life extension story

Harry Steven, Magnox Ltd engineering director, explains why one UK Magnox reactor was life-extended three times in as many years, and hints at a final life extension of Wylfa 1. Interview by Will DalrympleNEI: Was there ever an expected lifetime for Magnox ... [Published Nuclear Engineering International - Jun 19 2013]
First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Sizewell decommissioning reaches milestone

Progress towards decommissioning Sizewell A nuclear power station has passed a major milestone.More than half of the 52,945 fuel elements have now been removed from Sizewell A's twin reactors.Dr Brian Burnett, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) head ... [Published Greener Business - Jun 18 2013]
First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 2 reports

Bradwell-on-Sea identified as potential site to dump radioactive waste

When it comes to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the only way is Essex. Bradwell-on-Sea has been identified as a possible site to dump radioactive waste . "Everybody was aghast when a local representative from the NDA stated that the possibility ... [Published Energy and energy security - Jun 17 2013]
First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

For the longest time

Taking a more long-term approach than former owner British Energy, EDF Energy plans to extend the lifetime of its UK advanced gas-cooled reactor fleet for as long as it remains safe and cost-effective to do so. By Will DalrympleIn 2012, EDF Energy made ... [Published Nuclear Engineering International - Jun 14 2013]
First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

PhD student wins award for uranium research

Camilla Stitt, a PhD student from the Interface Analysis Centre, has been awarded the 2013 43èmes Journées des Actinides Research medal for her presentation entitled ‘The influence of surface topography on the initiation of uranium hydriding’.The award ... [Published University Of Bristol - Jun 13 2013]
First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Jacobs alliance wins contract for project management resources from Magnox

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., a technical and professional services firm, has announced that its VELA alliance with AMEC plc, a consultancy, engineering and project management company, has received a contract from Magnox Limited, a nuclear decommissioning ... [Published Individual.com - Jun 11 2013]
First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 2 reports

Halfway towards defueling Sizewell A

More than half of almost 53,000 nuclear fuel elements have been removed from two reactors at Sizewell A, and defueling is on track to be completed by September 2014, Magnox Limited has announced.The twin reactors at Sizewell A shut down in 2006, but defueling ... [Published Nuclear Engineering International - Jun 04 2013]
First reported Jun 02 2013 - Updated Jun 02 2013 - 1 reports

Jacobs Alliance Receives Contract from Magnox [Gulf Oil &amp. . .

Jacobs Alliance Receives Contract from Magnox [Gulf Oil & Gas (Egypt)]Al Bawaba Ltd.Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced that its VELA alliance with AMEC was awarded a contract by Magnox Limited to provide project management resources in support of ... [Published Equities.com - Jun 02 2013]
First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Jacobs' VELA Alliance Wins Contract Zacks

Technical, professional and construction services provider, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (JEC)’s VELA alliance with the London based AMEC plc received a contract from Magnox Limited. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Per the contract, ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 29 2013]
First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 2 reports

Jacobs Wins Nuclear Decommissioning Contract

Filed under: InvestingMagnox Limited is decommissioning nuclear power facilities in the U.K. Jacobs Engineering has been contracted to provide project management resources, skills development, coaching, and employment opportunities for Magnox employees as ... [Published Daily Finance - May 28 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Wylfa reactor may run to 2015

An existing nuclear reactor on Anglesey could continue producing power until December 2015, according to its operator.Wylfa was expected to shut down in 2014.On its website today, operator Magnox said the plans are subject to Periodic Safety Review (PSR) ... [Published itv.com - May 21 2013]

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"Once all fuel has been dispatched, we will have reduced the radiological hazard on site by more than 99%."
...from the NDA stated that the possibility was being looked into," Brian Beale , a district councillor for Maldon, told the EssexEssex Chronicle. "To say this could happen when it had always been understood that Bradwell was not intended to be a site for waste, created uproar." Nuclear materials are already being stored at Bradwell, a former nuclear power station that closed in 2002 and is being decommissioned...
...But once it took ownership, a different attitude came to prevail. "Inevitably, when they paid the amount of money that they paid for BE, there was the question, what underpins that five years? Is that it? Is there the potential for more?" Houlton says...
Magnox Director of Projects Peter Burns said, "This agreement is a unique opportunity for the three companies to work together in an innovative way, and it gives Magnox the opportunity to balance its resourcing requirement for both the long- and short-term while investing in long-term career opportunities for our staff. Our aim is the retention of skills within the entire nuclear industry and this agreement will play a key role in achieving that aim."

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Interserve lands Meggitt Midlands deal [Published FM World - 21 hours ago]
The Magnox life extension story [Published Nuclear Engineering International - Jun 19 2013]
Sizewell decommissioning reaches milestone [Published Greener Business - Jun 18 2013]
Bradwell-on-Sea identified as potential site to... [Published Energy and energy security - Jun 17 2013]
Bradwell-on-Sea identified as potential site to... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 16 2013]
For the longest time [Published Nuclear Engineering International - Jun 14 2013]
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Jacobs alliance wins contract for project manag... [Published Individual.com - Jun 11 2013]
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Halfway towards defueling Sizewell A [Published Nuclear Engineering International - Jun 04 2013]
Sizewell: Defuelling reaches half way stage at ... [Published Suffolk Coastal Scene - Jun 04 2013]
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Jacobs Alliance Receives Contract from Magnox [... [Published Equities.com - Jun 02 2013]
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Jacobs Wins Nuclear Decommissioning Contract [Published Daily Finance - May 28 2013]
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Jacobs Alliance Receives Contract from Magnox [Published EON: Enhanced Online News - May 28 2013]
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Bradwell-on-Sea identified as potential site to... [Published Energy and energy security - Jun 17 2013]
When it comes to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the only way is Essex. Bradwell-on-Sea has been identified as a possible site to dump radioactive waste . "Everybody was aghast when a local representative from the NDA stated that the possibility ...
Contract to lay out new Wylfa plant [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - May 17 2013]
May Contract to lay out new Wylfa plant Contract to lay out new Wylfa plantWork to develop the design of Horizon Nuclear Power’s proposed new plantat Wylfa in the UK is set to start.The existing Wylfa site currently houses two Magnox reactors, one s ...
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Magnox decommissioning manoeuvres [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Mar 18 2013]
WASTE & RECYCLING: Magnox decommissioning manoeuvres ( http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR-Magnox_decommissioning_manoeuvres-1803134.html )The process has started to remove fuel from the reactor of unit 1 at theshut down Oldbury nuclear power plant. ...
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Jacobs Alliance Receives Contract from Magnox [Published EON Business - May 28 2013]
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