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		<title>Robotics helps nuclear decommissioning at Sellafield</title>
		<link>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/05/robotics-helps-nuclear-decommissioning-at-sellafield/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 10:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sellafield Ltd has carried out a technically challenging piece of work in a high radiation environment in order to pave the way for decommissioning one of the high hazard plants at Sellafield.
Bespoke robotic technology has been developed in order to safely remove a significant hazard associated with the 60-year-old First Generations Magnox Storage Pond (FGMSP), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government responds to consultation on nuclear 3rd party liability</title>
		<link>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/04/government-responds-to-consultation-on-nuclear-3rd-party-liability/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/04/government-responds-to-consultation-on-nuclear-3rd-party-liability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearcareersonline.net/?p=1953</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Government response to consultation on the implementation of changes to the Paris and Brussels Conventions on nuclear third party liability
The Government today confirmed its intention to substantially increase the third party liabilities of operators in the event of a nuclear incident.
This follows a public consultation held last year on the UK’s proposals to implement changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Babcock International Group Wins Dounreay Contract</title>
		<link>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/04/babcock-international-group-wins-dounreay-contract/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Babcock Dounreay Partnership (BDP) has today, 2 April 2012, been formally awarded the contract to manage the decommissioning, demolition and clean-up of the Dounreay nuclear site having officially taken ownership of Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DRSL). 
The contract awarded to BDP, a joint venture (jv) between Babcock, CH2M HILL and URS, by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E.ON looks to find new owner for Horizon Nuclear Power</title>
		<link>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/03/e-on-looks-to-find-new-owner-for-horizon-nuclear-power/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/03/e-on-looks-to-find-new-owner-for-horizon-nuclear-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UK Investments focussed on Renewables, Distributed Energy and Energy Efficiency
E.ON has today (THURS) announced that following a strategic review it will not proceed with plans to develop its 50-50 joint-venture, Horizon Nuclear Power.
It will instead look to find a new owner for Horizon, and, in the UK, it will focus on other strategic projects that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement from Horizon Nuclear Power</title>
		<link>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/03/statement-from-horizon-nuclear-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearcareersonline.net/?p=1942</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following strategic reviews undertaken by Horizon’s shareholders RWE npower and E.ON, the decision has been taken not to proceed with developing new nuclear generation in the UK through Horizon.
 Both companies have said the move was based on strategic grounds and both of Horizon’s projects remain excellent development options.
Horizon Chief Operating Officer Alan Raymant said: “We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RWE npower announces strategic review of Horizon Nuclear</title>
		<link>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/03/rwe-npower-announces-strategic-review-of-horizon-nuclear/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/03/rwe-npower-announces-strategic-review-of-horizon-nuclear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press Release
Following a strategic review, separately carried out by both parent companies, RWE npower and E.ON UK said today that they would not proceed to develop new nuclear power projects in the UK through the Horizon joint venture.
RWE and E.ON will now focus on finding a new owner for Horizon Nuclear Power.
Both parties will endeavour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sellafield Ltd announces a £1.5bn framework agreement with Progressive Alliance and AXIOM</title>
		<link>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/03/sellafield-ltd-announces-a-1-5bn-framework-agreement-with-progressive-alliance-and-axiom/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/03/sellafield-ltd-announces-a-1-5bn-framework-agreement-with-progressive-alliance-and-axiom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[sellafield]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The framework contract, known as the Design Services Alliance (DSA), is projected to extend for 15-years and is the first of its kind for Sellafield Ltd.
The £1.5bn is the first of an anticipated £9 billion worth of long-term contracts which will be let by Sellafield Ltd over the next two years under a new approach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oldbury power station shuts down after 44 years of safe generation</title>
		<link>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/02/oldbury-power-station-shuts-down-after-44-years-of-safe-generation/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/02/oldbury-power-station-shuts-down-after-44-years-of-safe-generation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearcareersonline.net/?p=1924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After 44 years of safe operation, Magnox’s Oldbury power station &#8211; the world’s oldest operating nuclear power station &#8211; ceased generation at 11am on 29 February 2012.
To-date, the site has generated over 137.5 TWh of electricity, enough to power one million homes for over 20 years (one TWh is a billion units of electricity)!
In November [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EDF announces progress on UK nuclear new build</title>
		<link>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/02/edf-announces-progress-on-uk-nuclear-new-build/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/02/edf-announces-progress-on-uk-nuclear-new-build/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[EDF]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nuclearcareersonline.net/?p=1920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EDF announces progress on UK nuclear new build and hails Franco-British declaration to strengthen co-operation on energy

Signs agreements with Areva, Kier BAM and Bridgwater College
Confirms deals to boost training opportunities and create jobs in UK and France

EDF has today demonstrated further progress towards plans to build up to four new nuclear plants in the UK, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credible Options Study on remaining nuclear materials at Dounreay</title>
		<link>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/02/credible-options-study-on-remaining-nuclear-materials-at-dounreay/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearcareersonline.net/2012/02/credible-options-study-on-remaining-nuclear-materials-at-dounreay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dounreay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NDA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NDA has published a Credible Options Study covering the remaining nuclear materials at Dounreay referred to as &#8216;exotics&#8217;. The study identifies two strategic options for the material.
These are to:

transport them to Sellafield for management
manage them at Dounreay 

NDA has studied the high level management options associated with the exotics and identified those it believes are [...]]]></description>
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