Posted by SONE on 30 October 2017 in Newsletters
Minutes of AGM, Oct 2017. Plans for SONE's future.
Posted by SONE on 16 October 2017 in NIA
New polling released today shows that only 10% of the UK public agree with the UK government’s decision to leave Euratom, the Treaty which regulates the nuclear sector across Europe, at the same time as leaving the European Union.
Posted by Unknown on 9 October 2017 in Historic
After 50 years of nuclear energy generation, we know that nuclear energy provides the future of safe, secure and low-carbon generation.
Posted by SONE on 6 October 2017 in NIA
Horizon Nuclear Power is inviting local people to meet the team at its next Open Surgery in Cemaes on Monday 16 October to learn more about the Wylfa Newydd Project. The monthly Open Surgeries are held on the third Monday of every month.
Posted by SONE on 30 September 2017 in Newsletters
How much choice do we have?
Posted by SONE on 29 September 2017 in NIA
Small businesses can get a direct route into opportunities at Sellafield via a new scheme. LINC with Sellafield Ltd encourages small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to work together to provide innovative solutions to the site’s decommissioning programme.
Posted by SONE on 28 September 2017 in NIA
New figures released by the government today show an increasing proportion of the UK’s electricity generation from low carbon sources, with nuclear providing the largest single source of clean energy.
Posted by SONE on 18 September 2017 in NIA
Horizon Nuclear Power has welcomed its second intake of technical apprentices to the Wylfa Newydd team as the company continues to invest in a future workforce to support Wales’ most significant energy project in a generation. The 11 apprentices come from schools across North Wales, and have ...
Posted by SONE on 13 September 2017 in NIA
Aquila Nuclear Engineering Ltd, part of the Calder Group, the £165m pan-European engineering group, has been awarded a contract by Magnox Limited to design and manufacture an external mixing unit as part of the Modular Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) Encapsulation Pre-Conditioning Project at Hinkley Point A. Work ...
Posted by SONE on 12 September 2017 in NIA
British consumers could benefit from lower cost electricity if the Government was to back an SMR programme for the UK, according to a new report issued today by Rolls-Royce and its partners in a UK Small Modular Reactor (SMR) consortium. The company and partners, including Amec Foster Wheeler, Arup, Laing O’Rourke, and Nuvia, say SMRs SMRs could produce energy for as low as £60 per megawatt hour.
Posted by SONE on 6 September 2017 in NIA
X Energy, LLC (X-energy) and Centrus Energy Corp. (NYSE American: LEU) have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore collaboration toward production of fuel for advanced nuclear reactors, the two companies announced today. X-energy, a pioneering advanced reactor and fuel company, and Centrus, an experienced nuclear fuel ...
Posted by SONE on 1 August 2017 in Newsletters
A new treasurer needed for a new era. UK government talks on SMRs.
Posted by SONE on 31 July 2017 in Newsletters
A manifesto of ideas for the future of SONE.
Posted by SONE on 27 July 2017 in NIA
Official statistics published today show low carbon sources of electricity accounting for more than 45% of the power generated in the UK in 2016, marking real progress in reducing carbon emissions from the production of electricity. With a need to reduce emissions in transport and heat to to meet carbon commitments ...
Posted by SONE on 19 July 2017 in NIA
Eadon Consulting, a small company based at the Advanced Manufacturing Park near Sheffield, has won funding from the UK’s Innovation Agency to develop a new system for decommissioning ageing nuclear facilities. Eadon will lead a consortium of companies to pioneer a faster, cheaper, cleaner and safer approach to nuclear decommissioning.
Horizon Nuclear Power has today announced a partnership with Tecnatom, a global nuclear training services provider, as it looks to grow the future operational workforce for its lead project Wylfa Newydd on Anglesey, North Wales. Tecnatom provides training services to a range of nuclear power stations.
