Almost 200 containers of low-level radioactive waste that once formed part of Britain’s experiment with fast breeder nuclear reactors are being entombed.

Almost 200 containers of low-level radioactive waste that once formed part of Britain’s experiment with fast breeder nuclear reactors are being entombed in a purpose-built underground vault at Dounreay.

The containers are stacked 4 high and the spaces filled with grout before being covered by a steel reinforced concrete slab. This slab will become a floor to support more containers going to the vault for disposal.

Sellafield awards £45 million contract to LTi Metaltech to supply products, supporting safe plutonium storage and progress toward long‑term disposal.

The Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant on the Sellafield site

A key contract has been placed to support the continued safe storage of plutonium as the UK works toward the permanent disposal of its plutonium legacy.

Sellafield’s Remote Technologies Group is the first to use an innovative contamination swabbing tool for quadruped robots, developed through the RAICo collaboration.

Sellafield Ltd and the Robotics & AI Collaboration (RAICo) have successfully completed the first trial of a specially designed, patent-pending contamination swabbing tool, mounted on a quadruped robot, in an area containing radioactive material.

A familiar feature of the Sellafield skyline has disappeared as major progress is made in the demolition of redundant boiler units at Fellside, the Combined Heat and Power plant.

Sellafield Ltd has completed an important milestone in the demolition of redundant infrastructure at the Fellside Combined Heat and Power Plant. Two waste heat recovery boiler units and their associated gas turbines have now been safely removed.

NDA group puts decommissioning at the forefront of the agenda at Nuclear Week in Parliament

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group put decommissioning at the forefront of the agenda at this year’s Nuclear Week in Parliament, as the essential foundation underpinning the Government’s ambition to become a clean energy superpower.

Guest: Neil Hyatt, Chief Scientific Advisor and Malcolm Orford, Head of Major Permissions and at Nuclear Waste Services
Interviewed by: Antony Oliver

In this week's podcast we’re talking about the tricky challenge of safely managing and disposing of the UK’s expanding stock of nuclear waste. Creating a Geological Disposal Facility.

For more than 70 years, the UK has benefited from nuclear technology - generating low-carbon electricity, advancing medicine, supporting industry, and contributing to national defence.

Alongside those benefits comes responsibility.

US nuclear waste disposal company Deep Isolation says that a two-year research project that subjected its Universal Canister System to the kinds of conditions found thousands of feet below the surface has shown materials used in its fabrication perform reliably and remain resistant to corrosion over time.

Hinkley Point B has been declared fuel free, on time and on budget, marking the second AGR defuelling milestone achieved by the NDA group and EDF.

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) confirmed Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset is officially fuel free, meaning the site has been successfully defueled on time and on budget.

It’s the second AGR station to achieve fuel free verification, with a total of seven stations due to transfer from EDF to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) for decommissioning.

Sellafield Ltd joins forces with local partners and supply chain to fund the creation of LEVELS – a state-of-the-art digital centre in Whitehaven, West Cumbria.

Sellafield Ltd, through its SiX (social impact, multiplied) programme, has announced a major investment in LEVELS, a ground-breaking £4.6 million redevelopment of the former Whittles department store in Whitehaven, West Cumbria into a state-of-the-art immersive entertainment and education centre.

Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning has invited the municipalities to express an interest in taking part in the process of finding a suitable location for storage facilities for radioactive waste.

The country has not had nuclear power plants but has operated research reactors in the past - the nuclear fuel and materials testing reactor at Halden and the JEEP-II neutron scattering facility at Kjeller were declared permanently shut down in June 2018 and April 2019, respectively.

Guest: David Porter, 161st President of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Interviewed by: Antony Oliver

In this podcast we explore the power of investment in infrastructure to change and improve people’s lives - every day.

My guest is David Porter, the newly installed 161st President of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a man who throughout his career, has had public service top of mind, top of his agenda and etched throughout everything he does.

Guest: Ruth Todd CBE, Operations and Supply Chain Director, Rolls-Royce SMR
Interviewed by: Antony Oliver

We kick off the Infrastructure Podcast for 2026 by talking about nuclear power and taking a close look at the much discussed - and much anticipated - small modular reactor programme being developed by Rolls Royce SMR.