Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

www.nda.gov.uk

Forss is a few miles from Thurso

Telephone
(+44) 01925 802 479

Postal Address
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Freswick House
Forss Business & Technology Park

Thurso
Caithness
KW14 7UZ

Contact
John Farquhar

News for Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

[Advisory / Counseling Services]

1/2/2020

NDA group enjoys a big WiN at awards ceremony

Employees from across the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority group have been honoured at a prestigious national awards ceremony in London. The Women in Nuclear (WiN) Annual Awards recognises those who have gone above and beyond to promote gender balance and diversity across the nuclear sector.

[Advisory / Counseling Services]

23/1/2020

The NDA has launched its 2020 Stakeholder Survey

We're looking for your input to help shape future engagement. The on-line survey only takes 10-15 minutes to finish and gives stakeholders, with an interest in the NDA's decommissioning and clean-up mission, a chance to air their views on progress - and on how they can do things better.

[Other Public Services]

27/10/2019

Decommissioning In Japan - Learning From Dounreay

As part of the nuclear sector deal, to foster ever-stronger links between the British and Japanese nuclear industry, Councillor Struan Mackie who represents Thurso and North West Caithness on Highland Council (Deputy-Chair of the Dounreay Stakeholder Group) undertook a five day Japanese visit to discuss the impact of nuclear decommissioning on local communities with stakeholders in Tsuruga City, Fukui prefecture. The whistle-stop visit included two days in Tsuruga on , the home of the Japanese Atomic Energy Agencies fast reactor ‘Monju', is generally regarded to be a ‘partner plant' to Dounreay's PFR in Caithness.

[Other Public Services]

26/10/2019

Dounreay Supplier Day Looks At Clean-up Opportunities

Dounreay's latest supplier information day, hosted jointly with companies appointed to its decommissioning services framework, has proved popular with companies from around the UK. Around 200 people packed into a venue in Wick, Caithness to hear about plans for future work to decommission the site.

[Other Public Services]

15/10/2019

Half the fuel gone from iconic Dounreay reactor

Half of the last remaining radioactive fuel elements jammed for decades inside the iconic Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR) have now been removed. DFR with its famous dome once led the world in fast breeder technology.

[Other Public Services]

28/8/2019

A new intermediate waste store is being constructed at Dounreay.

The first concrete pour has taken place on a new waste store at Dounreay that will be needed for the closure of the site. Dounreay awarded the contract to construct the new intermediate level waste store to GRAHAM Construction Ltd.

[Advisory / Counseling Services]

27/7/2019

Hold The Date For The NDA Supply Chain Event At A New Venue In 2020

The event, now in its ninth year, has been an overwhelming success in engaging with the suppliers who are so essential to achieving our decommissioning mission. Since launching in 2011, the event has attracted a total of around 10,000 visitors from more than 20 countries, representing thousands of companies both large and small.

[Advisory / Counseling Services]

16/7/2019

NDA Stakeholder Summit 2019 Main Highlights

This was the NDA's third summit, and the inspirational setting of the new Coleg Menai facilities, on Anglesey in North Wales, perfectly reflected the NDA’s approach to building sustainable post-nuclear communities around its estate. Some £4 million of funding from the NDA’s socio-economic budget has been used to create a state-of-the-art educational facility at the heart of the island.

[Advisory / Counseling Services]

13/1/2019

NDA Draft Business Plan 2019 - 2022 - A Chance To Make Comments

Introduction to the Consultation How to respond In this consultation, the NDA wants to hear from members of the public, nuclear regulators, employees within our businesses, trade unions, local authorities, Site Stakeholder Groups, Non-Governmental Organisations and any other organisation or public body. In your response please state whether you are responding as an individual or representing the views of an organisation.