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16/6/2026 : Other Public Services
Three NDA group employees awarded honours in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours list. Three NDA group employees have been awarded honours in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours list, for services to the nuclear industry and the local community.
4/6/2026 : Other Public Services
Wylfa, located on Anglesey, North Wales, is a historic nuclear site that operated from 1971 to 2015, featuring the UK's largest and last Magnox reactors. Known for its significant contribution to UK energy, it is currently undergoing decommissioning while being designated as a premier location for new, small modular reactor (SMR) technology.
20/5/2026 : Other Public Services
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board’s (ECITB) award-winning e-learning platform has been hailed as a great example of industry collaboration in action. To mark Learning at Work Week 2026, NRS Dounreay has highlighted how the ECITB’s Learning Experience Platform (LXP) has become a “go-to training solution” for its 1,400 workers.
15/5/2026 : Other Public Services
Almost £2 million was invested by Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) last year in socio-economic initiatives, supporting good causes in communities local to its 14 decommissioning sites. The NRS socio-economic scheme provided £1,979,721 during 2025-26 to enhance the social and economic wellbeing of communities located near NRS sites.
15/4/2026 : Other Public Services
It sounds like something from a Cold War thriller, not a family day out: fragments of radioactive material, invisible to the naked eye, quietly lying in the sand. Yet for decades, beaches near Dounreay and Sellafield have been the final resting place for exactly that.
14/3/2026 : Other Public Services
At first glance, the decision to repaint the iconic Dounreay dome as it is a structure already scheduled for demolition seems baffling. Why spend money maintaining a building that will soon be torn down? Why refresh the exterior of a landmark whose days are numbered? The answer is far more practical than it appears.
11/3/2026 : Advisory / Counseling Services
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is launching a UK‑wide training programme to support the development of project professionals across the nuclear sector. The One NDA Project Academy is an expansion of a programme initially launched at Sellafield in 2016.
3/2/2026 : Other Public Services
For years, radioactive particles discovered near Dounreay were headline news. Each find triggered a press release, picked up by local and national outlets, reminding communities that the nuclear legacy was still with us.
17/12/2025 : Advisory / Counseling Services
UKAEA and NDA sign formal agreement to share knowledge and expertise, advancing the delivery of major decommissioning programmes. Memorandum of Understanding agreed to enable and encourage knowledge sharing, and improve best practice.
3/12/2025 : Other Public Services
Joint venture to develop neutral beams for fusion and non-fusion applications, creating high-skilled jobs and establishing a critical supply chain. TAE Technologies, a leading US private fusion energy firm with over 25 years at the forefront of scientific innovation, today announces a bilateral and reciprocal investment commitment with the United Kingdom's national fusion laboratory, the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to commercialise TAE's proprietary particle accelerator technology for the global market.
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