Dump objections

The residents of Buldoo and the Caithness Community Council have 
objected to the UKAEA plan to build a GBP110 million low-level waste 
facility at Dounreay.  The UKAEA says there is no room on the existing 
licensed site for the facility which they now want to build outwith the 
site.  The objectors want the facility inside the existing site.   (John 
O'Groat Journal 22/09/06)

Reactors restart

The Swedish Nuclear Inspectorate (SKI) has said it will allow the 
Forsmark 1 and 2 reactors to restart following the incident in July.  
SKI said further safety work is needed on the Kraftgrupp AB reactor 
before it can restart.  (www.ski.se)

Statutory inspection

Concerns over safety have mean the three-yearly statutory inspection 
of the Hinkley Point B reactor has been bought forward.   Special 
attention will be paid to cracked boiler tube pipes.  (BBC News 
25/09/06)

Nuclear support

The president of the Royal Society, Lord Rees of Ludlow, has called 
for new nuclear reactors in the UK to reduce greenhouse emissions.  
(Manchester Evening News 28/09/06)

Waste substitution

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has published a review of the 
methodoly used by the British Nuclear Group for waste substitution - 
the policy where intermediate and low level waste from reprocessing 
overseas spent fuel is retained in the UK and an amount of high level 
waste containing the equivalent amount of radiation is returned to 
the overseas customer.  (www.nda.gov.uk)

BNG profit

The British Nuclear Group, which runs Sellafield, made gross profits 
of GBP72 million in 2005-06 based on gross revenue of over GBP2 
billion.  This is a drop of GBP36 million in profits from the 
previous year. (Guardian 04/07/06)

B30 heart link

Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment (CORE) has called for 
an investigation into a possible link between heart diseases suffered 
by workers at Sellafield and exposure to radiation - especially for 
staff who work in the B30 spent fuel facility.   (Whitehaven News 
08/06/06)

Russian store

A new spent fuel storage facility funded by the UK was opened this 
week in Murmansk in northern Russia.   (www.dti.gov.uk)



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