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December 19, 2008
First Major Radioactive Waste Stream Recovery Completed
A groundbreaking project to retrieve radioactive waste materials at Trawsfynydd Site has been completed ahead of schedule with a saving of almost £0.5m.
December 18, 2008
Oldbury powers on into 2009
Oldbury Power Station will continue to generate electricity into 2009 and beyond.
December 09, 2008
NDA announces competition schedule
The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has announced that the competition for the new contract for the cleanup of the Magnox reactor sites will commence in 2011. Award of the contract is expected by the end of 2012.
October 13, 2008
Farewell to Magnox Electric Limited
On 1 October the re-structuring of Magnox Electric successfully completed. The Nuclear Site Licence for 5 of the UK’s Magnox sites* are now held by Magnox South Limited.
September 19, 2008
Maentwrog Celebrates 80 Years of Electricity Generation
Current and former employees of Magnox North joined together with various customers and stakeholders recently to celebrate a very special anniversary.
August 22, 2008
Wylfa returns to service after another successful outage
Wylfa’s Reactor Two returned to service this week, following the successful completion of its biennial outage to carry out maintenance and inspection work.
August 20, 2008
First fuel elements removed from Chapelcross reactors
Magnox North’s Chapelcross site began the next phase in its life this week when final de-fuelling of Reactor 1 commenced.
July 30, 2008
Magnox North has had the go-ahead to start de-fuelling at Chapelcross Site
On Friday 18th July 2008 Chapelcross Site received formal permission from the NII (Nuclear Installations Inspectorate) to commence de-fuelling operations on Reactor 1. This is the start of a 3½ year programme to remove all fuel from Chapelcross and is a major step forward in the site’s decommissioning programme.
July 28, 2008
Healthy Workforce Scheme Gets Green Light
Trawsfynydd Site has been awarded £38k from the Welsh Assembly Government, via the Sports Council for Wales, to fund a ‘Healthy Workforce’ scheme at the nuclear decommissioning site.
July 02, 2008
Magnox North Invests in Skills
Magnox North has reinforced its commitment to maintaining skills in the nuclear industry by renewing its annual subscription of £25k to continue its Associate Member status of the National Skills Academy for Nuclear.
June 11, 2008
PowerLines and Wylpower go live
PowerLines and Wylpower, Oldbury and Wylfa's Site's Newsletters are now available for download for the first time via the site's websites.
June 05, 2008
Wylfa and Trawsfynydd Sites Encourage Local Businesses to Raise its Game
As part of its commitment to working more closely with the local and regional supply chain, Magnox North captured the attention of 119 small and medium size Welsh businesses recently during an event to help encourage them to bid for work at Wylfa and Trawsfynydd.
May 29, 2008
A year of achievement for Magnox North
Magnox North has published a review of achievements made during the last year.
May 28, 2008
Magnox lifts RoSPA award
Magnox Electric has been awarded the 2008 Royalty Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Engineering Construction Sector Award. This is the second year in a row the company has won this honor recognizing performance across the ten Magnox Reactor sites in the United Kingdom.
May 12, 2008
North Wales Supply Chain Event
Magnox North will be running a North Wales Supply Chain Event on 14 May 2008
May 07, 2008
LLW Trial Success
Magnox Electric Ltd. has, in conjunction with its partners, VT Nuclear Services Ltd. And Direct Rail Services Ltd., successfully completed the second part of a trial to investigate the transport of low level waste (LLW) by rail.
April 18, 2008
Oldbury Receives Decommissioning Consent
Oldbury has achieved a major milestone in the site’s lifecycle, having received consent from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) to decommission the site.
April 10, 2008
'Explosive' Nuclear Film
A Magnox North employee has produced a short film featuring the demolition of the Chapelcross Site cooling towers.
April 07, 2008
Chapelcross Site Signs Skills Agreement
Chapelcross has signed an agreement with four key partners which will be instrumental in developing a workforce with the right skills to deliver the future decommissioning work at the site.
April 04, 2008
Chapelcross Charity Snowball Fund Helps 41 Local Charities
Over the last financial year the Chapelcross Charity Snowball Fund has helped 41 local groups and charities to the sum of £5694.82.
April 02, 2008
Trawsfynydd Capping Roof Contract awarded to Costain Group
A contract worth £11m has been awarded by Magnox North to Costain Group, which will see the construction of a new internal capping roof on both of the reactor buildings at Trawsfynydd Site.
April 02, 2008
Great Bustard Hits The Headlines!
Oldbury dominated the news headlines in March after one of the country’s rarest birds landed at its lagoon.
