Information Centre
Here you will find the latest information and news on our activities across the Harwell and Winfrith sites.
Please also refer to the Harwell and Winfrith Decommissioning Up-dates on the Publications page and Harwell and Winfrith Achievements for additional news and activities across the two sites.
For general, media or photographic enquiries, please call the appropriate contact.
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Tuesday 21 May 2013
Life Education - children helped with life style education
Local children attending primary schools around the Winfrith and Harwell sites are benefiting from Life Education thanks to RSRL which has donated money to support the Life Bus visits to local schools.
Tuesday 14 May 2013
RSRL Publishes May Newsletter
RSRL's latest edition of Restore News has been published. Please click on the link below to view the newsletter which includes a collection of articles and features on RSRL's business and activities including:
Tuesday 14 May 2013
Winfrith Optimised Programme
The NDA has given approval for optimising the Winfrith programme by spending money on decommissioning rather than on care and maintenance. The Programme Office, working with the relevant project managers, has recently completed incorporating the Winfrith Optimised Programme into the RSRL Life Time Plan (also known as the Baseline). The programme is based around the three main facilities at Winfrith that need to be decommissioned.
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Thursday 9 May 2013
Last Whessoe tank down
Enter A key element of the Liquid Effluent Treatment Plant (LETP) project is the decommissioning of redundant legacy assets previously used as part of active operations. The primary objective for 2012/2013 was the removal of the Whessoe tanks from the LETP. This work is an enabler to the closure of the LETP and subsequent delicensing and de designation of the site.
Tuesday 7 May 2013
RSRL supports bug hunts!
RSRL recently sponsored Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre, a 19-acre nature reserve run by Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT).
Monday 29 April 2013
Decommissioning supply chain event returns for 2013
The NDA estate’s showcase Supply Chain Event has moved to a bigger venue that will be able to host even more visitors and exhibitors.
Wednesday 3 April 2013
RSRL welcomes international visitors JAEA
During March RSRL welcomed two decommissioning engineers from the Japan Atomic Energy Agency to the Harwell site.
Monday 18 March 2013
London Olympics delivery success: the lessons for nuclear
Staging the London Olympics required unprecedented levels of co-ordination and planning, with issues ranging from financial and project controls to construction and infrastructure as well as political and cultural sensitivities – plus much more.
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Decommissioning begins on British Experimental Pile (BEPO)
Work has begun on opening the BEPO reactor storage block, which has been sealed since 1968.
Monday 11 March 2013
RSRL Publishes March Newsletter
RSRL's latest edition of Restore News has been published. Please click on the link below to view the newsletter which includes a collection of articles and features on RSRL's business and activities including:
Thursday 7 March 2013
New Waste Store at Harwell
Oxfordshire County Council has approved RSRL’s application for an Intermediate Level Waste store at Harwell.
Tuesday 5 March 2013
RSRL support children in their communications
RSRL recently sponsored Chilton Primary School in Oxfordshire and Lulworth and Winfrith Primary School in Dorset by donating money to purchase a MP3 digital audio resource known as “StoryPhones”. Designed for use in primary schools, the wireless headsets give children a new way of listening to audio resources; to help develop their language, communication, listening, literacy and social skills. The learning tool which can be used indoors and outdoors allows children to listen to pre-recorded stories, sing along to songs, join in listening games as well as learn a new language - they can even record their own stories to share!
Monday 4 March 2013
Demolition of Building 552
In late February 2013 Harwell’s building 552 was demolished, with the exception of works that are progressing to remove the base slab during March. Constructed for the Materials Development Division during the early 1960's, the building consisted of an office block and a laboratory suite that was later extended.
Wednesday 20 February 2013
LETP decommissioning
The second phase in the removal of the eight large metal (Whessoe) tanks at Harwell’s Liquid Effluent Treatment Plant is well underway. During February three tanks were reduced in size and packaged by principal contractor KDC.
Friday 8 February 2013
Showcasing UK nuclear skills to China
RSRL Harwell hosted a visit by a delegation from China on 6 February.
Tuesday 5 February 2013
RSRL Publishes February Newsletter
RSRL's latest edition of Restore News has been published. Please click on the link below to view the newsletter which includes a collection of articles and features on RSRL's business and activities including:
Monday 4 February 2013
SGHWR update
The new team at the Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor (SGHWR) is gradually coming together, demonstrating and achieving some early successes.
Friday 11 January 2013
A fifth of RSRL Harwell land released for new use
A large part of the Harwell site has now been formally released from the last remaining nuclear regulations, and is available for new development.
Thursday 10 January 2013
Harwell campus organisations tour the licensed site
Members of the Science Technology Facility Council (STFC) and Diamond Light Source visited Harwell in January as part of the programme ‘Other People’s Business’. The programme run by the STFC helps participating organisations satisfy their curiosity about other parts of organisations on the Harwell Site. The day began with a guided tour of the licensed site, followed by a visit to DIDO, a redundant material testing reactor waiting final stage decommissioning.
Tuesday 8 January 2013
Chinese opportunities for smaller companies
Smaller businesses are being offered a unique opportunity to showcase their nuclear skills to a delegation of Chinese experts who are visiting the UK next month (Feb).
