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02/07/10 Bid to speed up Trawsfynydd's nuclear decommissioning
Decommissioning work at a nuclear power station could be speeded up if plans are given the go-ahead by the new coalition government in Westminster.
Magnox North is looking at ways to finish removing "legacy" waste early from the former power station at Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd.
The aim is to be off the site by 2014, rather than 2022 as currently expected, by switching to 24-hour waste removal.
The plan has to pass the UK government's autumn spending review.
A spokesman for Magnox North scheme said its Trawsfynydd Optimised Plan or Top scheme was based on slowing down non-essential work at other Magnox legacy sites to concentrate on decommissioning work at Trawsfynydd and Bradwell in Essex.
28/06/10 Aurora Take On New Summer Students
Aurora has taken on two MSc students from the University of Surrey for their summer placements. Simon Rice will be undertaking an instrumentation project investigating the sensitivity of detectors, and Lindsey Bobrowski will be looking at improvements to Aurora’s Radiation Protection training.
28/06/10 Huge Radiation Risk: The Hospital
We fret about airport scanners, power lines, cell phones and even microwaves. It's true that we get too much radiation. But it's not from those sources - it's from too many medical tests.
Americans get the most medical radiation in the world, even more than folks in other rich countries. The U.S. accounts for half of the most advanced procedures that use radiation, and the average American's dose has grown sixfold over the last couple of decades.
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21/06/10 'Radioactive waste threat' to future of Stratford site
Radioactive waste buried under the Olympic Park could jeopardise plans to develop the site after the Games, it is claimed.
Traces of thorium and radium have been buried in a disposal cell under the site of the main stadium. The Olympic Delivery Authority insists the deposits pose no risk during the Games.
But experts say that a reassessment of the site after 2012 may be necessary before any development plans - housing, for instance - are put in place.