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North Sea decommissioning costs fall 25% to £44.5bn

The cost of decommissioning North Sea oil and gas infrastructure has fallen by 25% to £44.5 billion over the last five years, according to estimates from the industry regulator. The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) says the industry has been ...

04 Aug 2022 at 12:36

North Sea has ‘pivotal’ decade ahead for decommissioning, says report

Decommissioning could provide the North Sea oil and gas sector with a “massive £21 billion opportunity” over the course of the next “pivotal” decade, a new report has revealed. Over the period 2017 to 2022, the industry spent around £8 billion ...

09 Aug 2023 at 11:16

Dounreay nuclear plant staff back strike action in pay row

Workers at a nuclear power plant have overwhelmingly backed industrial action in a row over what a union describes as a “real-terms pay cut”. GMB Scotland members at the Dounreay plant in the Highlands, which is operated by Nuclear ...

04 Apr 2024 at 13:18

Ireland

Decommissioning chairman wanted to quit in 2001 after slow progress – records

The chairman of the body in charge of decommissioning as part of Northern Ireland’s peace process considered standing down from the role in June 2001 after months of slow progress. Documents released from Ireland’s state files ...

29 Dec 2023 at 00:01

Sellafield to be prosecuted over alleged IT security offences

Sellafield will be prosecuted for alleged information technology security offences, the nuclear regulator has said. A spokesman for the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said Sellafield Ltd, which runs the site in Cumbria, ...

28 Mar 2024 at 10:46

World

Robot begins mission to retrieve melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear plant

An extendable robot has begun a two-week mission to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from inside one of three damaged reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Highly radioactive fuel and ...

10 Sept 2024 at 10:44

Scotland

Less offshore decommissioning work carried out in 2023 despite higher spend

Less offshore decommissioning work was carried out last year despite the overall amount of money being spent on the activity increasing, the industry has said. Offshore Energy UK (OEUK) said £1.7 billion was spent on ...

19 Nov 2024 at 00:01

‘Black day’ for Royal Marines – MPs react to decommissioning of Navy ships

The decommissioning of a number of Navy vessels marks a “black day” for the Marines, Conservative MP Sir Julian Lewis has said. On Wednesday Defence Secretary John Healey said two former Royal Navy flagships, a ...

20 Nov 2024 at 16:09

Scotland

Hunterston B site declared nuclear-free as all spent fuel removed

All spent nuclear fuel has been removed from the site of the former Hunterston B power station, leading to it being declared nuclear-free. The site in North Ayrshire provided power for nearly 46 years before ...

25 Apr 2025 at 20:46

World

Robot starts second mission to retrieve debris at Fukushima nuclear plant

A remote-controlled robot has embarked on its second mission to retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant that was wrecked by a tsunami 14 years ...

15 Apr 2025 at 15:27

Last Falklands era warship given ‘respectful farewell’ as it heads to scrapyard

Veterans and members of the public have turned out to give a “respectful farewell” to a former Royal Navy flagship that played a “vital role” in the Falklands conflict. HMS Bristol was towed out of ...

11 Jun 2025 at 10:38

UK’s most hazardous building still leaking radioactive water, MPs warn

Britain’s most hazardous building could leak radioactive water until the 2050s as clean-up operations at Sellafield struggle to progress quickly enough, MPs have warned. In a report published on ...

04 Jun 2025 at 14:49

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