UK awards £30 million to advance decommissioning R&D

August 21, 2024, 9:31AMRadwaste Solutions
The Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria, England. (Photo: Simon Ledingham)

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), the government agency charged with cleaning up the United Kingdom’s nuclear sites, has awarded three contracts totaling £30 million (about $39 million) for research into new decommissioning techniques.

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