The UK government should begin to bury the country’s radioactive waste as soon as possible, reports the Royal Society.The scientific body made its announcement as the panel tasked with finding a long-term solution to radioactive waste issued its final report. The Committee

Schneider Electric is among the first companies to adopt the new Gambica Service Classes Scheme. The initiative enables automation companies to define their service levels in accordance with a set of guidelines for equipment users.Gambica, an independent organisation representing the UK industrial

Pyrotenax MultiPlus LSF multi-purpose cable and Pyro S fire-rated cables, from Tyco Thermal Controls, have been used in the £27.9m New Century Project to refurbish Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.Optimising space and controlling total installed costs are among the major challenges

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has fined two of the UK’s nuclear companies over safety errors that lead to radioactive material leaks.The British Nuclear Group (BNG) was fined £2m for an incident at the Thorp spent fuel reprocessing facility at Sellafield. Enough

The British Nuclear Group (BNG) has received formal consent to decommission Dungeness A power station. The consent was received from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and will begin once the power station ceases generating electricity at the end of this year. The first

The state owned nuclear group BNFL looks set to be wound-up at the end of 2007, following the sale of its clean-up activities and its Westinghouse business.Westinghouse, has been sold to Toshiba in a £2.9bn deal. BNG, the decommissioning business that operates

ScottishPower has sold Knapton Power Station to an American company focussing on green and clean energy. RGS Energy, a subsidiary of US Energy Systems, has bought the site and a 42MW open cycle gas turbine in a £15.5m deal.ScottishPower has also entered

The Fire Brigade is helping to cut carbon emissions by installing a wind turbine at one of its stations. The rooftop turbine, which has been erected at Hayes Fire Station in Greater London, will produce around 8% of the electricity consumed by

Power engineering company Mitsui Babcock and the Carbon Trust are working together on a new initiative to sell waste heat to other businesses.Connective Energy, which is also being run in conjunction with Tridos Renewables, will see £20m invested in to capturing waste

Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) has announced it will wait until the end of the decade before deciding whether to invest in nuclear power stations.According to Ian Marchant, chief executive of SSE, the company is keeping an active watching brief on the