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Ensuring nuclear reactor designs meet high standards of environmental protection

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The Environment Agency’s New Reactors Assessment Team is carrying out assessments of three small modular reactor nuclear power station designs. Andrew Pynn, Senior Advisor for the project, summarises what we have been doing on two of the projects and why. …

Eat. Sleep. Peat. RePeat: Celebrating International Bog Day!

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Happy International Bog Day! It’s finally here! International Bog Day on Sunday 28th July, is essentially Christmas for the Environment Agency’s National Peatlands team. It highlights the international importance of bogs, fens, swamps and marshes and in fact anywhere with …

Flood & Coast Excellence Awards 2024: Celebrating Innovation and Collaboration

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This week, the Environment Agency hosted the Flood and Coast Excellence Awards. These celebrate some of the most innovative and impactful flood and coastal erosion risk management projects from across the country writes Caroline Douglass, Environment Agency Executive Director of …