On the week of 3 November a vast number of small black plastic pellets started to wash up on the beach at Camber Sands in East Sussex. It immediately, and naturally, drew considerable concern from the public and local community. …
We’ve just announced that GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy is the first company in the world to successfully complete our two step generic design assessment (GDA) process. Its BWRX-300 reactor design, a 300 megaWatt electrical (MWe) boiling water reactor, has been issued with a Step 2 statement. What does this mean and what have we …
For this second piece, we wanted to share first-hand experiences from some of our colleagues who were directly involved. Their memories highlight the scale of the incident and how it continues to influence our work today.
In the early hours of Sunday 11 December 2005, a dense fog formed around the Buncefield fuel depot on the edge of Hemel Hempstead. A large petrol storage tank was overfilling, and vapours spread across and beyond the site.
Following our initial blog about the appalling large-scale illegal dumping of waste near Kidlington, we want to update you on the significant progress being made to protect the community and environment.
We’ve just published our annual report about radioactivity in food and the environment. Our radiological monitoring and assessment specialists Becca Williams and Rob Dean share the headlines from our monitoring and assessment work and talk about how artificial radioactivity gets into the environment.
The Environment Agency welcomes the publication of the New Towns Taskforce report and the government's initial response. With economic growth as the government's number one mission, we are uniquely positioned to contribute to the next generation of New Towns through our statutory role to protect and enhance the environment while supporting sustainable development.
If you transport waste or buy, sell or dispose of waste - or arrange for someone else to do so - you must register with the Environment Agency.
In this blog, Hampshire police officer PC Terry Read shares how police teams in Hampshire have pooled their skills and collaborated with partners to target countryside crime including fly-tipping.
Next month we are taking part in the Environmental Services and Solutions Expo at Birmingham NEC on 17-18 September. You will be able to meet us on our exhibition stand in Hall 19 (Recycling Services Section) stand RS-E144 where our …
