James Heavingham from our Nuclear Regulation team writes about the growth in the Environment Agency’s role regulating decommissioning and clean up, as old nuclear facilities are shut down and sites cleaned up to a point where regulation is no longer …
Andrew Pynn, Senior Advisor for the project, highlights the benefits of generic design assessment (GDA) and what happens next for this innovative new design.
Simon Barlow is the Environment Agency’s project manager for Sizewell C. Here he talks about the challenges of permitting a new nuclear power station and the importance of engaging with local communities. Introduction I started my job as Sizewell C …
Eddie Osondu, a Nuclear Regulator at the Environment Agency (EA), reports on our work in west Cumbria and Lincolnshire to share information with communities about how we will regulate a future geological disposal facility. I’ve worked with the Environment Agency …
In August Hinkley Point B’s nuclear reactor ‘3’ was switched off after 46 years of energy generation. Victoria Thomas, our Hinkley Point B nuclear regulator, talks about her work at the power station as it moves to the next stage of the nuclear life cycle.
As we prepare to regulate fusion energy facilities, Amber Bannon, our fusion lead, talks about visits to Culham, the home of fusion in the UK and the hottest site in the solar system.
Alan McGoff, who advises on new nuclear build policy and strategy at the Environment Agency, talks about the importance of engaging with the public on a national infrastructure project and the impact of the project on the local and national environment.
Criminals operating in the waste industry are impacting us all, causing damage to our environment, distress to affected communities and undercutting legitimate waste management businesses. As a land or property owner, you are at risk too. Waste criminals may offer …
Kevin Knight, Senior Environmental Crime Officer, discusses an operation carried out by the Joint Unit for Waste Crime (JUWC) and the Environment Agency to tackle catalytic converter theft and wider illegal waste site operations. Last year Operation Goldiron involving the …
Dr Greg Black is a senior advisor in the Advanced Nuclear Technologies team. Here he shares how the Environment Agency regulates the hottest site in the solar system and is preparing for the future of fusion in England. It is …
