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Nuclear safety research - What's new

Call for proposals for PhD support

Please find attached a link to the Nexia Solutions website, where a call for proposals for PhD funding is available. The call is to support proposals in the field of technology and science relevant to nuclear decommissioning and clean up. This is intended to be an annual call.

Email bulletin

An e-mail distribution list has been set up of people who wish to be informed of new developments in the Nuclear Safety Research programme, and of updates to the NSR webpages. If you wish to be added to this list, or if you have any comments on the information in these webpages, please contact

Nuclear research index

The 2005 NRI has been issued. This is one of the main inputs into the 2006-7 HSC Co-ordinated programme of nuclear safety research.

2006-07 Programme

The 2006-07 HSE levy programme and the 2006-07 Sellafield nuclear safety research schedule [645kb]PDF are now available.

Nuclear clean-up research

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is now in existence and funds the research programmes of the NDA licensees (for the Magnox reactors, Sellafield and UKAEA sites, etc). HSE has joined an new advisory Research Board set up by NDA. NDA has published a document on R&D Needs, Risks and Opportunities.

Meetings of Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee and Health and Safety Commission

The papers from the April 2006 NuSAC Sub-Committee on Research meeting are now available. These cover the 06-07 programme, university research and presentations on chemistry research.

The papers from the May 2006 HSC meeting are now available. These cover the 06-07 programme, the advice from NuSAC SCR and the evaluation of the 04-05 programme.