The first shipment of spent nuclear fuel has left the base in Andreeva Bay in north-west Russia, marking a crucial milestone in overcoming the legacy of the former Soviet Northern Fleet and its nuclear-powered submarines. Under an international initiative over 22,000 spent nuclear fuel assemblies, which are currently stored at Andreeva Bay, will be retrieved, packaged and removed from the site. The process is being carried out by SevRAO, part…
29th Jun 2017News Archive
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We are very sad to report the death of SRP Honorary Fellow Jack Schull. In 1949 Professor Schull became Head of the Department of Genetics of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Hiroshima at the age of 27 and throughout his career he played a leading role in the various studies of health effects among the survivors. He made an enormous contribution to radiation science and the field of genetics. Among his many honours and awards was his…
22nd Jun 2017
Please see here for Amber Bannon's Forward Look. Amber will be Chairing her first Council meeting as President next Wednesday. Don't forget that summaries of Council meetings are all posted on the Council page on MySRP (you will need to be logged into MySRP in order to access this page) together with the agenda for the coming meeting.
21st Jun 2017
This course has been developed by the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and AURPO in collaboration with HSE and RPA 2000. The aim of the course is to assist those people wishing to attain greater knowledge and understanding of RP matters and is a good grounding for a university RPO. It's benchmarked against HSE criteria for the 'Core of Knowledge' required for an RPA and the EA/SEPA syllabus for RWA accreditation. - 9 month programme…
14th Jun 2017