October 2002
Briefings updated to end October 2002, Latest News also updated – including list of Dounreay’s reprocessing contracts. Also in our Reports Section a feature detailing the crisis which has hit British Energy. A discussion forum has also been added to the N-Base Web Site.
July 2002
New stories have been added to the Latest News pages and there’s a feature on the debate in the UK on whether to build new nuclear reactors
The Latest News and Briefings pages have been updated to June 2002 and on-line secure subscriptions are now available.
7th March 2002
Latest News pages and Archived Briefings updated to end February 2002. N-Base Database now updated to February 2002
3rd January 2002
Latest News pages have been updated to the end of December 2001. The submission from the Nuclear Free Local Authorities for the public consultation on the future regulation of radioactive discharges from Sellafield and a European Parliament report on the possible toxic effects of reprocessing have both been added to the Reports and Features Pages
20th December 2001
N-Base Briefings up to December 2001 have been added here
The N-Base Database now includes records up to the end of November 2001. Go here to search the database
1st August 2001
The N-Base Database now includes records up to the end of June 2001 Go here to search the database
The N-Base Briefings up to the end of July 2001 have been added. See the Briefings Index Page
The Latest News pages have now been updated with extracts from the N-Base Briefings up to 28th July 2001
18th July 2001
The Government announces there will be no more reprocessing at Dounreay. See this report
Update 12/07/2001
The N-Base Database now includes records up to the end of May 2001 Go here to search the database
Update 23/06/2001
The Archive N-Base Briefings have been updated to include the latest one published on 23rd June 2001. See the Briefings Index Page
Update 03/06/2001
The N-Base Database now has records up to 28/02/2001. The database is available here
Update 31/05/2001
Features have been added on the Bush Administration’s energy plans and the possible revival of the U.S. nuclear industry and Finland’s proposal to investigate a high-level waste dump for spent fuel. Details are on the Reports and Feature Index
Update 22/05/2001
The Latest News pages have now been updated with extracts from the N-Base Briefings up to 20th May 2001
Update 04/03/2001
The N-Base Database has been updated to include records up to 15/12/2000. See Database Search Page
Update 21/02/2001
The Archive of N-Base Briefings has been brought up-to-date and now includes Briefings up to February 2001.
Update 14/02/2001
The Latest News pages now include extracts from the N-Base Briefing up to the start of February 2001.
Two new features have been added to the Reports & Features pages. These detail a proposal to use the Russian Arctic waters for nuclear shipments between Europe and Japan and strong criticisms from Government advisers of the public consultation on the future of 25 tonnes of fuel at Dounreay.
Update 07/11/2000
The N-Base Database now includes records up to 23/09/2000
Update 22/10/2000
The latest news pages have been updated to 22nd October and include details of the Dounreay news concerning plutonium dust in workers homes, the likelihood of radioactive waste being taken through Scotland to a dump in north-west England and details of decommissioning plans.
Update 11/9/2000
Features on the arguments over whether nuclear power should be considered a ‘clean’ energy in the fight against greenhouse gases can be found on the Reports and Features index
Following the Kurst nuclear submarine disaster, the index now also includes a list of accidents involving nuclear weapons, vessels and submarines from 1950 to 1993.
Update 01/09/2000
The N-Base Database has been updated with records up to and including 19/08/2000.
The Site Search facility has been repaired and improved.
The Latest News pages for August have been updated.
A number of new links have been added to the Links Pages.
Update – 19/07/2000
These are the latest additions and changes to the N-Base Web Site:
- The N-Base Database has been updated with records up to 30/06/2000 now added. There are now about 10,700 records.
- There are also two new Latest News files added with selections from our N-Base Briefings up to 15/07/2000.
- The full text of the OSPAR convention’s decision on radioactive discharges
- The full text of the German government’s agreement on phasing out nuclear power
- The full text of submissions to the DTI on Dounreay fuel management from Shetland Islands Council, the Nuclear Free Local Authorities, Greenpeace, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and KIMO.
- A number of the Links Pages have been updated