Nuclear Information Service

22/07/2026

A forest fire near the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) was attended by 100 fire fighters yesterday with some remaining overnight. The fire, just 2km (1.2 miles) from the nuclear weapons site follows another in nearby Mortimer last week.

30/05/2026

Annual Report 2025

Our Annual Report for 2025 - our 25th Anniversary year -includes Chair's report, update on activities, staff and accounts report.

26/05/2026

UN is brutally honest about the failure of reaffirming NPT commitments but diplomatic regarding who to blame.

After four weeks of negotiations at UN Headquarters in New York, the 11th Review Conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ended on Friday without consensus on a final declaration.

21/05/2026

https://www.southwales.ac.uk/news/2026/may/what-secret-report-reveals-about-british-nuclear-weapons-tests--veterans-claimed-they-were-harmed-by-the-fallout/

The cost of obstructing transparency receives fresh attention

2 months has passed since the Mirror broke the story: AWE and MOD knew veterans ate contaminated fishes. There has been a lengthy parliamentary debate since this revelation. Minister for Veterans and People committed "to undertake work to fully understand the implications of the 2014 report and its handling, and to take action if necessary", but nothing has come out of this yet.

The cost of cover up won't be forgotten, rather it accumulates, just like contamination in the body.

Chris Hill, Professor of History at the University of South Wales, and Dr Jonathan Hogg, Senior Lecturer in 20th Century History at the University of Liverpool, write for The Conversation on the impact of the UK nuclear test programme on veterans across the country.

19/05/2026

AWE Aldermaston inspection 2/2026 rated Amber for hazardous operation

https://www.onr.org.uk/publications/regulatory-reports/site-specific-reports/inspection-records/2026/05/atomic-weapons-establishment-aldermaston-inspection-id-54091

- the competency and suitability of personnel responsible for undertaking high hazard radiography operations was not being adequately managed and controlled.
- the implementation of the Plan of the Week (PLoW) did not effectively consider high hazard tasks and adequately deconflict activities in the interest of ensuring safety
- the risk assessments associated with radiography operations were not suitable and sufficient
- necessary steps to restrict exposure to ionising radiation had not been taken

Executive summary Date(s) of inspection: February 2026 Aim of inspection This intervention was undertaken across the AWE Nuclear Security Technologies Explosives Business Unit (XBU) and aligns with the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) 2025/26 integrated intervention strategy for the weapons sub-d...

22/04/2026

Join CND and a great line of speakers at our side event at the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York.
📍 Online
📅 28 April
⏲️ 5pm (UK) / 12 noon (NY)
With guest speakers including Melissa Parke, Executive Director; Zia Mian, Co-director Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University and co-chair of the UN Scientific Advisory Group; and Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Vice-Chair of Parliamentary CND and Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation. Chaired by Sophie Bolt, CND General Secretary.

Register: https://vist.ly/4z5h5
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22/04/2026

"Whilst Starmer poses for photographs with these submariners, trying to present them as heroes making great sacrifices for national security, in reality, these patrols show how reckless the government’s determination to maintain the so-called ‘continuous at sea deterrence’ is – and it puts us all at risk."

Read more: https://cnduk.org/under-pressure-starmer-welcomes-nuclear-sub-from-longest-ever-patrol/