The low-level nuclear waste store at Drigg in West Cumbria will continue to operate despite fears the site will eventually be eroded by rising sea levels. The concern was raised in a document released ...

A revised environmental permit has been issued to LLW Repository Limited allowing the continued disposal of low-level radioactive wastes at the UK's national repository for such wastes at Drigg in ...

The RSPB says the beach from Sellafield to Drigg is known to have low fledging success. The Low Level Waste Repository, near Drigg, Cumbria, is about the enter a new phase. The RSPB is working to ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...

Following this month's intense rainfall in the north of England an Environment Agency alert has highlighted the flood risk to the crumbling nuclear waste dump adjoining Sellafield in Cumbria, writes ...

Rising sea levels caused by global warming could destroy the UK’s only major nuclear waste dump in as little as 500 years, according to a report by the Environment Agency. That would cause the 1 ...

A contract to manage and operate the Drigg low-level waste repository has been awarded to the UK Nuclear Waste Management consortium by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The UK Nuclear ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...

A group of young farmers have raised over £30,000 for their local air ambulance by pulling a replica helicopter 77 miles. Drigg Young Farmers Club (Drigg YFC) pulled the replica, which is modelled on ...