Trawsfynydd nuclear power station has finished its 20‑year decommissioning waste programme, completing the removal of almost 2,300 intermediate‑level radioactive waste packages from the site. The Higher Activity Waste (HAW) programme focused on safely retrieving, processing and storing the highest‑risk waste left after the plant stopped generating electricity in the 1990s. According to Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS), the final waste package was transferred into secure on‑site storage, marking the end of the waste‑management phase and enabling the next step: reducing the height of the reactor buildings from 54 m to 29 m. Costain, the principal contractor, will lead the work, a project worth up to £70 million and expected to take up to four years. The completion reflects progress in the UK’s early‑generation nuclear clean‑up mission.
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