{"id":1414,"date":"2025-12-20T10:31:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T10:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2025-12-20T10:41:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T10:41:39","slug":"this-issue-of-countering-capenhurst-is-very-much-a-summary-of-some-news-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/?p=1414","title":{"rendered":"Countering Capenhurst &#8211; End of Year 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This issue of Countering Capenhurst is very much a summary of some news stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>DRS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 23rd two flasks were taken from Crewe to Sellafield. We have no other details about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>End of Services<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DRS ends 13-year run providing Thunderbird services on the West Coast Main Line<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.dpsimulation.org.uk\/uk-railway-news\/drs-ends-13-year-run-providing-thunderbird-services-on-the-west-coast-main-line\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>URENCO News Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Project announces six-year supply contract with Urenco<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-wp-embed is-provider-sizewell-c wp-block-embed-sizewell-c\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"k0hCqC1TWG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sizewellc.com\/news-views\/sizewell-c-signs-fuel-contracts-in-boost-for-energy-security\/\">Sizewell C signs fuel contracts in boost for energy security<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Sizewell C signs fuel contracts in boost for energy security&#8221; &#8212; Sizewell C\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sizewellc.com\/news-views\/sizewell-c-signs-fuel-contracts-in-boost-for-energy-security\/embed\/#?secret=e6God352Lo#?secret=k0hCqC1TWG\" data-secret=\"k0hCqC1TWG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-sizewell-c wp-block-embed-sizewell-c\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"k0hCqC1TWG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sizewellc.com\/news-views\/sizewell-c-signs-fuel-contracts-in-boost-for-energy-security\/\">Sizewell C signs fuel contracts in boost for energy security<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Sizewell C signs fuel contracts in boost for energy security&#8221; &#8212; Sizewell C\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sizewellc.com\/news-views\/sizewell-c-signs-fuel-contracts-in-boost-for-energy-security\/embed\/#?secret=e6God352Lo#?secret=k0hCqC1TWG\" data-secret=\"k0hCqC1TWG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-sizewell-c wp-block-embed-sizewell-c\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"k0hCqC1TWG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sizewellc.com\/news-views\/sizewell-c-signs-fuel-contracts-in-boost-for-energy-security\/\">Sizewell C signs fuel contracts in boost for energy security<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Sizewell C signs fuel contracts in boost for energy security&#8221; &#8212; Sizewell C\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sizewellc.com\/news-views\/sizewell-c-signs-fuel-contracts-in-boost-for-energy-security\/embed\/#?secret=e6God352Lo#?secret=k0hCqC1TWG\" data-secret=\"k0hCqC1TWG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sizewell C nuclear power plant secures its fuel supply through agreements signed with Urenco and Framatome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/discoveryalert.com.au\/news\/urenco-doubles-uranium-enrichment-capacity-netherlands-2025\">https:\/\/discoveryalert.com.au\/news\/urenco-doubles-uranium-enrichment-capacity-netherlands-2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-energynews-pro wp-block-embed-energynews-pro\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JG1xuji44S\"><a href=\"https:\/\/energynews.pro\/en\/sizewell-c-signs-two-major-contracts-for-nuclear-fuel-supply\/\">Sizewell C signs two major contracts for nuclear fuel supply<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Sizewell C signs two major contracts for nuclear fuel supply&#8221; &#8212; energynews.pro\" src=\"https:\/\/energynews.pro\/en\/sizewell-c-signs-two-major-contracts-for-nuclear-fuel-supply\/embed\/#?secret=puk4y1eUas#?secret=JG1xuji44S\" data-secret=\"JG1xuji44S\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Urenco Doubles Uranium Enrichment Expansion at Almelo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/discoveryalert.com.au\/news\/urenco-doubles-uranium-enrichment-capacity-netherlands-2025\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Other News Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Sellafield-based firms force to lay off staff due to work shortage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216; A number of firms which have contracts at the Sellafield site have been forced to lay off workers temporarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Engineering Construction Industry Association confirmed that the firms were working on projects affected by industrial action taken by Unite members at the site.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/cumbriacrack.com\/2025\/12\/10\/sellafield-based-firms-force-to-lay-off-staff-due-to-work-shortage\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Nukiller Shipping<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited [ PNTL ] has just celebrated ( sic ) 50 years of transporting nukiller materials to and from Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PNTL is now a part of Nuclear Transport Solutions, which in turn a part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>We view this as nothing to celebrate about.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Inside the uranium plant at the center of U.S. plans to expand nuclear power<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/10\/04\/urenco-centrus-orano-enriched-uranium-nuclear-russia-ai-data-center.html\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Forthcoming Events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a part of the long term urgent need to stop nukiller power we are having to look at just what we are capable of doing next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of this process we will be continuing to work with Radiation Free Lakeland, and be at the DRS open day event in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This issue of Countering Capenhurst is very much a summary of some news stories. DRS On October 23rd two flasks were taken from Crewe to Sellafield. We have no other details about them. End of Services DRS ends 13-year run providing Thunderbird services on the West Coast Main Line URENCO News Stories Project announces six-year &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/?p=1414\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Countering Capenhurst &#8211; End of Year 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-countering-capenhurst"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1424,"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions\/1424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}