Tag Archives: Natural Resources Wales

Haddiscoe accident report calls for more collaboration between organisations on railway flood resilience

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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has called for Network Rail to work more collaboratively with the Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales and Scottish local authorities to ensure that railway-related flood risk is managed appropriately.

The recommendation comes as part of RAIB’s report into the embankment washout under a passenger train…

Rolls-Royce small modular reactor design passes first assessment hurdle

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The Environment Agency, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) have announced that they are progressing to the next phase of their assessment of Rolls-Royce SMR’s 470MW small modular reactor (SMR) design.

The assessment process for nuclear power plants is known as generic design assessment (GDA) and…

Contractors wanted for £36M Welsh forest infrastructure framework

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Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is looking to appoint experienced contractors to construct, maintain, repair, service or upgrade physical structures and associated land within the Welsh Government Woodland Estate (WGWA).

The WGWA is land owned by the Welsh government and managed by NRW. Its area is 126,000ha – 6% of the land…