Kate Stephens

2 weeks ago | envirolink.org | Kate Stephens |Victoria Gill

From BBC 3 days agoShareSaveKate Stephens and Victoria GillBBC News science teamShareSaveGetty ImagesRolls Royce has been selected to develop and build the UK’s first small nuclear power stations. It is hoped small modular reactors (SMRs) will help meet the UK’s growing electricity demands, be faster to develop than full size reactors and create thousands of skilled jobs.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Kate Stephens |Victoria Gill

What are small nuclear reactors and why does the UK want to build them? Kate Stephens and Victoria GillGetty ImagesChina has built one of the world's first small modular nuclear reactors, also dubbed 'mini nukes' Rolls Royce has been selected to develop and build the UK's first small nuclear power stations. It is hoped small modular reactors (SMRs) will help meet the UK's growing electricity demands, be faster to develop than full size reactors and create thousands of skilled jobs.

1 month ago | principia-scientific.com | Georgina Rannard |Kate Stephens |Tony Jolliffe

Written by Georgina Rannard, Kate Stephens and Tony Jolliffe on May 12, 2025. Posted in Current News The first samples of Moon rock brought back to Earth in nearly 50 years have arrived in the UK – on loan from China. The tiny grains of dust are now locked inside a safe in a high security facility in Milton Keynes – we were given the first look at them.

Nov 25, 2024 | pelhamexaminer.com | Kate Stephens |Amelia Pascual

On, Nov. 9 at 7:30 a.m., our sixth grade Girl Scout Troop left Pelham to attend the 2024 Girl Scout LaGuardia Career Day. After a 30-minute drive, we arrived at LGA Terminal B, and to our surprise the entire terminal was evacuated due to a bomb threat. Hundreds of people were standing outside, and for a quick moment we thought our event would be cancelled.

Sep 8, 2024 | envirolink.org | Victoria Gill |Kate Stephens

From BBC BBCA repeating tone – blip, blip, blip – is the audible reminder that we are in one of the most hazardous nuclear sites in the world: Sellafield. That sound – pulsing from speakers inside the cavernous fuel-handling plant – is a signal that everything is functioning as it should. That is comforting because Sellafield, in Cumbria, is the temporary home to the vast majority of the UK’s radioactive nuclear waste, as well as the world’s largest stockpile of plutonium.