Private company

International Nuclear Services

UK government nuclear fuels company

International Nuclear Services (INS) is a United Kingdom company involved in the management and transport of nuclear fuels. INS is based near Whitehaven, in Cumbria and is operated by Nuclear Transport Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK Government's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersRisley1
  • Websitewww.innuserv.com
  • Legal formPrivate Limited Company3
  • LEI984500861F0B9BBAE9863
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressHerdus House Ingwell Drive, CA24 3HU Moor Row, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 011443523
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Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

International Nuclear Services (INS) is a United Kingdom company involved in the management and transport of nuclear fuels. INS is based near Whitehaven, in Cumbria and is operated by Nuclear Transport Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK Government's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).2

The story

INS began as the Spent Fuel Services division of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL). As part of the restructuring of BNFL, 49% of the business was transferred to the NDA in 2006. It was renamed International Nuclear Services in 2007 and in April 2008, as BNFL was wound up, the NDA acquired the remaining 51% of INS.

From Wikipedia’s article on International Nuclear Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

INS offers management, consultancy and transport services covering uranium, MOX fuel, irradiated fuel and nuclear waste. It also acts as the NDA's commercial arm, managing contracts for services provided from the NDA's Sellafield and Dounreay sites. As part of this role it works alongside the NDA's Direct Rail Services subsidiary, which transports nuclear materials in the UK by rail.

From Wikipedia’s article on International Nuclear Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Nov 8, 1973Founded International Nuclear Services is founded3