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DOE completes demolition of buildings at Energy Technology Engineering Centre
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has completed demolition of the final DOE-owned buildings at the Energy Technology Engineering Centre (ETEC) northwest of Los Angeles.
IAEA designates collaborating centre in France for graphite reactor decommissioning
The International Atomic Energy Agency and EDF's Decommissioning and Waste Management Directorate have agreed to work together to help countries to strengthen technology and...
US NRC delays release of La Crosse and Zion sites for unrestricted use
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has extended its orders transferring the licences for the La Crosse and Zion nuclear power plants from EnergySolutions back to the plant...
Oak Ridge former enrichment site ready for reuse
The US Department of Energy’s Office (DOE’s) of Environmental Management (EM) has said that the for Oak Ridge centrifuge complex site is ready for reuse.
Fortum and Uniper to co-operate in nuclear decommissioning
Power company Fortum is entering into close co-operation with its strategic subsidiary Uniper to offer nuclear decommissioning and dismantling services for nuclear companies.
IAEA Review of Japan's Plans to Decommission Fukushima Daiichi
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts on 27 August completed a two-month review of Japan's plans and activities to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear...
Holtec reports decommissioning progress at US NPPs
US-based Holtec Decommissioning International (HDI), a subsidiary of Holtec International, on 24 August reported decommissioning progress at the Oyster Creek NPP in New Jersey and...
Russia’s Triniti uses mobile laser complex for metal dismantling
Russia’s Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Research (Triniti - part of Rosatom’s scientific division) and LLC Demolition jointly dismantled the metal frames of...
US DOE prepares for radwaste vitrification at Hanford
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management (EM) announced that tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) had...
Vattenfall signs agreement with Westinghouse for decommissioning work at Ringhals NPP
Vattenfall has signed an agreement with Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB for dismantling of reactor tanks and their internal parts as well as fuel racks at units 1&2 of the Ringhals NPP...
Russia’s NITI to decommission specialist nuclear test stand
Russia’s AP Aleksandrov Scientific Research Technological Institute (NITI) will decommission the nuclear reactor used for testing at its site in Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Region by...
All fuel removed from Leningrad unit 1 prior to decommissioning
Russia’s Leningrad NPP announced on 10 August that the last fuel assembly had been removed from the unit 1 reactor that was closed in December 2018. “Fuel assemblies (FAs) from all...
Demolition of Three Mile Island cooling towers postponed
TMI-2 Solutions, is a subsidiary of EnergySolutions, which is responsible for decommissioning the unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island NPP is delaying demolition of the reactor’s...
Jacobs to lead key decommissioning projects at Dounreay
US-based Jacobs said on 4 August that it had been selected to lead two decommissioning projects at the Dounreay nuclear site in Scotland, U.K., which Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd...
Exelon submits decommissioning plans for Byron and Dresden NPPs
Exelon Generation, owner and operator of the US Byron and Dresden NPPs, said on 28 July that it will file Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Reports (PSDARs) with the...
Taipower applies to close down Maanshan NPP
Taiwan’s Atomic Energy Council (AEC) announced on 26 July that Power Company (Taipower) had submitted an application to shut down the two-unit Maanshan nuclear power plant in line...
Bakerhicks win first stage of NNL nuclear ‘game changer’ challenge
UK-based design, engineering and project delivery company BakerHicks said on 20 July it had won the Feasibility Study stage of the ‘Detection of organics in pipes and vessels’...
Belgian report forecasts increased emissions as NPPs close
A recent report by Belgium’s the Federal Planning Bureau (FPB), entitled “Economische Vooruitzichten (Economic Outlook) 2021-2026, said Belgium’s planned nuclear phase-out would result...
Remediation completed at former New Haven nuclear facility in USA
The US Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), along with partners at the federal, municipal, and community levels, and the private sector, on 9...
