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Increased funding for Norwegian nuclear decommissioning
The Norwegian government proposes to increase the allocation for handling nuclear waste and nuclear facilities for Norsk Nukleær Dekommisjonering (Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning -...
First containers sealed at Dounreay's low-level waste vaults
Workers at the UK’s former fast reactor test facility at Dounreay in Scotland - which operated from 1955 to 1994 - have completed the first in a series of campaigns to seal the...
NGOs take legal action over closure of Belgian NPPs
Several Belgian NGOs are taking the Belgian state and energy company Engie-Electrabel and transmission system operator Elia to court over the closure of unit 3 at the Doel NPP and unit...
UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to partner with National Decommissioning Centre
The unique strategic partnership, supporting research with a potential value of up to GBP900,000 ($976,000), will see the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) work with...
Belgium shuts down Doel 3
Belgium has shut down its first nuclear reactor as part of a planned nuclear power phase-out, despite last minute attempts by some government officials to delay the closure in the face...
Demolition preparations progress at Alpha-4 enrichment facility
US Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management (EM) crews are taking the first steps to bring the massive Alpha-4 facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) to...
Demolition of US Bulk Shielding Reactor complex begins
Demolition has begun on the US Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Bulk Shielding Reactor Complex (BSRC). US Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management (EM) crews...
Future of Belgium’s Doel 3 still unclear
Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) may consider postponing the closure of Doel NPP unit 3, according to Belgian press reports. On 14 September, it was reported that...
USACE contracts Westinghouse to decommission Alaskan reactor
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, has awarded a $103 million contract to Westinghouse Government Services of South Carolina for the decommissioning,...
UK’s Hinkley Point B closes after 46 years
After more than 46 years of electricity generation in Somerset, the UK’s Hinkley Point B NPP closed on 1 August when the Hinkley Point B 1 reactor was permanently shut down. The...
Slovakia’s Bohunice reactors fully dismantled
Two Soviet-era reactors at the Bohunice V1 nuclear power plant in the Slovak Republic have been fully dismantled and the components decontaminated for safe storage or recycling,...
Sellafield signs agreements with Seddon and Jacobs
UK-based Seddon Construction Ltd has been appointed by Sellafield to deliver the building fit-out requirement, through a fourth framework agreement worth GBP175 million (213m) over...
Westinghouse to assist in decommissioning Norway’s research reactors
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has announced a major engineering contract with Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND) to plan the decommissioning of Norway’s two nuclear...
Decommissioning of Switzerland’s Mühleberg NPP on track
The dismantling of Switzerland’s Mühleberg NPP is making good progress, plant operator BKW/FMB has said. BKW/FMB said 102 of the 418 nuclear fuel rods had already been transported to...
Environmental permits for Sizewell C
The UK Environment Agency (EA) has begun a 12-week public consultation on three environmental permits for the operation of the proposed GBP20 billion ($23.8bn) Sizewell C nuclear...
Jacobs to support Norway Nuclear Decommissioning
Norsk Nukleær Dekommisjonering (NND - Norway Nuclear Decommissioning) on 29 June selected a joint venture between Jacobs and Multiconsult Norge to plan the decommissioning of...
SVI to support decommissioning at Hinkley Point A
UK Magnox Ltd, on behalf of the Hinkley Point A NPP, has asked Steve Vick International (SVI) to design and supply an effective method for sealing and decommissioning...
Dismantling of Spain’s José Cabrera NPP almost complete
The dismantling of Spain’s José Cabrera NPP (Almonacid de Zorita, Guadalajara) has reached one of its final milestones: demolition of the large building, the old turbine building,...
Framatome to provide decontamination at Bruce Power 3&4
France’s Framatome has been awarded a contract to provide full system decontamination at Canada’s Bruce Power units 3&4 as part of their Major Component Replacement (MCR)...
