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The UK Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) says 2,100 tonnes of...
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Hanford Site launches second melter
Workers at the US Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment & Immobilisation Plant (WTP) have launched the second of two 300-tonne melters that has now reached the operating temperature of...
Nagra to establish subsidiaries to construct Swiss repository
Switzerland’s National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) will establish two new subsidiaries to be responsible for the construction and operation of the...
Lithuania develops concept for geological disposal facility
Lithuania’s State Enterprise Ignalina NPP (INPP) has developed a general concept for the construction of a geological disposal facility (GDF) with assistance from Finnish waste...
Sellafield begins removal of zeolite skips from legacy pond to new storage facility
Operators at the UK’s Sellafield site have removed the first zeolite skip from the First Generation Magnox Storage Pond (FGMSP) to a self-shielded box, which was then placed in the...
Canadian township moves forward in process to host deep geological repository
The mayor and Council of the Canadian Township of Ignace have signed an agreement with the Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) on the potential hosting of a deep...
GNS and EnergySolutions to co-operate in Asian nuclear market
During the Waste Management Symposium 2024 in Phoenix (Arizona, USA), German radioactive waste specialist Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service (GNS) and US-based EnergySolutions signed...
NWMO reports reinforce confidence in safety at potential Canadian repository sites
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) has published new research – the 2023 Confidence in Safety reports – on the two potential sites under consideration to host a...
UK completes transfer of Winfrith waste drums ahead of schedule
A major project involving the UK’s Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) and Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) to permanently dispose of more than 1,000...
SKB breaks ground on new geology building in Forsmark
Swedish radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering (SKB) said a ground-breaking ceremony has taken place for a new geology building in Forsmark. The building will...
SHINE Technologies selects Deep Isolation technology for high-level waste
US-based nuclear waste storage and disposal company Deep Isolation has been selected by SHINE Technologies as its preferred solution for storage and disposal of the high-level waste...
AFCONE and DeepGeo launch partnership to expand nuclear energy in Africa
The African Commission On Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) and US-based DeepGEO have signed a partnership agreement paving the way for expanding nuclear energy in Africa and establishing a...
Orano and SHINE Technologies to co-operate on used fuel recycling
The Orano group and US-based SHINE Technologies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a view to developing a pilot plant in the USA for recycling used nuclear fuel...
DOE awards integrated tank disposition contract at the Hanford Site
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has awarded the Hanford Integrated Tank Disposition Contract (ITDC) to Hanford Tank Waste Operations...
Cruas-Meysse 2 restarts using recycled uranium fuel
Unit 2 of France’s Cruas-Meysse NPP is now operating its first full core of recycled uranium fuel. EDF Nuclear & Thermal Park Director Cedric Lewandowski said this was “a historic...
EIS granted for extension of El Cabril
The General Directorate of Quality & Environmental Assessment at Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition & Demographic Challenge (Miteco) has issued an Environmental...
UK council withdraws from talks to host geological disposal facility at Holderness
Councillors at the UK's East Riding of Yorkshire Council have voted to withdraw from talks on the possibility of hosting a nuclear geological disposal facility (GDF) at South...
New study reveals potential for reduction in high-level nuclear waste volumes
US-based nuclear waste storage and disposal company Deep Isolation has completed a study for SHINE Technologies, which is developing solutions to recycle used nuclear fuel by...
DOE explores foreign vitrification technology
Jeff Avery Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has visited France to learn more about the...
EC approves Belgian nuclear melting furnace
The European Commission (EC) has approved development by Belgian Research Centre (SCK-CEN) and the Liège-based Centre for Metallurgical Research (CRM) of an advanced smelter for...
