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First test glass poured at Hanford Waste Treatment Plant
The Waste Treatment & Immobilisation Plant (WTP) at the US Hanford Site has produced the initial container of test glass as workers commission the first of two large melters at...
IAEA reviews used fuel and radwaste management in Netherlands
The Netherlands has established an effective programme for managing its used fuel and radioactive waste for its current needs, according to an International Atomic Energy Agency...
COP28: 22 countries target tripling global nuclear energy capacity by 2050
At the 28th Conference of the Parties to the original 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), 22 countries signed a declaration supporting tripling...
Orano’s TN Eagle nuclear packaging approved by US NRC
France’s Orano has obtained transport approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) enabling its continued commercial and industrial development in the US.
Belarus plans to build radioactive waste storage facility by 2030
Belarus, with the support of Rosatom specialists, is drawing up plans for the construction of radioactive waste disposal facilities (RWDF), including development of a digital model...
Studsvik signs licence agreement to develop inDRUM waste treatment in South Korea
Sweden’s Studsvik has signed a Technology Licence Agreement with South Korea’s Dongguk Nuclear Solution, to provide engineering services to support an establishment of an inDRUM in...
New air ventilation system for WIPP
A new large-scale ventilation system, also known as the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) is being commissioned at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s)...
Work begins to secure low-level waste vaults at UK’s Drigg repository
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), part of the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), has begun work on the final capping of historic trenches and vaults which are now full and ready...
Orano begins loading dry storage system at US Wolf Creek NPP
Orano USA has completed the first loading of used nuclear fuel into the first three upper modules of the two-tiered NUHOMS MATRIXTM horizontal dry storage system installed at the...
US Nuclear promotes Arbok’s technology for cleaning radioactive wastewater
US Nuclear’s says its partner, Arbok-Nuclear, has developed revolutionary new water purification technology that fully removes radioactive contamination in water, including...
Bechtel to support Urenco's expansion activities in the UK
US-based Bechtel has been selected by European enrichment services and fuel cycle company Urenco to support the expansion of its Tails Management Facility (TMF) at the Capenhurst site...
Canada’s Moltex derisks innovative waste recycling process
Moltex Energy Canada has announced a significant breakthrough in its waste recycling programme, following “rigorous experiments” at its uranium-licensed laboratory. Moltex says it...
Doosan Enerbility awarded used fuel cask project
South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility has signed a contract with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) to carry out the overall design of a used nuclear fuel dry storage system. The contract...
WIPP ventilation shaft reaches final depth
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico recently achieved a milestone as its largest safety-related ventilation system reached its final...
Construction starts at Netherlands Multifunctional Storage Building
Construction has begun of the Multifunctional Storage Building (MOG) for low and intermediate-level waste - in Nieuwdorp, in the municipality of Borssele, in the Netherlands, the...
IAEA mission reviews Czech radwaste and used fuel management
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service for Radioactive Waste & Spent Fuel Management, Decommissioning & Remediation (ARTEMIS) mission says the...
EPRI and NEA to collaborate on waste management for SMRs
The US-based Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Paris-based Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) have announced a new collaboration on an upcoming NEA Joint Project focusing on...
New nuclear materials sorting facility opens in Canada
A new Canadian nuclear materials sorting facility in Kincardine is now fully operational accepting nuclear materials produced by Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) nuclear operations....
Rosatom and Belarus increase cooperation on radwaste management
Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL has entered into a long-term cooperation agreement with the Belarusian organisation for the management of radioactive waste, BelRAO. The agreement was...