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Intermediate-level waste repatriated to Australia
A consignment of intermediate-level waste (ILW) was delivered to the interim waste store at the he Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation’s (ANSTO’s) Lucas...
Framatome receives US NRC approval to transport higher enriched fuel
France’s Framatome said it has achieved a significant milestone for the delivery of nuclear fuel at higher enrichment and burnup levels.
India orders transport casks from Holtec for Kudankulam
US-based Holtec International announced that its India based subsidiary in Pune, Holtec Asia, had received an order for two transport casks from Nuclear Power Corporation of India...
Kansai Electric returns unused fuel to UK
Kansai Electric Power Company has returned 40 unused fuel assemblies from unit 2 of its Mihama nuclear power plant in Japan's Fukui Prefecture to the Westinghouse Springfields...
US tests new railcar for used fuel and radwaste transport
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy (ONE) said on 11 January that a new high-tech railcar developed by the US Navy and DOE) was en route from Oregon to a...
Canada’s NWMO releases transportation plans
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) in early January released two planning documents that, it said, “address the wide range of priorities, questions and concerns...
US certification for NAC International's OPTIMUS-L transport packaging
NAC International Inc. announced it has received US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) certification for the OPTIMUS®-L version of its versatile OPTImal Modular...
Orano acquires STSI from the Geodis group
The Orano group and Geodis, a subsidiary of the SNCF Group signed an agreement for the acquisition by Orano Nuclear Packages and Services (Orano NPS) of Société de Transports...
First steam generator delivered to Russia’s Kursk-II
The first of four steam generators for the VVER-TOI reactor under construction at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP had been delivered to the construction site. The steam generator...
UK recycles decommissioned nuclear cargo vessel
The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said on 12 October Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), which operated Oceanic Pintail, had set Dales Marine Services the challenge...
Specialised vehicle developed for Belgium’s ONDRAF
Belgium’s radioactive waste management company, ONDRAF, said on 6 October that Equans Specialized Nuclear Services, formerly Transnubel, had developed at its request a unique...
US suspends authority to ship nuclear materials to China
The US Federal Register on 1 October published a notice by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), dated 27 September with immediate effect, suspending the general licence...
Orano US delivers transport casks to KHNP
Orano US said on 24 August that it had delivered its first TN-LC® transport cask to a delegation from Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), which operates 24 NPPs in South Korea and...
Cyclife wins contracts from PreussenElektra to dismantle steam generators
Cyclife Sweden, part of EDF Group’s decommissioning and waste management subsidiary, said on 17 May that it had been awarded a long-term contract for the transport and treatment of...
New integrated nuclear transport system for UK
A new specialist nuclear transport organisation was officially launched in the UK on 19 April. Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) is part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority...
Osprey contracted to deliver oversized equipment to Hinkley Point C
UK company Osprey Group has won a multi-million pound contract to deliver all of the oversized equipment needed in the next phase of construction at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
Repatriation of HEU from Canada to USA
The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have announced the completion of a multi-year campaign...
NAC receives Canadian certification for OPTIMUS packaging
US-based NAC International (NAC) has received certification for the OPTIMUS®-L version of its versatile OPTIMUS (OPTImal Modular Universal Shipping) transport packagings from the...
Holtec launches heavy load transporter
The first HI-TRAN 300 vertical heavy load hauler designed by its Holtec's Nuclear Power Division (NPD) has been manufactured and factory tested by the company’s Advanced...
