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Approval notice issued for dismantling of Isar 2
Bavaria’s Ministry of the Environment has issued an approval notice to begin dismantling unit 2 of Germany’s Isar NPP. In accordance with the requirements of the Federal Atomic...
Contract signed for removal of Mühleberg reactor vessel
The German UfG consortium – comprising Uniper Nuclear Services GmbH, Framatome GmbH and GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH – has won the contract to dismantle and package...
US national labs awarded funding to speed up Hanford tank waste clean-up
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has awarded $27.3m for research & development to accelerate the Hanford Site’s tank waste clean-up mission....
Young generation protests at planned closure of Spain’s Almaraz NPP
The Salvemos Almaraz (Save Almaraz) initiative promoted by the Spanish Nuclear Youth Network has received some support during a meeting in Madrid bringing together more than...
Remote handling upgrade to aid JET decommissioning
The Remote Handling Control Room at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has undergone a significant upgrade providing one of the most advanced robotics and remote...
UK completes first full decommissioning of reactor site under modern regulatory controls
The Imperial College Reactor Centre (ICRC), part of Imperial College London, has become the first reactor site to be fully decommissioned in UK nuclear history under modern...
EBRD signs new grant agreement for next phase of Chornobyl project
The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD), which administers grant funds from the International Chornobyl Cooperation Account (ICCA), has signed a new agreement...
Nuvia contracted to dismantle Ringhals 1&2
Nuvia, a subsidiary of France-based Vinci Construction, has been awarded a contract by Swedish energy company Vattenfall to dismantle units 1&2 of Sweden’s Ringhals NPP. Nuvia will...
UK decommissioning partnership reports progress
The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said it is working with the National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) on research to support the energy sector. “Bridging the oil and gas...
Second RBMK unit closed at Russia’s Kursk NPP
The RBMK reactor at unit 2 of Russia’s Kursk NPP has been permanently shut down after 45 years of operation. Kursk NPP comprises four ageing RBMK-1000 units, two of which are now...
Leningrad NPP prepares used fuel handling complex to support decommissioning
At Russia’s Leningrad NPP, the capacities of the complex for handling used nuclear fuel are being developed to support the decommissioning of the RBMK-1000 power units....
More delays for Fukushima nuclear fuel debris removal
The removal of melted fuel rods from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP destroyed by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami will be deferred until around October, Tokyo Electric Power Co....
Russia develops facility to decontaminate irradiated concrete
Scientists at the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) have created a laboratory facility for decontamination of radioactively contaminated concrete commissioned by the Rosatom Fuel...
Sogin to collaborate with JRC on nuclear dismantling strategy
Italy’s Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin), the state-owned company responsible for decommissioning NPPs, has signed a collaboration agreement with the European...
Refurbishment of Sellafield site's electricity system makes progress
A critical project to upgrade electrical power network at the UK’s Sellafield site has achieved an important milestone, according to Sellafield Ltd. The Electrical Distribution...
Sogin begins dismantling RPV at Garigliano NPP
Italy’s Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin) has begun dismantling the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) of the boiling water reactor, at the Garigliano NPP (municipality of...
Collaborating robot fleet may support NPP decommissioning
UK engineers from University of Glasgow, University of Manchester, Bristol Robotics Laboratory and Heriot-Watt University are developing the Symbiotic Multi-Robot Fleet (SMuRF)...
US DOE issues draft request for proposal for Portsmouth Paducah
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO) Technical Support Services (TSS) procurement. The...
Approval granted for decommissioning of Grohnde
Lower Saxony’s Ministry for the Environment, Energy & Climate has granted approval to PreussenElektra to begin dismantling the 1360 MWe pressurised water reactor at Grohnde NPP (KWG)...
