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Ukraine regulator agrees extension for dismantling of Chornobyl sarcophagus
The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine has extended by six years the licence relating to dismantling the most unstable parts of the shelter hastily constructed over unit...
Veolia selects Siteflow to support Fukushima decommissioning
French radioactive waste management specialist Veolia Nuclear Solutions (VNS) and software solution provider Siteflow have formed a partnership to improve the design, execution...
Rosatom completes dismantling of floating technical base Lepse
Rosatom has finally completed dismantling of floating technical base (FTB) Lepse after 10-years of work. Construction of the Lepse began in 1934 at the Nikolaev shipyards as a...
Study confirms removal of all fuel from decommissioned Soviet-era reactor
Recent studies have found that a decommissioned Soviet-era training reactor at Estonia’s port city of Paldiski contains sources of radioactivity but no nuclear fuel, according to ETV...
Final used fuel assemby removed from Kursk 1
The first preparatory stage of decommissioning at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk NPP has been completed. The finalised fuel assembly (FA) was unloaded from the reactor core ahead of...
NorthStar completes removal and shipment of Vallecitos boiling water reactor
NorthStar Group Services has removed the Vallecitos boiling water reactor (VBWR) from the GEH Vallecitos Nuclear Centre in California and has delivered it for disposal to the...
Magnox rebrands to become Nuclear Restoration Services
The UK’s Magnox Ltd will in future be known as Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS). “This is more than a change of sign – it is a demonstration of the organisation we want to be –...
US NRC approves changes to Indian Point emergency planning requirements
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted Holtec Decommissioning International’s request to revise the emergency preparedness plan for the Indian Point NPP in Buchanan, New...
APTIM completes disposal of US nuclear refuelling barge
Louisiana-based APTIM, a US company focused on radiological and nuclear facility decommissioning, has completed the dismantlement and disposal of the Surface Ship Support Barge (SSSB)...
Rosatom develops technology to deal with sodium from decommissioned fast reactors
Russia’s AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics & Power Engineering (IPPE – part of Rosatom) in Obninsk has completed a five-year programme to deal with sodium metal from the...
USACE re-awards contract to dismantle SM-1A reactor
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – Baltimore District has awarded a contract to decommission and dismantle the SM-1A Reactor Facility to Aptim-Amentum Alaska Decommissioning...
Costs increase for clean-up of US Cold War legacy sites
The estimated future cost to clean up 19 sites contaminated by nuclear waste from the Cold War nuclear arms race has risen by nearly $1bn over the past seven years, according to a...
Rehabilitation of uranium tailing site completed ahead of schedule
Rosatom specialists have completed work to rehabilitate legacy uranium tailing sites as part of a project to rehabilitate the Taboshar industrial site near the city of Istiklol in...
Restoration progress at Zorita plant site
Spain’s decommissioning and waste management company Enresa has completed restoration work at the site of the José Cabrera NPP (Almonacid de Zorita) in Guadalajara following demolition...
INB completes first stage of decommissioning in Caldas
Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) says it has completed the first stage of demolition of buildings at the Unit for Decommissioning of Caldas (UDC) in southern Minas Gerais, which...
Defuelling of first reactor complete at Hunterston B
The defuelling of the first reactor at the UK’s Hunterston B NPP has been completed, on time and on budget, EDF Energy reported. Reactor 3 was defuelled in 16 months and work is due...
DOE settles dispute over Hanford site with Washington Ecology Department
The Washington State Department of Ecology (WSDE) says a settlement agreement has finally been reached with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure access to critical federal...
Remediation begins at former uranium mining sites in Uzbekistan
Remediation work at legacy uranium mining sites in Uzbekistan is under way, supported by a €9m ($11m) grant from the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA) – set up...
Switzerland’s Mühleberg NPP completes defuelling
Swiss energy group BKW (formerly Bernische Kraftwerke) has completed defueling of the decommissioned Mühleberg NPP (KKM Kernkraftwerk Mühleberg). The 418 used fuel elements have all...
