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Ignalina closure vote
29 October, 1999

Safety in the deregulated era
30 September, 1999
The restructuring of the nuclear industry is changing the nature of safety issues for regulatory bodies as well as utilities.

25 years on – WM99 looks to the past and the future
30 June, 1999
At this 25th “Waste Management” Conference, the past was always present. The Hanford waste tank clean-up effort, for example, which was the subject of the first WM Conference, continues. As to the future, the Pangea proposal – to develop a multinational disposal facility in Australia – marks the return of the concept of regional repositories. While political concerns make it difficult for a government to accept such a plan, the arguments are so powerful that the idea will not go away.

EBRD Chernobyl proposals rejected
28 May, 1999

Cook pledges help for Russian clean-up
31 March, 1999

Government in disarray as Germany heats up
31 March, 1999

In search of a master stroke
07 February, 1999
The path to tapping fusion power has been tougher than anyone anticipated and the ultimate destination remains infuriatingly out of sight. After forty years, the programme is now facing major financial hurdles. To reach the end of the road they have to be overcome.

Growing awareness of the NORM risks from non-nuclear industries
07 February, 1999
Radioactive waste is perceived by some as a special type of waste, requiring more stringent standards than other hazardous waste if public concerns are to be met.1 Radwaste is also often viewed as specific to nuclear power. However, there is a growing awareness that naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) arising from practices other than nuclear power lead to public exposures and that their management must be placed in perspective with other practices that may affect health and safety.