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Barrnon and Wood progress in UK NDA innovation competition
Two consortia, led by Barrnon and Wood, have reached the next round of an innovation competition that could help decommission radioactive facilities at Sellafield, the UK...
More progress in Andreeva Bay clean-up
Used fuel assemblies, which had been lying for decades at the bottom of Building 5, an ageing used fuel store at Russia’s Andreeva Bay in the Arctic northwest, have been removed and secured.
Legal wrangling delays Chernobyl Shelter dismantling
The dismantling of the old sarcophagus (Shelter) at the Chernobyl NPP, now covered by the New Safe Confinement, is delayed due to litigation after the State Audit Service of...
Recognition for Sellafield's SMF project
The Silo Maintenance Facility (SMF) at Sellafield in Cumbria has been named the Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure Project of the Year by the Association for Project...
Physical work completed for decommissioning of US La Crosse NPP
US-based EnergySolutions announced on 12 November that it has completed the physical work at the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR) Decommissioning Project. This...
Swiss utilities oppose revision of decommissioning fund yields
Switzerland’s Federal Council on 6 November adopted the third revision of the Decommissioning and Disposal Fund Ordinance (SEFV), which reduces the real yield of the two funds from...
Enresa begins dismantling dome at Zorita
Spanish decommissioning and waste management firm Enresa has started work to dismantle the dome of the containment building of the José Cabrera (Zorita) nuclear plant in Almonacid...
Orano wins contracts for German dismantling
French company Orano, together with German partner EWN has been awarded two contracts by German utility RWE to carry out strategic dismantling operations at the Mülheim-Kärlich and...
EnergySolutions takes on Three Mile Island decommissioning
US utility FirstEnergy and EnergySolutions on 15 October signed an agreement whereby all licences and assets of unit 2 of the Three Mile Island NPP in Pennsylvania will be transferred...
Progress in defuelling Dounreay Fast Reactor
Half of the last remaining radioactive fuel elements jammed for decades inside the Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR) in northern Scotland have now been removed, Dounreay Site Restoration...
Centrus Completes D&D Project for US DOE
US Centrus Energy Corp announced on 9 October that it had completed decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) of the US Department of Energy's (DOE’s) K-1600 facility in Oak...
Canada’s Laker offers its technology for Fukushima
Laker TRF Ltd, an affiliate of Canada’s Laker Energy Products, believes its Advanced Water Distillation (AWD) technology could provide "cost-effective and reliable" detritiation for...
Exelon confirms closure of Three Mile Island
US energy company Exelon Corp on 20 September said it would shut down unit 1 at its Three Mile Island nuclear plant, which had been operating since 1974, by 30 September.
Reactor defuelling completed at UK Wylfa site
The final flask of used fuel from UK’s Wylfa Site has been dispatched for reprocessing at Sellafield in Cumbria, marking the end of defuelling operations at all 26 of...
UK NDA takes over Magnox
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) on 3 September took ownership of Magnox Ltd, which is responsible for the cleanup of 12 nuclear sites and operation of one hydroelectric...
Tepco may decommission at least one unit at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP
Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said on 26 August that it may start to decommission at least one of the seven boiling water reactor (BWR) units at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa...
Cooling tower demolished at Germany’s Mülheim-Kärlich NPP
German utility RWE on 9 August completed demolition of the cooling tower at the Mülheim-Kärlich NPP in Rhineland-Palatinate as part of its decommissioning programme. Work to dismantle...
Dismantling of Fukushima chimney begins
Work began in August to dismantle a highly contaminated exhaust stack at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan.
First contract signed for dismantling Chernobyl sarcophagus
The Ukrainian state company that manages the Chernobyl nuclear site, SSE Chernobyl NPP, has signed a $78 million contract with construction company Ukrbudmontazh (UBM) for the creation...
