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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...
Decommissioning plan submitted for Japan’s Onagawa 1
Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power Company has filed an application with the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) for approval of its decommissioning plan Onagawa 1 in Miyagi Prefecture.
Fukushima Daiini to be decommissioned
Fukushima Governor, Masao Uchibori said on 30 July that his prefecture would accept Tokyo Electric Power Company’s decision to decommission the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant.
Contract awarded for Oyster Creek Decommissioning
Comprehensive Decommissioning International (CDI) – a joint venture of Holtec International and SNC-Lavalin – has been awarded its first commercial contract by Holtec...
Sellafield clean-up contract wins extension
The UK Decommissioning Delivery Partnership (DDP) which helps deliver Sellafield’s decommissioning programme has been extended after three years of activity.
Ukraine takes over New Safe Confinement and promotes Chernobyl tourism
The New Safe Confinement (NSC) built to encase the destroyed reactor 4 at the Chernobyl NPP and the sarcophagus which was hastily built around reactor immediately after the 1986...
US NRC approves transfer of Oyster Creek licence
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 20 June approved the transfer of the licence for the single-unit Oyster Creek NPP from Exelon Generation to Oyster Creek...
Toshiba and AECOM to collaborate on decommissioning
Japan’s Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) on has concluded an agreement with US-based infrastructure firm AECOM to collaborate on decommissioning services...
Demolition of US gaseous diffusion facilities begins
Work began on 23 May to demolish the last two buildings at the US gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment facility at Oak Ridge in Tennessee. Buildings K-131 and K-631, constructed in...
Sellafield awards a 20-year contracts
Sellafield said on 9 May that its Programme and Project Partners (PPP) model is set to revolutionise project delivery through newly established long-term partnerships.
Cavendish wins waste contract for Hinkley Point A
Cavendish Nuclear has secured a contract to design and build a plant for treating liquid wastes from the decommissioning of the Hinkley Point A nuclear plant in the UK.
Grouting completed at collapsed tunnel on US Hanford site
Workers at the US Hanford Site in southeast Washington state have finished filling a second waste storage tunnel with engineered grout, reducing the risk of a collapse and...
EnergySolutions to decommission Fort Calhoun
US-based EnergySolutions on 29 April signed a contract with the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to decommission the Fort Calhoun NPP in Nebraska, which shut down in 2016 after 43...
Uniper and Nukem to dismantle Swedish NPPs
A consortium of Germany’s Uniper Anlagenservice and Russia’s German-based Nukem Technologies has been awarded a contract to dismantle four reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) in Sweden –...
Chernobyl New Safe Confinement completed
The New Safe Confinement (NSC), a multinational project to construct a modern radiation sarcophagus over the destroyed reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine, has...
Framework contracts for Dounreay
Six framework contracts, potentially worth up to £400 million ($518 million) were announced on 24 April by Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) for decommissioning services at...
South Korea looks to decommissioning
The South Korean government on 17 April unveiled a blueprint to build up the nuclear decommissioning industry, with the aim of becoming one of the top five global players in the field...
Decommissioning contract for SNC-Lavalin and Holtec
Comprehensive Decommissioning International (CDI), a joint venture between Holtec (the majority partner) and SNC-Lavalin (the minority partner) has secured a $1 billion contract...
Fuel assembly removal begins from pool at Fukushima unit 3
Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) on 15 April began removing used nuclear fuel rods from unit 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi NPP, using remote-controlled cranes. Tepco, said it had...
