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Orano completes inspection of NUHOMS nuclear fuel store
Orano has announced that regulatory inspections of the NUHOMS® used nuclear fuel dry storage facilities at three US nuclear reactor sites, found no corrosion concerns or...
Russia’s Mayak proceeds with decommissioning, remediation and modernisation
Russia’s Mayak Production Association (part of Rosatom) in Ozersk (Chelyabinsk region) announced that it is to build a new vitrification complex for high-level waste (HLW) generated...
Estonia looks to deep boreholes for radwaste disposal
A new Deep Isolation study commissioned by advanced reactor deployment company Fermi Energia discusses the potential suitability of areas in Estonia considered for siting a...
Sweden’s Studsvik to remove research reactor fuel from Norway
Swedish radwaste management company Studsvik has signed an agreement with Norway’s Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) for loading equipment, transport, handling equipment, and...
Bulgarian regulatory approval received for AVANTech waste processing system
US-based radwaste company AVANTech has received Bulgarian regulatory approval for its Advanced Polymer Solidification (APS™) which will be utilised for stabilisation of processed...
Russia to take back depleted uranium from CERN
The Russian government has approved an agreement with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) on the repatriation of depleted uranium belonging to the Russian Federation...
Hot tests completed at US Salt Waste Processing Facility
The US Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) announced it has completed the hot commissioning testing phase of operations at the Salt Waste Processing...
Design contract secured for Dounreay Waste Repackaging Facility
The Decommissioning Services Framework (DDF) Alliance has been awarded a contract for the design of a new waste repackaging facility at the UK Dounreay nuclear site
UK to start testing system to seal deep boreholes
A cutting-edge engineering system to seal deep boreholes is being tested as part of Radioactive Waste Management’s (RWM) preparations for an underground disposal facility for...
European states to co-operate on waste management
The European Repository Development Organisation has been established as a multinational association through which organisations from different European countries are joining...
Czech government approves four possible repository sites
The Czech government approved the selection of four recommended sites for the location of a deep radioactive waste repository - Březový potok in the Klatovy region, Horka between...
Hot testing continues at Chernobyl used fuel storage
As of 1 December, 186 used fuel assemblies have been transported from the old used nuclear fuel storage facility (ISF-1) to the Interim Storage Facility 2 (ISF-2) at the...
IAEA conducts first virtual safety review mission in Lithuania
In the first Safety Peer Review Mission to be held virtually, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) experts said Lithuania...
Two Japanese towns agree to initial survey for HLW disposal
The Japan Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NUMO) has begun an initial phase of assessing two municipalities in Hokkaido Prefecture for their suitability to host a final...
Deep Isolations signs agreements with NAC and Estonia’s Fermi Energia
California-based nuclear waste disposal company Deep Isolation has closed its $20 million Series A raise, led by nuclear industry leader NAC International (NAC), which “represents...
First canister of used fuel loaded at Chernobyl storage facility
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced that the first canister of used nuclear fuel had been loaded into the Interim Storage Facilty 2 (ISF-2) at...
Canada to develop integrated radioactive waste management strategy
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) is to lead the development of an integrated radioactive waste management strategy, at the request of Minister of Natural...
Holtec and Hitachi GE to provide used fuel storage to Japan
US-based Holtec International said on 2 November that, along with Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd (Hitachi-GE) it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to introduce and...
Finland and Bulgaria share experience on radwaste
Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre and the National and Regional Security Department of Bulgaria's National Nuclear Security Support Centre have signed a memorandum of...
