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US suspends authority to ship nuclear materials to China
The US Federal Register on 1 October published a notice by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), dated 27 September with immediate effect, suspending the general licence...
Orano US delivers transport casks to KHNP
Orano US said on 24 August that it had delivered its first TN-LC® transport cask to a delegation from Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), which operates 24 NPPs in South Korea and...
Cyclife wins contracts from PreussenElektra to dismantle steam generators
Cyclife Sweden, part of EDF Group’s decommissioning and waste management subsidiary, said on 17 May that it had been awarded a long-term contract for the transport and treatment of...
New integrated nuclear transport system for UK
A new specialist nuclear transport organisation was officially launched in the UK on 19 April. Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) is part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority...
Osprey contracted to deliver oversized equipment to Hinkley Point C
UK company Osprey Group has won a multi-million pound contract to deliver all of the oversized equipment needed in the next phase of construction at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
Repatriation of HEU from Canada to USA
The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have announced the completion of a multi-year campaign...
NAC receives Canadian certification for OPTIMUS packaging
US-based NAC International (NAC) has received certification for the OPTIMUS®-L version of its versatile OPTIMUS (OPTImal Modular Universal Shipping) transport packagings from the...
Holtec launches heavy load transporter
The first HI-TRAN 300 vertical heavy load hauler designed by its Holtec's Nuclear Power Division (NPD) has been manufactured and factory tested by the company’s Advanced...
Repatriation of used fuel completed from Canada to USA
The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have completed of a multi-year campaign to move used...
Russia to supply waste management equipment to India’s Kudankulam
SverdNIIhimmash, part Atomenergomash (the Engineering Division of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom) on 9 August signed an agreement with Atomstroyexport (also part of...
US NRC certifies new Holtec transport package
US-based Holtec International announced on 13 August that its HI-STAR 100MB transport package had been certified by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and was "destined to...
GNS earns ASME authorisation for its casks
Germany’s GNS announced on 30 July that it had earned a Certificate of Authorisation N3 from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) after undergoing a rigorous survey.
HEU removed from Dounreay to USA
The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have completed the transfer of around 700kg of highly...
PATRAM partnership announced
Nuclear Engineering International has been named as an official media partner for PATRAM 2019, the international symposium on packaging and transportation of radioactive materials.
Orano and Bureau Veritas to cooperate in nuclear materials transport
France’s Orano TN, the nuclear logistics subsidiary of the Orano Group announced that it has concluded a strategic partnership agreement with testing, inspection and...
France and UK agree to strengthen nuclear industry skills
The UK’s National Skills Academy Nuclear (NSAN) and France’s Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires (INSTN) on 25 April signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation...
Equipment for Bangladesh NPP
Russian company "Incotec Cargo" has shipped 1,400t of equipment to Bangladesh for the Ruppur NPP using 10 special type 40-foot flat-rack containers. Incotec Cargo began transport...
Russia to design and make new containers
Russia’s Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrate Plant has ordered the design and certification of TUK transportation containers for shipping nuclear material by all modes of...
UK returns waste to Japan and Switzerland
The UK has completed the fifth in a series of shipments of vitrified highly active waste (HAW) to Japan. Sellafield Ltd said five transport flasks containing a total of 124 canisters...
