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Dounreay waste retrieval deal

20 May 2013

Dounreay silo waste (DSRL)UK-based engineering company James Fisher Nuclear has won a £5 million ($7.6 million) contract for the retrieval and processing of radioactive waste from a 65-metre deep shaft and a wet silo at the Dounreay site.

German demolition plans revealed

13 May 2013

Neckarwestheim (EnBW) 80x48EnBW Kernkraft has formally applied to the state of Baden-Wurttemberg for permission to decommission and demolish two nuclear units forced to close by German politicians in response to the Fukushima nuclear accident.

Repository wins environmental recognition

01 May 2013

WIPP (DoE)_48A geologic radiological waste disposal site in New Mexico has been honoured for its environmental stewardship efforts.

Public comment on French waste disposal

16 May 2013

Cigeo vision (Andra) 69x48Plans for the Cigéo facility to dispose of radioactive waste at Bure in France have reached the stage of final public consultation.

Dounreay raffinate prepared for disposal

10 May 2013

Dounreay raffinate drumming (DSRL) 48Most of the highly active liquid waste produced from the reprocessing of Material Test Reactor fuel at the UK's Dounreay site has now been cemented into drums ready for disposal.

China approaches reprocessing commitment

26 April 2013

Holland, Xi, April 2013 (Elysee / P Segrette) 73x48China is to reprocess used reactor fuel at a plant supplied by Areva, according to a letter of intent signed in Beijing yesterday. Areva said it was a milestone that represented a signature on part of a contract for sale.