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Dounreay waste retrieval deal

Waste and Recycling

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.

New cover for fuel removal at Fukushima Daiichi 1

Regulation and Safety

14 May 2013

Fukushima unit 1 cover, September 2011 (Tepco) 64x48A four-year process is planned to rebuild the cover over Fukushima Daiichi 1, equipping it to remove used reactor fuel still stored there.

Dounreay raffinate prepared for disposal

Waste and Recycling

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.

Garoña licence renewal option sought

Corporate

17 May 2013

Garona - Foronuclear 48Spanish utility Nuclenor has requested a partial revocation of a ministerial order allowing an extension to the operating licence application deadline for the shut Garoña nuclear power plant, enabling a possible restart.

German demolition plans revealed

Waste and Recycling

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.

Kewaunee enters retirement

Corporate

07 May 2013

Kewaunee 48Electricity generation at Dominion's Kewaunee nuclear power plant in Wisconsin ended today after almost 40 years of operation.