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Swedish dismantling work for Westinghouse
Westinghouse has been awarded a contract to dismantle the reactor pressure vessel internals of the two-unit Barsebäck nuclear power plant in Sweden.
Waste & Recycling
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Monday, 2 November 2015
Ukraine's Turboatom to produce Holtec casks
The technology for the production of dry storage casks for used nuclear fuel will be transferred by Holtec International to Ukraine's Turboatom under a memorandum of understanding signed by the two companies and Ukraine's nuclear power plant operator EnergoAtom.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 30 October 2015
Research helps accelerate Sellafield clean-up
The findings of a four-year study on the corrosion behaviours of magnesium and uranium may help to significantly reduce the timescale and costs of cleaning up the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo at Sellafield, one of the UK's most hazardous buildings.
Waste & Recycling
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Wednesday, 14 October 2015
European approval for UK waste disposal charges
The pricing methodology for waste transfer contracts between the UK government and operators of new nuclear power plants meets European state aid rules, the European Commission has concluded.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 9 October 2015
Defuelling completed at Oldbury
The final used fuel element has been removed from unit 2 of the Oldbury nuclear power plant in the UK, the last of more than 52,000 from the two Magnox reactors there.
Waste & Recycling
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Monday, 5 October 2015
Chinese reprocessing plant to start up in 2030
The construction of a used fuel processing and recycling facility in China is expected to begin in 2020 and be completed by 2030. The facility will be based on French technology.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 24 September 2015
Holtec plans cooperation with Ukraine's Turboatom
Holtec International is in talks with Turboatom on the manufacture of equipment for a central used fuel storage facility the US company is contracted to build in Ukraine.
Waste & Recycling
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Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Korean repository officially opens
A ceremony was held on 28 August to mark the official opening of South Korea's underground low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste disposal facility at Gyeongju in North Gyeongsang province.
Waste & Recycling
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Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Commissioning of Ignalina solid waste facilities under way
Cold testing - one of the first stages of the commissioning process - has started at the new Solid Waste Management and Storage Facilities at the shut down Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania.
Waste & Recycling
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Wednesday, 26 August 2015
Test runs to start at UK dry fuel store
The UK regulator has given approval for the inactive commissioning process to begin at a dry nuclear fuel store at Sizewell B, the country's first such nuclear fuel storage facility. Construction of the store began in early 2013.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 20 August 2015
UK research on intermediate-level waste reduction
Trials have been completed by UK companies Costain and Tetronics International of new technology for the vitrification of intermediate-level radioactive waste. The partners claim the technology could reduce the volume of such waste from the nuclear industry by up to 90%.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 14 August 2015
German waste disposal plan approved
Following a strategic environmental assessment and public consultation, the German cabinet yesterday adopted a draft national radioactive waste disposal program proposed by the country's environment ministry.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 13 August 2015
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Westinghouse has been awarded a contract to dismantle the reactor pressure vessel internals of the two-unit Barsebäck nuclear power plant in Sweden.
The findings of a four-year study on the corrosion behaviours of magnesium and uranium may help to significantly reduce the timescale and costs of cleaning up the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo at Sellafield, one of the UK's most hazardous buildings.
A ceremony was held on 28 August to mark the official opening of South Korea's underground low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste disposal facility at Gyeongju in North Gyeongsang province.
Cold testing - one of the first stages of the commissioning process - has started at the new Solid Waste Management and Storage Facilities at the shut down Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania.