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Nominations open for Australian waste site
The Australian government has said that it is still open to nominations from traditional land owners in Northern Territory for a site for a national radioactive waste management facility. Two months ago it confirmed that Muckaty Station was no longer being considered.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 14 August 2014
Harwell test facility prepares for decommissioning
Operations have ended at a post-irradiation examination facility at the UK's Harwell nuclear research site. Decommissioning activities will begin in about three years.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 7 August 2014
New waste facility for Idaho laboratory
A new remote-handled low-level waste disposal facility should be in operation at the Idaho National Laboratory by October 2017. A $34 million contract for the facility's design and construction has now been awarded.
Waste & Recycling
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Monday, 4 August 2014
New approach for selecting UK repository site
The UK government has published its framework policy for the long-term management of higher activity radioactive waste, including details of how it intends to work with interested communities to site a geological disposal facility.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 25 July 2014
Russian waste transport ship completes test mission
The
Rossita
, a nuclear waste transport ship donated to Russia by Italy in 2011, has completed its first mission.
Waste & Recycling
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Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Investment program for Slovenian repository
The Slovenian government has approved an investment program for a national repository for low- and intermediate-level waste. The total investment costs depend on whether neighbouring Croatia participates in the project.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 10 July 2014
UK government increases control of civil plutonium
The UK is taking control of more of the foreign-owned separated plutonium it is storing, avoiding the cost and security measures associated with transporting the fuel back to other countries.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 3 July 2014
Designing the Cigéo disposal site
Work is to start on the design of waste handling procedures for Cigéo, France's future underground disposal site for radioactive waste.
Waste & Recycling
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Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Ukraine expects own used fuel facility in 2017
Ukraine has rekindled a long-held ambition to have its own storage facility for used nuclear fuel with the signing on 24 June of a revised contract with Holtec International.
Waste & Recycling
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Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Swedish utilities face sharp hike in waste fee
Sweden's nuclear regulator proposes to almost double the fees paid by utilities in 2015 into the country's nuclear waste fund. The increase follows a recalculation of decommissioning and waste disposal costs.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 27 June 2014
Delay in Finnish repository licence review
The Finnish nuclear regulator needs another six months to review Posiva's application to build a waste encapsulation plant and a final repository at Olkiluoto.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 26 June 2014
Australian waste facility site shelved
The Australian government will not proceed to establish a national radioactive waste management facility at Muckaty Station after the Northern Land Council withdrew its nomination of the site.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 19 June 2014
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Operations have ended at a post-irradiation examination facility at the UK's Harwell nuclear research site. Decommissioning activities will begin in about three years.
A new remote-handled low-level waste disposal facility should be in operation at the Idaho National Laboratory by October 2017. A $34 million contract for the facility's design and construction has now been awarded.
The Slovenian government has approved an investment program for a national repository for low- and intermediate-level waste. The total investment costs depend on whether neighbouring Croatia participates in the project._69x48.jpg "Cigeo vision (Andra) 69x48")
Work is to start on the design of waste handling procedures for Cigéo, France's future underground disposal site for radioactive waste.
The Finnish nuclear regulator needs another six months to review Posiva's application to build a waste encapsulation plant and a final repository at Olkiluoto.