The decommissioning of America's Rocky Flats facility and the disposal of resulting waste was the main factor in a four-tonne reduction in US plutonium stocks over the last 15 years.
Yesterday saw the end of operations at Areva's Georges Besse diffusion enrichment plant following 33 years of service.
Decommissioning worker Neil Parkin has established a sideline by making banjos out of wood salvaged from the Dounreay site.
Tepco has published further measurements showing that the used fuel pool at the damaged reactor building of unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi is not tilting and would be able to withstand a large earthquake.
The decommissioning of America's Rocky Flats facility and the disposal of resulting waste was the main factor in a four-tonne reduction in US plutonium stocks over the last 15 years. .jpg "Tricastin 76x48 (Areva)")
Yesterday saw the end of operations at Areva's Georges Besse diffusion enrichment plant following 33 years of service.
Decommissioning worker Neil Parkin has established a sideline by making banjos out of wood salvaged from the Dounreay site. 
The penultimate Magnox reactor has generated its last electricity after 41 years of service. The closure of Wylfa 2 leaves its twin, unit 1, as the sole operational representative of the type.
Work to assemble the giant arched structure that will protect the ruined Chernobyl unit 4 and enable its dismantling has officially begun on the 26th anniversary of the accident._75x48.jpg "Fukushima Daiichi 4 buildings (Tepco) 75x48")
Plans for the removal of nuclear fuel from Fukushima Daiichi 4 have been explained by Tokyo Electric Power Company.
Defuelling operations have been completed at two of the UK's oldest nuclear power plant sites. Meanwhile, one of the most hazardous legacies from the country's early nuclear research has been destroyed in an operation that has exceeded expectations.
Tepco has released images of debris including parts of a crane used for moving fuel in the spent fuel pool at Fukushima Daiichi unit 3. Meanwhile, work is due to begin to cover unit 4's reactor building. 
Life in a small English town was brought to a standstill as two massive boilers from the decommissioned Berkeley nuclear power plant started their journey to Sweden where they will be recycled.
The first batch of steel has arrived at Chernobyl for the giant arch that will protect the ruined power plant and enable its dismantling. Assembly of the arch is set to begin next month.