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NRC moves on used fuel storage
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has released separate draft documents detailing the safety and environmental implications of methods for storing used fuel from nuclear reactors. Both will be open for public comment.
Regulation & Safety
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Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Moab tailings clean-up milestone
Over one-third of the 16 million tonnes of tailings from the former Moab uranium mill in Utah have now been transferred to a nearby site for disposal.
Waste & Recycling
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Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Fine for misdirected waste shipment
Sellafield Ltd has been fined £700,000 ($1.1 million) for mistakenly sending four bags of low-level waste to a conventional landfill instead of the correct facility.
Regulation & Safety
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Monday, 17 June 2013
Innovation cash for back-end technology
Three innovative technologies to reduce the costs of treating and storing nuclear industry wastes are to receive funding in Britain, while a major decommissioning milestone is being celebrated at one of the country's first-generation sites.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 6 June 2013
Dounreay waste retrieval deal
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.
Waste & Recycling
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Monday, 20 May 2013
Public comment on French waste disposal
Plans for the Cigéo facility to dispose of radioactive waste at Bure in France have reached the stage of final public consultation.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 16 May 2013
Dounreay raffinate prepared for disposal
Most 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.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 10 May 2013
Repository wins environmental recognition
A geologic radiological waste disposal site in New Mexico has been honoured for its environmental stewardship efforts.
Waste & Recycling
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Wednesday, 1 May 2013
China approaches reprocessing commitment
China 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.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 26 April 2013
Try again on US-South Korea cooperation deal
Decisions on the future of South Korea's fuel cycle have been put off for another two years. The country wants to recycle and reprocess used reactor fuel but requires American consent.
Nuclear Policies
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Thursday, 25 April 2013
Pits pose problems at Fukushima
Tepco is emptying the three water storage pits that were found to be leaking at Fukushima Daiichi. In around two months the contaminated water should all have been removed to tanks.
Regulation & Safety
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Monday, 15 April 2013
Search for German repository site starts again
Germany will launch a new site selection process for a repository to hold the country's radioactive waste under a compromise agreement between the federal and state governments and opposition parties.
Waste & Recycling
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Wednesday, 10 April 2013
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Over one-third of the 16 million tonnes of tailings from the former Moab uranium mill in Utah have now been transferred to a nearby site for disposal.
Sellafield Ltd has been fined £700,000 ($1.1 million) for mistakenly sending four bags of low-level waste to a conventional landfill instead of the correct facility.
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._69x48.jpg "Cigeo vision (Andra) 69x48")
Plans for the Cigéo facility to dispose of radioactive waste at Bure in France have reached the stage of final public consultation.
Most 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.
A geologic radiological waste disposal site in New Mexico has been honoured for its environmental stewardship efforts._73x48.jpg "Holland, Xi, April 2013 (Elysee / P Segrette) 73x48")
China 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._615x170.jpg)