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Remediation of Kyrgyz uranium legacy site to start

Remediation of Kyrgyz uranium legacy site to start

Remediation works at Mailuu-Suu - the largest uranium legacy site in Kyrgyzstan - are set to begin following the allocation of a grant of EUR23 million (USD25 million) from the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia, managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Uranium & Fuel 19 May 2023

Canadian-US cooperation on management of used fuel

Canadian-US cooperation on management of used fuel

Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization and the US Department of Energy have signed a Statement of Intent to cooperate on used nuclear fuel management.

Waste & Recycling 17 May 2023

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NRC gives approval for Holtec's New Mexico used fuel facility

NRC gives approval for Holtec's New Mexico used fuel facility

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued the final licence to Holtec International to build and operate the Hi-STORE consolidated interim storage facility for used nuclear fuel in New Mexico.

Corporate 10 May 2023

IAEA commends Sweden's management of radioactive waste

IAEA commends Sweden's management of radioactive waste

Sweden demonstrates a solid commitment to ensuring the safe implementation of nuclear radioactive waste and used fuel management activities, including its efforts towards establishing a deep geological facility, an International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has concluded.

Waste & Recycling 09 May 2023

UK launches Nuclear Waste Services strategy

UK launches Nuclear Waste Services strategy

The Nuclear Waste Services strategy for the UK aims to "make nuclear waste permanently safe, sooner".

Waste & Recycling 25 April 2023

Progress in production of isotopes from US legacy waste

Progress in production of isotopes from US legacy waste

Some 75-100 times more doses of next generation alpha targeted therapy treatments will be available annually worldwide, compared with today, through a project to produce isotopes from legacy nuclear material at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the project partners say.

Waste & Recycling 14 April 2023

Application to raise capacity of French very-low-level waste repository

Application to raise capacity of French very-low-level waste repository

French radioactive waste management agency Andra has applied to the department of Aube in north-eastern France for environmental permission to increase the current authorised storage capacity of Cires, the country's dedicated disposal facility for very-low-level radioactive waste.

Waste & Recycling 12 April 2023

Slovenian used fuel storage facility commissioned

Slovenian used fuel storage facility commissioned

The first HI-STORM FW cask has been placed into the used fuel dry storage facility at the Krško nuclear power plant in Slovenia, officially marking the facility's commissioning, Holtec International announced.

Waste & Recycling 06 April 2023

Extract energy from used nuclear fuel, says environmental group

Extract energy from used nuclear fuel, says environmental group

If existing inventories of used nuclear fuel were recycled and repurposed as fuel for advanced fast reactors, it could generate zero-carbon electricity for Europe for up to 1000 years, according to international environmental campaign group RePlanet.

Waste & Recycling 04 April 2023

Excavation of Chinese underground lab reaches milestone

Excavation of Chinese underground lab reaches milestone

Tunnelling at the Beishan Underground Research Laboratory near Jiuquan City in China's Gansu province has reached a depth of 280 metres, the depth of the first of two planned technology test platforms, China National Nuclear Corporation announced.

Waste & Recycling 04 April 2023