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Dutch regulator approves multi-functional storage facility

Dutch regulator approves multi-functional storage facility

The Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection has granted the final permit to the Central Organisation for Radioactive Waste for the construction of a new multi-functional storage building for low and intermediate-level waste at its site in Nieuwdorp, in the municipality of Borssele, the Netherlands.

Waste & Recycling 02 June 2023

Robotic hand offers innovative nuclear solution

Robotic hand offers innovative nuclear solution

Atkins and COVVI Robotics plan to develop a robotic solution using a bionic hand that would provide "near-human" dexterity for handling nuclear materials remotely, removing the need for operators to place their hands in gloveboxes when handling nuclear materials and wastes.

Waste & Recycling 31 May 2023

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France, Japan to cooperate on MOX fuel recycling studies

Berkeley decommissioning work brought forward 50 years

Staff car park unveiled as Canadian MMR's planned location

Novel solution developed for removal of Unterweser reactor vessel

Successful demonstration of new sludge removal technique

IAEA commends Sweden's management of radioactive waste

Canadian-US cooperation on management of used fuel

Permits granted for Belgian waste facilities

Monju sodium to be processed in the UK

Permits granted for Belgian waste facilities

Permits granted for Belgian waste facilities

Ondraf/Niras, the Belgian agency for the management of radioactive waste, has been granted a permit to construct and operate a surface disposal facility for low- and intermediate-level, short-lived waste at the Dessel site in Belgium. Meanwhile, a new facility will be built at the site to store non-conditioned waste.

Waste & Recycling 23 May 2023

France, Japan to cooperate on MOX fuel recycling studies

France, Japan to cooperate on MOX fuel recycling studies

Japan's Federation of Electric Power Companies announced it will work with France's Orano on demonstration research and development for the reprocessing of used mixed oxide fuel.

Waste & Recycling 22 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

Staff car park unveiled as Canadian MMR's planned location

Staff car park unveiled as Canadian MMR's planned location

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and Global First Power have announced a repurposed parking lot at the Chalk River campus as the location where they plan to build and operate a demonstration Micro-Modular Reactor.

Waste & Recycling 15 May 2023

Successful demonstration of new sludge removal technique

Successful demonstration of new sludge removal technique

A new technique for removing sludge from nuclear fuel ponds has been successfully trialled at one of the UK's largest wet test facilities prior to being used at a nuclear site.

Waste & Recycling 12 May 2023

Berkeley decommissioning work brought forward 50 years

Berkeley decommissioning work brought forward 50 years

Five decades earlier than planned, Magnox is embarking on the decommissioning project to clean-up and demolish the four 'blower house' structures which surround the two reactor buildings at the Berkeley nuclear power plant in the UK.

Waste & Recycling 11 May 2023

Novel solution developed for removal of Unterweser reactor vessel

Novel solution developed for removal of Unterweser reactor vessel

The reactor pressure vessel has been removed from the reactor pit of the shut down Unterweser nuclear power plant in Germany using a solution developed by Dutch heavy lifting and transport specialist Mammoet. PreussenElektra will use the technique to remove the vessels at four other pressurised water reactor plants it owns in Germany.

Waste & Recycling 11 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