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Crystal River reactor vessel removal completed

Crystal River reactor vessel removal completed

Work to segment, package and remove the reactor vessel and its internal components has been completed in less than two years thanks to Orano's use of its patented Optimised Segmentation process. The operation included industry-first lifts carried out by Mammoet.

Waste & Recycling 08 December 2023

Veolia selects Siteflow for Fukushima decommissioning support

Veolia selects Siteflow for Fukushima decommissioning support

Radioactive waste management specialist Veolia Nuclear Solutions has partnered with French software solution provider Siteflow to enhance the design, execution and functionality of its remotely operated systems within the nuclear industry and other hazardous environments.

Waste & Recycling 05 December 2023

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Vallecitos reactor removal complete

SMR fuel supply chain grows as agreements signed

Work starts to permanently secure UK nuclear waste vaults

Orano packaging model receives US approval

Dismantling of Lepse nuclear service ship completed

Moltex announces waste recycling breakthrough

Veolia selects Siteflow for Fukushima decommissioning support

Commissioning of WIPP ventilation system begins

Orano two-tier dry storage system in loading 'first'

SMR fuel supply chain grows as agreements signed

SMR fuel supply chain grows as agreements signed

Ontario Power Generation has selected suppliers Cameco, Urenco USA, Orano and Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas for the first fuel contracts for its planned small modular reactor units at the Darlington New Nuclear Project, while TerraPower and uranium producer Uranium Energy Corp are to work together on the fuel supply chain ahead of the construction of the first-of-a-kind Natrium plant.

Waste & Recycling 30 November 2023

Orano packaging model receives US approval

Orano packaging model receives US approval

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Orano's TN Eagle nuclear packaging model for the transport and dry storage of used fuel.

Waste & Recycling 28 November 2023

Commissioning of WIPP ventilation system begins

Commissioning of WIPP ventilation system begins

Commissioning of the new large-scale ventilation system at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is at the top of the list of the US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management's priorities for 2023.

Waste & Recycling 23 November 2023

Dismantling of Lepse nuclear service ship completed

Dismantling of Lepse nuclear service ship completed

The 10-year process of dismantling the Lepse, which was used to refuel the nuclear icebreaker fleet from 1963 to 1981 and then used for the storage of used fuel and radioactive waste, has been completed, Rosatom says.

Waste & Recycling 23 November 2023

Vallecitos reactor removal complete

Vallecitos reactor removal complete

Nearly 60 years after shutting down for the last time, the reactor vessel of the prototype boiling water reactor in California has been removed from its containment and shipped for final disposal by NorthStar Group Services, Inc.

Waste & Recycling 14 November 2023

Work starts to permanently secure UK nuclear waste vaults

Work starts to permanently secure UK nuclear waste vaults

More than 60 years after disposal of low-level radioactive waste began at the repository site in Cumbria, work has started on the capping and securing of trenches and vaults which are full and ready for permanent closure.

Waste & Recycling 13 November 2023

Ukraine production planned of used fuel containers

Ukraine production planned of used fuel containers

Energoatom and Holtec International are planning to build a plant in Ukraine for the production of containers, which are currently made in the USA, for storage of used nuclear fuel. The two already have joint plans for the construction of a plant in Ukraine to manufacture equipment for Holtec small modular reactors.

Waste & Recycling 08 November 2023

Orano two-tier dry storage system in loading 'first'

Orano two-tier dry storage system in loading 'first'

Orano has loaded the first used fuel into the upper modules of the two-tiered NUHOMS MATRIX horizontal dry storage system at the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in Kansas.

Waste & Recycling 07 November 2023