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Further delay in Finnish repository licence review
Further delay in Finnish repository licence review
Finland's Ministry of Employment and the Economy has granted the country's nuclear regulator a third extension to the deadline to complete its assessment of Posiva Oy's operating licence application for the world's first used nuclear fuel repository. The regulator's statement is now expected by mid-2026.
 
Friday, 5 December 2025
Deep Isolation completes three-year waste canister project
Deep Isolation completes three-year waste canister project

Project UPWARDS has culminated in the manufacture, physical testing and validation of a disposal-ready Universal Canister System for used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from advanced reactors.
 

Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 4 December 2025
Brazil’s CNEN and China's CNNC sign radioactive waste MoU
Brazil’s CNEN and China's CNNC sign radioactive waste MoU
A memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening their existing partnership and nuclear environmental protection and radioactive waste management in Brazil has been signed by the country's National Nuclear Energy Commission and China National Nuclear Corporation Overseas Ltd.
 
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 25 November 2025
A concrete recycling plan for Sizewell A to C
A concrete recycling plan for Sizewell A to C
More than 15,000 tonnes of crushed concrete generated from the demolition of the turbine hall at the shutdown Sizewell A nuclear power plant in Suffolk, England, is to be used in the construction of the new Sizewell C plant.
 
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 21 November 2025
Brazil aims to start construction of Centena repository in 2026
Brazil aims to start construction of Centena repository in 2026
The National Nuclear Energy Commission says that a preferred site has been selected and the aim is for the Centena radioactive waste repository to be completed by 2030.
 
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 21 November 2025
UK radioisotope project receives funding
UK radioisotope project receives funding
A GBP9.9 million (USD12.9 million) investment from Innovate UK, backed by a further GBP8.9 million from industry, will support a major project to develop cutting-edge new treatments for cancer using lead-212 derived from used nuclear fuel.
 
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 20 November 2025
NAC completes OPTIMUS-L shipment
NAC completes OPTIMUS-L shipment
NAC International Inc has announced the completion of the first multiple cask shipment of its OPTIMUS-L Type B packaging systems in the USA.
 
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 4 November 2025
Sellafield awards multi-year 'high hazard risk reduction' contracts
Sellafield awards multi-year 'high hazard risk reduction' contracts
Amentum, AtkinsRéalis, Westinghouse Environmental Services UK, Altrad, Cavendish Nuclear and Shepley Engineers will all be involved in the GBP4.6 billion (USD6 billion) framework agreement to deliver decommissioning solutions for some of the oldest facilities at the UK's Sellafield site.
 
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 31 October 2025
First decontaminated steel from Chernobyl released for reuse
First decontaminated steel from Chernobyl released for reuse
Ukraine’s nuclear regulator has approved the release of the first 20 tonnes of carbon steel from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant for reuse elsewhere in the country.
 
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 30 October 2025
Cooling towers brought down at German plant
Cooling towers brought down at German plant
The two 160-metre-high cooling towers of the shut down Gundremmingen nuclear power plant in Germany have been demolished as part of the plant's decommissioning, utility RWE announced.
 
Waste & Recycling · Monday, 27 October 2025
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