Under the memorandum of understanding, the partnership will explore the management of used fuel from Deep Fission's advanced underground reactors using Deep Isolation's patented underground disposal technology.

The second of three planned shipments from the UK to Germany of high-level waste in the form of vitrified residues has been completed. The waste has now been delivered to an interim storage facility at the Isar nuclear power plant site.

Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom says it has created a technology for processing liquid radioactive sodium coolant which will allow decommissioning of fast neutron reactors.

Brazil's National Nuclear Energy Commission has given an extendable 40-year authorisation for the operation of the Complementary Dry Storage Unit for Spent Fuel at the Angra nuclear power plant site.

US-based multinational repository developer DeepGeo and Argentina-based reactor technology start-up Nuclearis have signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate the integration of DeepGeo's multinational services as a solution for any wastes generated by Nuclearis's microreactor technologies.

The second of three planned shipments of high-level radioactive waste has left the Sellafield site in northwest England and is being transported by rail and sea to its destination at the Isar interim storage facility in Germany.

The Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal and the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management have both submitted proposals to the government for speeding up the process of selecting a site to host Germany's planned high-level radioactive waste repository.

Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have developed a document - referred to as a Key Information File - aimed at maintaining awareness of the final repository for used nuclear fuel in Forsmark for future generations.

Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power Company announced it has removed the upper lid of the pressure vessel of unit 2 at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka prefecture as it begins to dismantle the reactor. It becomes the first commercial power reactor in Japan to enter dismantling.

A multi-year project in collaboration with the UK Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), NAC International, Inc, and the University of Sheffield has culminated in the manufacture of a first-of-its-kind disposal canister prototype and elevated Deep Isolation's technology readiness level.

Finnish waste management company Posiva has completed the procedure qualification test on backfill installation at the Onkalo used nuclear fuel repository. During the test, almost 12 metres of tunnel were filled with backfill clay using the backfill installation system.

The new, state-of-the-art, large-scale ventilation system at the USA's repository for the disposal of transuranic waste has now been fully commissioned and is expected to be fully operational later this year.