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KHNP deploys four-legged robot in Kori decommissioning

KHNP deploys four-legged robot in Kori decommissioning

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power's radiation-measuring robot is being used for the first time in the dismantling and decontamination of the 576 MWe pressurised water reactor.

Waste & Recycling 13 May 2024

Clean-up completed of pioneering ORNL site reactor

Clean-up completed of pioneering ORNL site reactor

The Low Intensity Test Reactor, known as Building 3005, was built in 1949 as a criticality testing facility that used highly enriched fuel with water as a coolant, and operated until 1968 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the USA.

Waste & Recycling 07 May 2024

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Former Canadian uranium mine site returned to province

Former Canadian uranium mine site returned to province

The Province of Saskatchewan has released the former Cluff Lake uranium mine and mill site from decommissioning approvals and its associated surface lease, Orano Canada Inc has announced. The area now has unrestricted public access.

Uranium & Fuel 03 May 2024

Waste transfer milestone at Scottish plant

Waste transfer milestone at Scottish plant

The retrieval has been completed of more than 2100 tonnes of solid intermediate-level radioactive waste from five above-ground concrete bunkers at the Hunterston A Magnox nuclear power plant in Scotland. The project began 20 years ago.

Waste & Recycling 12 April 2024

First zeolite skip removed from Sellafield pond

First zeolite skip removed from Sellafield pond

The first of 237 zeolite skips has been removed from Sellafield's First Generation Magnox Storage Pond, which has been prioritised for clean-up by the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Waste & Recycling 27 March 2024

Permit issued for dismantling of Isar 2

Permit issued for dismantling of Isar 2

Germany's PreussenElektra has received approval from the Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection for the dismantling of the Isar 2 nuclear power plant.

Waste & Recycling 25 March 2024

Contract for removal of Mühleberg reactor vessel

Contract for removal of Mühleberg reactor vessel

A consortium of German companies has been awarded a contract to dismantle and package the reactor pressure vessel, including the vessel head and insulation, at the Mühleberg nuclear power plant in Switzerland.

Waste & Recycling 19 March 2024

Work under way on Akkuyu decommissioning costs

Work under way on Akkuyu decommissioning costs

TVEL has entered an agreement "to develop cost plans for the decommissioning" of the four units being built at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which are expected to have a design life of at least 60 years.

New Nuclear 18 March 2024

UK research reactor fully decommissioned

UK research reactor fully decommissioned

The Imperial College Reactor Centre in Ascot, England, has become the first reactor site to be fully decommissioned in the UK under modern regulatory controls, the country's Office for Nuclear Regulation has announced.

Waste & Recycling 28 February 2024

EBRD signs new grant agreement for next stage of Chernobyl work

EBRD signs new grant agreement for next stage of Chernobyl work

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant have signed Grant Agreement No.2 designed to help "solve the most urgent and critical needs" at the site.

Regulation & Safety 23 February 2024