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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


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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


Nuvia to carry out Ringhals decommissioning work

Nuvia to carry out Ringhals decommissioning work

Nuvia, a subsidiary of France's Vinci construction group, has been awarded a contract by Vattenfall to remove, inspect and sort the radioactive and other materials currently inside the reactor buildings of units 1 and 2 at the Ringhals nuclear power plant in Sweden.

Waste & Recycling 02 February 2024


UK decommissioning research partnership begins to bear fruit

UK decommissioning research partnership begins to bear fruit

A research partnership between the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and National Decommissioning Centre, formed in 2022, is already helping the energy sector to reduce costs and emissions, improve environmental outcomes and deliver sustainable net-zero decommissioning.

Waste & Recycling 02 February 2024


Kursk's second unit retires after 45 years operation

Kursk's second unit retires after 45 years operation

At 04:01 Moscow time on 31 January the second unit at the Kursk nuclear power plant, an RBMK-1000 reactor, came to the end of its service life and stopped generating power. It began commercial operation in 1979.

Corporate 31 January 2024


Work begins to dismantle Garigliano reactor vessel

Work begins to dismantle Garigliano reactor vessel

Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA has begun the process of dismantling the pressure vessel of the boiling water reactor, which the company says is the most complex dismantling activity in the decommissioning of the boiling water reactor plant.

Waste & Recycling 22 December 2023