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GNS and EnergySolutions team up for Asian market

GNS and EnergySolutions team up for Asian market

EnergySolutions of the USA and Germany's GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH have signed a memorandum of understanding on the transport and disposal of large components from the future dismantling of Asian nuclear power plants.

Waste & Recycling 18 March 2024


UK completes transfer of Winfrith waste drums

UK completes transfer of Winfrith waste drums

A project to transfer more than 1000 drums of radioactive waste from the Winfrith site in Dorset, in southern England, to the Low Level Waste Repository site in Cumbria, in northwest England, has been completed earlier than expected.

Waste & Recycling 13 March 2024


NWMO reports reinforce confidence in potential repository sites

NWMO reports reinforce confidence in potential repository sites

The organisation responsible for the safe, long-term management of Canada's intermediate and high-level radioactive waste said the latest annual reports reinforce its confidence that a deep geologic repository for used nuclear fuel can be constructed at either of the two sites that remain under consideration.

Waste & Recycling 12 March 2024


SHINE chooses Deep Isolation waste disposal technology

SHINE chooses Deep Isolation waste disposal technology

Fusion technology company SHINE Technologies has selected Deep Isolation's technology as its preferred solution for storage and disposal of the high-level waste that will remain as a residue after deployment of SHINE's technology for recycling used nuclear fuel.

Waste & Recycling 11 March 2024


France sets out long-term nuclear recycling plans

France sets out long-term nuclear recycling plans

Minister for the Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty Bruno Le Maire announced the decision to continue with France's treatment-recycling strategy for used nuclear fuel beyond 2040, with plans to extend the life of existing recycling plants and to launch studies for a new MOX fuel fabrication plant and a new used fuel processing plant.

Waste & Recycling 08 March 2024


SKB begins construction of Forsmark geology building

SKB begins construction of Forsmark geology building

Sweden's radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB has announced the breaking of ground for its new geology building, which will be a centre for the collection and evaluation of data from surveys and site monitoring on the Forsmark peninsula.

Waste & Recycling 06 March 2024


French reactor using full core of recycled uranium fuel

French reactor using full core of recycled uranium fuel

Unit 2 of the Cruas-Meysse nuclear power plant in south-eastern France was recently restarted with its first full core of recycled uranium fuel. The move marks a major milestone in France's efforts to revive its domestic uranium reprocessing industry.

Waste & Recycling 01 March 2024


Plans announced for pilot US nuclear fuel recycling plant

Plans announced for pilot US nuclear fuel recycling plant

Orano USA and SHINE Technologies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on the development of a US pilot plant with commercial-scale technology for recycling used nuclear fuel from light water reactors.

Waste & Recycling 01 March 2024


Licensing of El Cabril expansion progresses

Licensing of El Cabril expansion progresses

The Spanish government has issued the Environmental Impact Statement for the project to construct the southeast platform for the disposal of low and intermediate-level radioactive waste in the El Cabril disposal facility in Hornachuelos, in Córdoba province.

Waste & Recycling 29 February 2024


Remote handling upgrades to aid decommissioning of JET

Remote handling upgrades to aid decommissioning of JET

The Remote Handling Control Room at the Joint European Torus in Culham, near Oxford in the UK, has undergone a significant upgrade, making it one of the most advanced robotics and remote handling systems in the world.

Waste & Recycling 28 February 2024