The global total of used nuclear fuel produced by nuclear power plants is about 448,000 tonnes of heavy metal, with three quarters in storage and one quarter reprocessed, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency's first interactive tool showing how much used nuclear fuel the world has - and where it is stored - by country.
 

A ceremony has been held in Kyrgyzstan to mark progress made by the Commonwealth of Independent States' "Reclamation of Territories of States Impacted by Uranium Mining Operations" programme.
 

Public consultation and an environmental impact assessment on a potential radioactive waste disposal facility are planned for this year, according to senior officials in Belarus.
 

Nuclear Restoration Services has announced the completion of a 20-year project to remove all the remaining intermediate-level radioactive waste from the shut-down Trawsfynydd nuclear power plant in Gwynedd, North Wales, UK.
 

The official licence for the operation of the Centralised Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility has been handed over by the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine to Energoatom.
 

The UK's Low Level Waste Repository is nearing its 70th birthday and is probably the world's oldest operating facility of its kind. During that time things have changed from a "tip and tumble" typical landfill disposal system, to an approach with containerised waste and engineered vaults.
 

Romania's Nuclearelectrica has announced the completion of concrete pouring for the foundation of the Intermediate Radioactive Waste Storage Facility, which is part of the Cernavoda unit 1 refurbishment project.
 

Bulgaria's national repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste has been officially opened. It is expected to be filled over the next 60 years, and then closed and its contents closely monitored for more than 300 years.
 

The Swedish government said it plans to take a majority stake in nuclear project development company Videberg Kraft AB and to take a role in financing the future system for the disposal of radioactive waste and used nuclear fuel.