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NRC clears centrifuge plant decommissioning plan
NRC clears centrifuge plant decommissioning plan
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed its final environmental assessment of the decommissioning plan for Centrus Energy Corporation's Lead Centrifuge Facility in Piketon, Ohio, with a finding of No Significant Impact.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Public to comment on Hanford tunnel work
Public to comment on Hanford tunnel work
Washington State's Department of Ecology has launched a 45-day public comment period on whether to allow the US Department of Energy to fill a radioactive waste-containing tunnel at the Hanford site with grout.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Waste package in place ahead of MSSS clearance
Waste package in place ahead of MSSS clearance
The first shielded waste transfer package has been installed onto one of three machines at the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo (MSSS) at the Sellafield site in the UK. The machines will begin removing magnesium swarf waste from the building's 22 silo compartments from next year.
Waste & Recycling · Monday, 13 August 2018
Vermont Yankee used fuel transfer complete
Vermont Yankee used fuel transfer complete
The transfer of all the used fuel from the storage pool at Entergy Corporation's shut-down Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to an on-site dry storage facility has been completed.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 3 August 2018
Divers complete radwaste work at Sizewell A
Divers complete radwaste work at Sizewell A
Specialist divers have completed their mission to deal with radioactive waste from Sizewell A Site’s nuclear fuel storage ponds, cutting up all of the 35 storage skips, nearly two months ahead of schedule.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 3 August 2018
Holtec takes on two more US plants for decommissioning
Holtec takes on two more US plants for decommissioning
US utility Entergy has agreed to sell the Pilgrim and Palisades nuclear power plants to Holtec International after their closures in 2019 and 2022, respectively, for subsequent decommissioning by Comprehensive Decommissioning International.
Corporate · Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Oyster Creek sale speeds decommissioning
Oyster Creek sale speeds decommissioning
Holtec International is to purchase the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant from Exelon, the companies have announced. Comprehensive Decommissioning International will be responsible for decommissioning the plant.
 
Corporate · Tuesday, 31 July 2018
Iowa nuclear plant to close in 2020
Iowa nuclear plant to close in 2020
The single-unit Duane Arnold nuclear power plant is to close in late 2020 after utility Alliant Energy and owner NextEra Energy Resources agreed to shorten their existing power purchase agreement for the plant.
Corporate · Monday, 30 July 2018
Mission reviews Chernobyl waste management
Mission reviews Chernobyl waste management
International Atomic Energy Agency experts have carried out a mission to review a feasibility study for the creation and location of new facilities for the management of radioactively contaminated materials at Chernobyl.
 
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 27 July 2018
SNC-Lavalin to decommission research reactor
SNC-Lavalin to decommission research reactor
SNC-Lavalin's Candu Energy Inc is to provide decommissioning services for the Saskatchewan Research Council's (SRC) Slowpoke-2 research reactor, the company announced yesterday.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 24 July 2018
Plasma plant starts operations in Bulgaria
Plasma plant starts operations in Bulgaria
A plasma melting facility at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant has started operations, heralding a breakthrough in nuclear waste disposal to boost the decommissioning process.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Quad Cities opens new training centre
Quad Cities opens new training centre
Exelon Generation has opened an expanded employee training centre at the Quad Cities nuclear power plant, in the same month that the plant would have closed had the state of Illinois not passed its Future Energy Jobs Act.
Corporate · Tuesday, 3 July 2018
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