About WNN
·
Subscribe
Home
·
Energy & Environment
·
New Nuclear
·
Regulation & Safety
·
Nuclear Policies
·
Corporate
·
Uranium & Fuel
·
Waste & Recycling
·
Podcasts & Features
·
Fusion
·
Country Index
About WNN
HOME
/ Decommissioning
Viewpoint: What's really killing America's nuclear plants
The premature shutdown of America's nuclear power plants is nothing short of a national catastrophe, writes Jarret Adams.
Podcasts & Features
·
Monday, 30 January 2017
Italian waste cementation complex under construction
The pouring of the concrete for the foundation plate marks a milestone in the construction of the Cemex cementation facility for liquid radioactive waste produced at Italy's Eurex pilot reprocessing facility.
Waste & Recycling
·
Friday, 27 January 2017
EDF agrees to Fessenheim closure compensation protocol
The board of directors of French utility EDF yesterday approved the terms of the protocol negotiated between the company and the government for setting compensation for the closure of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant. Under France's energy policy, Fessenheim - the country's oldest nuclear power plant - must close when the Flamanville EPR is commissioned in late 2018.
Corporate
·
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Agreements signed for EBRD uranium legacy fund
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has signed framework agreements with the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, a precondition for the implementation of projects under an EBRD fund to deal with the remediation of former uranium mines and processing plants.
Uranium & Fuel
·
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Holtec unveils fuel basket for fast-track decommissioning
Holtec International has unveiled a new "proto-prompt" decommissioning strategy, which the US company says could see the conversion of a nuclear power plant site to greenfield status within about five-and-a-half years after the plant is shut down.
Waste & Recycling
·
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
UK new nuclear developers gather in Tokyo
Horizon Nuclear Power - the UK subsidiary of Japan's Hitachi - and NuGeneration - the UK joint venture between Japan's Toshiba and France's Engie - have joined government officials, trade associations, and wider stakeholders during a trade mission to Tokyo this week.
New Nuclear
·
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Entergy agrees to Indian Point closure
Entergy has agreed with the state of New York to close the Indian Point nuclear power plant in 2020-2021. The company said economic considerations were key in its decision to shut the plant, completing the company's exit from the merchant power business.
Corporate
·
Monday, 9 January 2017
GE Hitachi to dismantle Oskarshamn units
US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has been awarded a three-year contract to dismantle the reactor internals of units 1 and 2 at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Sweden.
Waste & Recycling
·
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Worldwide nuclear capacity continues to grow in 2016
Global nuclear generating capacity increased slightly in 2016 to 391.6 GWe net, up from 382.2 GWe at the end of 2015, according to data from the World Nuclear Association. Construction of three large reactor projects also started during 2016, while three units were permanently shut down.
Nuclear Policies
·
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Russia closes world's first VVER-440 reactor
Novovoronezh 3 was shut down on 25 December, becoming the oldest VVER-440 reactor to enter decommissioning. Since starting operations in December 1971, the unit produced 118.67 terawatt hours of electricity - more than half of the combined annual production of all of Russia's nuclear power plants, said Rosenergoatom, the nuclear power plant operator subsidiary of state nuclear corporation Rosatom.
Waste & Recycling
·
Wednesday, 28 December 2016
UK and Japan extend cooperation in nuclear
Japan and the UK will expand their existing collaboration in civil nuclear activities - including decommissioning, research and development, and nuclear new build - through a memorandum of cooperation signed yesterday in Tokyo.
Nuclear Policies
·
Friday, 23 December 2016
Radioactive sludge removed from UK’s Pile Fuel Storage Pond
Radioactive sludge has been transferred out of the world's oldest nuclear fuel pond for the first time, the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Sellafield Ltd announced yesterday. The project is being delivered ten years ahead of schedule and for half the expected cost, they said in a joint statement.
Waste & Recycling
·
Thursday, 22 December 2016
«
43
44
45
46
47
48
»
Keep me informed
Keep me informed