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Final voyage for Atlantic Osprey
After years of transporting materials to facilitate nuclear recycling, UK-registered nuclear cargo vessel
Atlantic Osprey
has begun its final voyage to the Swansea dock where it is itself destined to be broken up and recycled.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 22 August 2014
Harwell test facility prepares for decommissioning
Operations have ended at a post-irradiation examination facility at the UK's Harwell nuclear research site. Decommissioning activities will begin in about three years.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 7 August 2014
Ignalina 2 decommissioning work starts
Work has started at the second unit of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania to dismantle its emergency core cooling system and to remove contaminated components from its turbine hall. The two projects are to be completed in June 2015 and by 2029, respectively.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 24 July 2014
Nuclenor fined for early Garoña closure
The operator of Spain's Garoña nuclear power plant, Nuclenor, has been fined €18.4 million ($24.9 million) by the country's financial regulator for shutting down the plant six months earlier than originally authorized.
Corporate
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Friday, 18 July 2014
Areva to dismantle Swedish research reactors
Two reactors used for early nuclear energy research in Sweden are to be dismantled by Areva. Work to completely dismantle the R2 and R2-0 reactors and associated systems is due to be finished within five years.
Waste & Recycling
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Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Putin changes status of eight Rosatom entities with weapons know-how
The Russian government is firming up separation of the country's military and civilian nuclear assets with a change to the legal status of certain Rosatom subsidiaries.
Corporate
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Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Sellafield takes long view on suppliers
Sellafield Ltd is putting in place a new kind of long-term commercial mechanism to secure specialist decommissioning services over a ten-year period. The work could be worth up to £1.5 billion ($2.6 billion).
Corporate
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Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Swedish utilities face sharp hike in waste fee
Sweden's nuclear regulator proposes to almost double the fees paid by utilities in 2015 into the country's nuclear waste fund. The increase follows a recalculation of decommissioning and waste disposal costs.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 27 June 2014
Winfrith opens reactor containment for first time
The removal of a 50-tonne concrete and steel plug has allowed access to the containment of the UK's prototype steam generating heavy water reactor (SGHWR) for the first time since it was built in the 1960s.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 26 June 2014
NDA expects Magnox contract will survive legal writ
The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority does not expect legal action against its decision to hire a new parent body organisation would lead to a re-run of the contract tender to manage the clean-up of 12 historic nuclear sites.
Corporate
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Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Trio targets freezing of radioactive sludge
Three companies have teamed up to develop techniques for freezing radioactive liquids and sludges to aid their handling and clean-up.
Waste & Recycling
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Monday, 16 June 2014
Next stage for robotic decontamination
Two robots are cleaning up contamination inside Fukushima Daiichi 2. A new one is wiping down the walls while another continues to scrub the floor.
Regulation & Safety
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Friday, 13 June 2014
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