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Charli cleans up at Creys-Malville
A laser-toting robot called Charli has been deployed inside the reactor vessel of the Superphénix fast neutron reactor to carry out pipe-cutting operations in a world first for reactor decommissioning.
Corporate
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Thursday, 5 December 2013
Tepco sends in the Raccoon
A robot vacuum cleaner dubbed the Raccoon is to tackle contamination within Fukushima Daiichi 2 in preparation for workers to re-enter the building.
Regulation & Safety
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Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Fuel removal under way at Fukushima
The first fuel assembly has been removed from Fukushima Daiichi unit 4's storage pond, marking the start of an operation expected to be completed at the end of next year.
Regulation & Safety
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Monday, 18 November 2013
Sea route safe from strontium sources
Fourteen radioisotope thermoelectric generators, some used to power Arctic lighthouses, have been recovered from Russia's northern coastline in an international effort to secure vulnerable radioactive materials.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 15 November 2013
All systems ready for Fukushima fuel removal
Engineers at Fukushima Daiichi have done final checks before they begin removing fuel from unit 4's storage pond, the highest priority safety-related task in the site's decommissioning.
Regulation & Safety
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Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Dismantling of Chernobyl stack begins
Work to dismantle the old ventilation stack shared by units 3 and 4 at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine has begun, making way for installation of the giant protective structure over the damaged reactor.
Waste & Recycling
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Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Political risks prompt early closure of Swiss plant
Switzerland's Mühleberg nuclear power plant will be permanently shut down in 2019 instead of the earlier planned 2022 because of "uncertainty surrounding political and regulatory trends," operator BKW FMB Energy has announced.
Corporate
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Wednesday, 30 October 2013
International arbitration over SONGS closure
Southern California Edison has formally started arbitration action with the International Chamber of Commerce against Mitsubishi, which it claims supplied defective steam generators for its now-shut San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).
Corporate
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Thursday, 17 October 2013
Extended Wylfa 1 operation proposed
Electricity generation from the UK's last operating Magnox reactor could be extended by 15 months to the end of 2015 under a proposal submitted to the British nuclear regulator.
Regulation & Safety
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Wednesday, 9 October 2013
NMP consortium retains Sellafield contract
Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) will continue to manage and operate the UK's Sellafield nuclear site after the country's Nuclear Decommissioning Agency announced a five-year extension to the consortium's contract.
Corporate
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Monday, 7 October 2013
Laser gun makes the cut in decommissioning
A hand-held laser for use in the dismantling of metallic infrastructures during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities has been developed by the UK's TWI.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 4 October 2013
Chernobyl fuel transfer milestone
The transfer of undamaged used fuel to an on-site interim storage facility from units 1 to 3 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has now been completed.
Waste & Recycling
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Wednesday, 2 October 2013
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