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Swiss utilities face waste hike
The Swiss cabinet has proposed a raise in targets for waste and decommissioning funds that would lead to a hike of some 76% in annual utility contributions next year. A consultation is being launched this month.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 16 August 2013
Groundwater works intensify at Fukushima
Efforts to pump, control, store and otherwise manage groundwater at the Fukushima Daiichi site stepped up today with the addition of a new borehole and pumping station.
Regulation & Safety
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Thursday, 15 August 2013
Decommissioning institute formed in Japan
Japan has established a new research body which it hopes will bring together international experience in the decommissioning of nuclear power plants. Plans call for the institute to set up a research facility near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 9 August 2013
Making space at Sellafield
New cutting and decontamination methods are being trialled to clear away old equipment more quickly and free space to store higher priority wastes at Sellafield.
Waste & Recycling
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Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Paying the price for SONGS closure
As the final fuel is removed from the San Onofre nuclear power plant, California has seen a marked increase in wholesale power prices as a result of the premature closure of the two-unit power station.
Corporate
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Thursday, 25 July 2013
Completion of Fukushima Daiichi 4 cover
Construction work on a structure to cover the reactor building of Fukushima Daiichi 4 has been completed. Equipment to enable used fuel removal will now be installed.
Regulation & Safety
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Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Snakes on a plant
A modular snake robot has performed well in trials where it crawled distances of up to 18 metres through pipework at the Zwentendorf training centre.
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Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Fukushima waste incinerator takes shape
Construction of an incinerator is underway at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to burn the low-level waste being generated from the clean-up and decommissioning of the site.
Waste & Recycling
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Monday, 1 July 2013
Bradwell welcomes falcon chicks
Decommissioning work plans at the UK's shuttered Bradwell nuclear power plant have been adjusted so as not to disturb a clutch of peregrine falcon chicks. The nestlings recently hatched on top of one of the two reactor buildings.
Other News
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Friday, 21 June 2013
Second arch section for Chernobyl cover
A steel arch weighing 3800 tonnes is being lifted at the Chernobyl site in Ukraine, the second such milestone for the New Safe Confinement project.
Regulation & Safety
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Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Innovation cash for back-end technology
Three innovative technologies to reduce the costs of treating and storing nuclear industry wastes are to receive funding in Britain, while a major decommissioning milestone is being celebrated at one of the country's first-generation sites.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 6 June 2013
Dounreay waste retrieval deal
UK-based engineering company James Fisher Nuclear has won a £5 million ($7.6 million) contract for the retrieval and processing of radioactive waste from a 65-metre deep shaft and a wet silo at the Dounreay site.
Waste & Recycling
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Monday, 20 May 2013
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New cutting and decontamination methods are being trialled to clear away old equipment more quickly and free space to store higher priority wastes at Sellafield.
As the final fuel is removed from the San Onofre nuclear power plant, California has seen a marked increase in wholesale power prices as a result of the premature closure of the two-unit power station.
Construction work on a structure to cover the reactor building of Fukushima Daiichi 4 has been completed. Equipment to enable used fuel removal will now be installed._64x48.jpg "Snake robot (Carnegie Mellon) 64x48")
A modular snake robot has performed well in trials where it crawled distances of up to 18 metres through pipework at the Zwentendorf training centre.
Construction of an incinerator is underway at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to burn the low-level waste being generated from the clean-up and decommissioning of the site.
Decommissioning work plans at the UK's shuttered Bradwell nuclear power plant have been adjusted so as not to disturb a clutch of peregrine falcon chicks. The nestlings recently hatched on top of one of the two reactor buildings.
A steel arch weighing 3800 tonnes is being lifted at the Chernobyl site in Ukraine, the second such milestone for the New Safe Confinement project.
UK-based engineering company James Fisher Nuclear has won a £5 million ($7.6 million) contract for the retrieval and processing of radioactive waste from a 65-metre deep shaft and a wet silo at the Dounreay site.