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Workers to re-enter WIPP
Workers to re-enter WIPP
DoE_tour_of_WIPP_75x48A recovery process has started at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) with the aim of resuming operations. Seventeen workers have so far tested positive for extremely low levels of contamination following a radiological event at the facility last month.
Regulation & Safety · Monday, 10 March 2014
Progress in Sellafield pond clearance
Progress in Sellafield pond clearance
PFSP metal removal 48The first 100 tonnes of contaminated equipment that has laid for decades in the Pile Fuel Storage Pond at the Sellafield site in the UK has been retrieved for final disposal.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 7 March 2014
UK considers options for unreprocessed foreign fuel
UK considers options for unreprocessed foreign fuel
The UK government has launched a public consultation on how it will deal with a small amount of overseas origin used fuel that will remain in the country when reprocessing activities end in 2018.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 4 March 2014
WIPP radiation under investigation
WIPP radiation under investigation
WIPP tunnel 48While investigations continue into the source of airborne radiation detected within the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico, initial sample results suggest that 13 workers received external doses.
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 27 February 2014
Fukushima water storage tank overflows
Fukushima water storage tank overflows
Fukushima water overflow 48UPDATED An investigation is underway into why a storage tank at the Fukushima Daiichi site overflowed, leading to a spill of partially treated radioactive water. Clean-up of this water, which does not appear to have flowed into the sea, is underway.
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 21 February 2014
Studsvik scales back US presence
Studsvik scales back US presence
Sweden's Studsvik has agreed to sell most of its radioactive waste operations in the USA to nuclear commercial services company EnergySolutions for $23 million.
Corporate · Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Tenders for Russian submarine fuel removal
Tenders for Russian submarine fuel removal
Suppliers are being sought by Russia for equipment to handle and transport used nuclear submarine fuel currently stored at Andreeva Bay. Such fuel has been stored at the site for over 50 years.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 7 February 2014
WIPP reacts to underground fire
WIPP reacts to underground fire
WIPP underground dump trucks 72x48No damage or injuries were reported after a fire and evacuation at the WIPP waste disposal facility in New Mexico.
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 6 February 2014
Debris clearance at Fukushima
Debris clearance at Fukushima
Fukushima Daiichi debris clearance 48A series of photographs showing progress in the removal of tsunami debris from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant has been released by Tokyo Electric Power Company.
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 30 January 2014
Swedish ship makes first shipment
Swedish ship makes first shipment
Sigrid (Furetank) 48SKB's new vessel for transporting used nuclear fuel and radioactive waste by sea, the M/S Sigrid, has made its first shipment. It replaces the smaller M/S Sigyn, which had been in service since 1982.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Credible options for UK plutonium disposal
Credible options for UK plutonium disposal
Both the Prism and Enhanced Candu 6 reactors are "credible options" for managing the UK's plutonium stockpile, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has concluded. However, the government's preferred option remains reuse as mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 21 January 2014
In-container vitrification to be evaluated at Sellafield
In-container vitrification to be evaluated at Sellafield
A demonstration plant for vitrifying radioactive waste within containers used for transport and disposal is to be built at the central laboratory of the UK's National Nuclear Laboratory at Sellafield.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 7 January 2014
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