Argentina's Nucleoeléctrica says that testing of key equipment is under way as part of the verification process before the commissioning of the dry storage facility for used fuel, which is under construction for Atucha 2.
 

Workers have begun drilling the first deposition hole for use at the Onkalo underground used nuclear fuel repository near Olkiluoto, Finland.
 

The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine has approved the construction of a new repository at the site of the Buriakivka facility for the disposal of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste resulting from the clean-up of the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
 

The Materials Detritiation Facility at the UK Atomic Energy Authority's Culham Campus, in Oxfordshire, UK, has resumed operation after being offline for a year for upgrades enabling research into materials which have been removed from the Joint European Torus facility.
 

Over 80% of US citizens think finding a permanent solution for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste should be a US priority - and many see deep geological disposal a credible solution, according to a survey by market research and data analytics firm YouGov.
 

US advanced nuclear recycling technologies firm Curio has signed a memorandum of understanding with NuScale Power and Framatome to evaluate how recovered materials from used nuclear fuel can support future fuel and product streams.
 

A decision has been taken to increase the water levels in the used fuel pools at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, amid ongoing concerns about possible losses of off-site power, the International Atomic Energy Agency has said.
 

Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization has unveiled the final design for its Centre of Expertise, to be located in Ignace, Ontario, a host community for the country's deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel.
 

The safety requirements for granting the operating licence for the world's first used nuclear fuel repository have been met, Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has said in an official statement to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.