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Further delay in Finnish repository licence review
Further delay in Finnish repository licence review
Finland's Ministry of Employment and the Economy has granted the country's nuclear regulator a third extension to the deadline to complete its assessment of Posiva Oy's operating licence application for the world's first used nuclear fuel repository. The regulator's statement is now expected by mid-2026.
 
Friday, 5 December 2025
Deep Isolation completes three-year waste canister project
Deep Isolation completes three-year waste canister project

Project UPWARDS has culminated in the manufacture, physical testing and validation of a disposal-ready Universal Canister System for used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from advanced reactors.
 

Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 4 December 2025
Brazil’s CNEN and China's CNNC sign radioactive waste MoU
Brazil’s CNEN and China's CNNC sign radioactive waste MoU
A memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening their existing partnership and nuclear environmental protection and radioactive waste management in Brazil has been signed by the country's National Nuclear Energy Commission and China National Nuclear Corporation Overseas Ltd.
 
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Brazil aims to start construction of Centena repository in 2026
Brazil aims to start construction of Centena repository in 2026
The National Nuclear Energy Commission says that a preferred site has been selected and the aim is for the Centena radioactive waste repository to be completed by 2030.
 
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 21 November 2025
Sellafield awards multi-year 'high hazard risk reduction' contracts
Sellafield awards multi-year 'high hazard risk reduction' contracts
Amentum, AtkinsRéalis, Westinghouse Environmental Services UK, Altrad, Cavendish Nuclear and Shepley Engineers will all be involved in the GBP4.6 billion (USD6 billion) framework agreement to deliver decommissioning solutions for some of the oldest facilities at the UK's Sellafield site.
 
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 31 October 2025
First decontaminated steel from Chernobyl released for reuse
First decontaminated steel from Chernobyl released for reuse
Ukraine’s nuclear regulator has approved the release of the first 20 tonnes of carbon steel from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant for reuse elsewhere in the country.
 
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 30 October 2025
Russian regulator issues licence for Zaporizhzhia dry storage facility
Russian regulator issues licence for Zaporizhzhia dry storage facility
The Russian nuclear regulator, Rostekhnadzor, has issued a 25-year licence for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant's dry storage facility for used nuclear fuel.
 
Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Tunnelling industry expands cooperation on waste repositories
Tunnelling industry expands cooperation on waste repositories
The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, has launched a special interest group to help member states better understand the technical and safety requirements of the development of geological disposal facilities.
 
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Contracts awarded for Sellafield infrastructure work
Contracts awarded for Sellafield infrastructure work
Sellafield Ltd has awarded contracts worth a total of GBP2.9 billion (USD3.8 billion) to a partnership comprising Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Costain Limited, and HOCHTIEF (UK) Construction Ltd for non-nuclear infrastructure works at the Sellafield site in Cumbria, northwest England.
 
Corporate · Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Regulator approves OPG to operate new waste facility
Regulator approves OPG to operate new waste facility

Canada's nuclear regulator has authorised Ontario Power Generation to begin operating a new building, which will store used steam generators, at its Western Waste Management Facility.
 

Waste & Recycling · Monday, 13 October 2025
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