Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have developed a document - referred to as a Key Information File - aimed at maintaining awareness of the final repository for used nuclear fuel in Forsmark for future generations.

A multi-year project in collaboration with the UK Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), NAC International, Inc, and the University of Sheffield has culminated in the manufacture of a first-of-its-kind disposal canister prototype and elevated Deep Isolation's technology readiness level.

The Belgian government and French utility Engie have closed the agreement covering the extension of the operation of the Tihange 3 and Doel 4 nuclear power reactors by 10 years and on all obligations related to radioactive waste.

Finnish waste management company Posiva has completed the procedure qualification test on backfill installation at the Onkalo used nuclear fuel repository. During the test, almost 12 metres of tunnel were filled with backfill clay using the backfill installation system.

The new, state-of-the-art, large-scale ventilation system at the USA's repository for the disposal of transuranic waste has now been fully commissioned and is expected to be fully operational later this year.

Finnish radioactive waste management company Posiva announced it has completed a demonstration of the functionality of the used nuclear fuel encapsulation plant at Olkiluoto.

South Korea's National Assembly has passed an act that stipulates the construction of interim storage facilities for high-level radioactive waste by 2050 and permanent disposal facilities by 2060.

A New Jersey court has ruled that used nuclear fuel storage casks at the former Oyster Creek nuclear power plant are permanent fixtures and therefore taxable as real estate property.

Work has begun to place a new protective layer over historic trenches at the UK's Low Level Waste Repository site at Drigg in West Cumbria, Nuclear Waste Services has announced.