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Studsvik, GNS collaborate on waste technology

Studsvik, GNS collaborate on waste technology

Swedish nuclear technical services provider Studsvik and German radioactive waste specialist GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH have formed a strategic and exclusive cooperation to implement Studsvik's inDRUM technology for the German market. inDRUM is a patented technology for the treatment of problematic wastes, such as legacy wastes in aging drums.

Waste & Recycling 04 September 2023

Studsvik considers SMR deployment at Nyköping site

Studsvik considers SMR deployment at Nyköping site

Swedish nuclear technical services provider Studsvik has signed a memorandum of understanding with small modular reactor project development company Kärnfull Next, which is investigating the possibility of constructing and operating SMRs on the Studsvik industrial site near Nyköping on Sweden's east coast.

New Nuclear 24 August 2023

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Swedish regulator proposes framework for expansion of nuclear

Swedish regulator proposes framework for expansion of nuclear

Sweden's Radiation Safety Authority has presented its final report to the government on how the regulatory framework for nuclear power should be developed and what other measures may be needed for nuclear power to be expanded in the country.

Nuclear Policies 09 August 2023

Skanska collaborates with SKB on repository expansion

Skanska collaborates with SKB on repository expansion

Sweden's radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB has signed a collaboration agreement with construction firm Skanska regarding the expansion of the existing SFR final repository for low and intermediate-level waste at Forsmark.

Waste & Recycling 24 July 2023

Kärnfull Next receives investment from climate tech fund

Kärnfull Next receives investment from climate tech fund

Danish climate tech fund Climentum Capital and Swedish social developer Granitor Growth Management are investing EUR2 million (USD2.2 million) into Swedish small modular reactor project development company Kärnfull Next AB.

Corporate 07 July 2023

Alleima wins order for steam generator tubes for SMRs

Alleima wins order for steam generator tubes for SMRs

The Swedish firm Alleima says it has been awarded an order from South Korea's Doosan for approximately 200 kilometres of steam generator tubes for NuScale's small modular reactors.

Corporate 21 June 2023

Fortum, Westinghouse study new build opportunities

Fortum, Westinghouse study new build opportunities

Finnish utility Fortum and Westinghouse Electric Company of the USA have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore prerequisites for the development and deployment of new nuclear in Finland and Sweden. The agreement is related to Fortum's nuclear feasibility study launched in November 2022.

New Nuclear 07 June 2023

Framatome awarded Ringhals modernisation contracts

Framatome awarded Ringhals modernisation contracts

Framatome has been awarded contracts by Sweden's Vattenfall to update reactor control systems using its digital instrumentation and control TELEPERM XS platform and refurbish the reactor coolant pumps for units 3 and 4 of the Ringhals nuclear power plant. The value of the contracts was not disclosed.

Corporate 11 May 2023

High support for advanced nuclear worldwide, survey finds

High support for advanced nuclear worldwide, survey finds

There is widespread public support for advanced nuclear energy technologies, according to a new, multinational survey of attitudes toward nuclear energy. The report is a collaborative effort by the non-governmental organisations ClearPath, Third Way, Potential Energy Coalition and RePlanet.

Nuclear Policies 10 May 2023

IAEA commends Sweden's management of radioactive waste

IAEA commends Sweden's management of radioactive waste

Sweden demonstrates a solid commitment to ensuring the safe implementation of nuclear radioactive waste and used fuel management activities, including its efforts towards establishing a deep geological facility, an International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has concluded.

Waste & Recycling 09 May 2023