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Canada to turn radioactive sources from Thailand into cancer treatments

Canada to turn radioactive sources from Thailand into cancer treatments

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories has received shipments of disused radium-226 sources from the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology, which will be recycled to produce actinium-225 to be used in targeted radiotherapy.

Waste & Recycling 24 July 2024

Shake tests improve seismic safety of dry storage systems

Shake tests improve seismic safety of dry storage systems

Researchers subjected two full-sized dry storage systems for used nuclear fuel to simulated seismic events to help improve understanding of the potential impacts of earthquakes on fuel in storage at more than 70 US reactor sites.

Waste & Recycling 24 July 2024

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WR-1 decommissioning draft EIS complete, says regulator

Canadian town declares willingness to host repository

Oklo demonstrates fuel recycling process

Holtec calls for US Supreme Court to reinstate New Mexico licence

Balakovo steam generators prepared for dismantling

Canada to turn radioactive sources from Thailand into cancer treatments

Shake tests improve seismic safety of dry storage systems

Andra cleared to store more waste in Cires repository

Kozloduy used fuel storage licence updated

Andra cleared to store more waste in Cires repository

Andra cleared to store more waste in Cires repository

French radioactive waste management agency Andra has been granted approval by the Aube department to increase the authorised capacity of the Cires very-low-level radioactive waste disposal facility, without increasing the disposal surface area.

Waste & Recycling 22 July 2024

Oklo demonstrates fuel recycling process

Oklo demonstrates fuel recycling process

California-based liquid metal fast reactor developer Oklo Inc, in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory, has successfully completed the first end-to-end demonstration of the key stages of its advanced fuel recycling process.

Waste & Recycling 18 July 2024

Canadian town declares willingness to host repository

Canadian town declares willingness to host repository

The Township of Ignace in north-western Ontario has become the first community to confirm its willingness to move forward to the next phase of the site selection process to host a deep geological repository for Canada's used nuclear fuel.

Waste & Recycling 11 July 2024

Balakovo steam generators prepared for dismantling

Balakovo steam generators prepared for dismantling

Workers at Russia's Balakovo nuclear power plant have removed the first of four used steam generators from a storage facility and prepared it to be transported for dismantling and disposal.

Waste & Recycling 09 July 2024

Holtec calls for US Supreme Court to reinstate New Mexico licence

Holtec calls for US Supreme Court to reinstate New Mexico licence

Holtec International has joined the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the US Federal Government in filing petitions asking the Supreme Court to reinstate the licence for a proposed interim storage facility for used fuel to be built in New Mexico.

Waste & Recycling 08 July 2024

Kozloduy used fuel storage licence updated

Kozloduy used fuel storage licence updated

Bulgaria's Nuclear Regulatory Agency has issued a fresh non-time-limited licence to operate the used fuel storage facility at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant.

Waste & Recycling 26 June 2024

Construction of WIPP ventilation system complete

Construction of WIPP ventilation system complete

Now that construction of the new large-scale ventilation system at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is complete, the US Department of Environmental Management is aiming for it to be fully operational in 2026.

Waste & Recycling 24 June 2024

Manufacture of Onkalo buffer installation system completed

Manufacture of Onkalo buffer installation system completed

The system that will be used to transport and install the bentonite filling between disposal capsules and the bedrock within Finland's planned underground used nuclear fuel repository has completed factory tests.

Waste & Recycling 24 June 2024