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Deep borehole disposal suitable for some UK wastes, report finds

Deep borehole disposal suitable for some UK wastes, report finds

Deep borehole disposal cannot replace the UK's need for a geological disposal facility but may nevertheless have a helpful role to play in the disposal of some of the country's nuclear waste inventory, according to a study conducted by Deep Isolation on behalf of the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Waste & Recycling 21 March 2023

Krško dry storage facility for used fuel preparing for launch

Krško dry storage facility for used fuel preparing for launch

Slovenia's project to build a dry storage facility for used fuel is set to be completed later this year with the transfer of the first 592 used fuel elements.

Waste & Recycling 21 March 2023

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IAEA assesses Slovakia's radwaste programme

IAEA assesses Slovakia's radwaste programme

The Slovak Republic is committed to the safe and effective management of radioactive waste and used fuel, an International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has concluded. The team commended Slovakia for its decommissioning activities while noting opportunities to enhance preparations for geological disposal.

Waste & Recycling 02 March 2023

TPU project to use electric discharge to decontaminate concrete

TPU project to use electric discharge to decontaminate concrete

Tomsk Polytechnic University and TVEL have launched a project to use electric discharges to speed up the decontamination of radioactive concrete. The aim is to allow decontamination of several square metres per hour.

Waste & Recycling 02 March 2023

New reactor dismantling technique used at Crystal River

New reactor dismantling technique used at Crystal River

Orano Decommissioning Services has implemented an innovative method for dismantling of commercial and research nuclear reactors at the Crystal River unit 3 accelerated decommissioning project in Florida. The patented Optimized Segmentation process aims to reduce the volume of waste for disposal and the amount of segmentation work on the reactor structures.

Waste & Recycling 01 March 2023

US, UK, Canada and France collaborate on nuclear legacy sites

US, UK, Canada and France collaborate on nuclear legacy sites

The USA's Department of Energy, the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission and the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency have pledged to develop "their long-standing collaboration on the successful decommissioning and remediation of legacy nuclear sites".

Waste & Recycling 28 February 2023

Belarus plans to build radioactive storage facility 'by 2030'

Belarus plans to build radioactive storage facility 'by 2030'

Belarus is creating an organisation for radioactive waste management, the Ministry of Energy has said. The target is to put a facility into operation by 2030.

Waste & Recycling 23 February 2023

Posiva crew gets to grips with drilling machine

Posiva crew gets to grips with drilling machine

Finnish radioactive waste management company Posiva Oy has completed the drilling of the first two deposition holes at the Onkalo underground used nuclear fuel repository near Olkiluoto using a new boring machine which was operated by its own personnel. The holes are located at a depth of 430 metres in the deposition tunnel built for the Joint Functional Test.

Waste & Recycling 23 February 2023

Work starts on Belgian isotope residue recycling facility

Work starts on Belgian isotope residue recycling facility

A ground-breaking ceremony has been held in Mol in north-east Belgium to mark the start of construction of a facility to recycle radioactive residues from the production of medical radioisotopes. The RECUMO facility - which will recover uranium - is scheduled to begin operating in 2026.

Waste & Recycling 14 February 2023

UK grant for Deep Isolation corrosion-resistant canister

UK grant for Deep Isolation corrosion-resistant canister

The project is a collaboration between Deep Isolation, the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, the University of Sheffield and NAC International and aims to engineer canisters that meet UK regulatory requirements for long-term storage of used fuel and high-level waste in boreholes up to 3 kilometres underground.

Waste & Recycling 10 February 2023