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Onsite used fuel storage period extended
Onsite used fuel storage period extended

Harris storage pool (Progress Energy)

US nuclear power utilities will now be able to store used fuel onsite for up to 60 years after plant shutdown under revisions to regulations which came into effect today. This period had previously been limited to 30 years.

Waste & Recycling · Monday, 24 January 2011
Lifting a lid at Hanford
Lifting a lid at Hanford

Building 309 dome lift, January 2011The removal of a reactor dome at Hanford is the latest decommissioning milestone for the site. The Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor was used to develop nuclear fuels.

Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Decision soon on new UK MOX plant
Decision soon on new UK MOX plant
SMP (Sellafield Ltd)A decision by the UK government on whether to construct a new mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel plant to replace the existing one at the Sellafield nuclear complex is expected to be made before the end of 2011.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 14 January 2011
India opens new reprocessing plant
India opens new reprocessing plant

Manmohan Singh at TarapurNuclear scientists and engineers were called 'nation builders' by prime minister Manmohan Singh as he inaugurated India's latest reprocessing plant.

Waste & Recycling · Friday, 7 January 2011
New ship for Swedish nuclear transport
New ship for Swedish nuclear transport

Sigyn (SKB)

SKB has commissioned a new ship to ferry used nuclear fuel and radioactive waste from Swedish nuclear power plants to storage facilities near Oskarshamn and Forsmark.

Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 23 December 2010
Submarine waste boat floats
Submarine waste boat floats

Rossita, December 2010The Rossita has been launched at La Spezia, Italy destined for a role transporting submarine waste in north-west Russia.

Waste & Recycling · Monday, 20 December 2010
UK consults on conservative waste framework
UK consults on conservative waste framework
Reiterating its policy of no subsidy for new nuclear, the UK government yesterday released draft consultation documents on how operators can expect to pay for waste and decommissioning.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 8 December 2010
The EU's deep underground storage plan
The EU's deep underground storage plan
The European Commission has today released its long-awaited proposed nuclear waste directive, which would tell European Union (EU) member states to develop plans to store radioactive waste in safe repositories.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Gearing up for MOX in Japan and US
Gearing up for MOX in Japan and US
J-MOX (JNFL)Work has officially begun on a plant to manufacture mixed oxide (MOX) fuel in Japan. Meanwhile international plans are in place to train the workforce for a new MOX plant under construction in the USA.
Waste & Recycling · Monday, 1 November 2010
UK maintains decommissioning spending
UK maintains decommissioning spending

Some of the deepest cuts in public spending in decades have been announced in the UK. However, funding for the nuclear industry has essentially been unaffected by the austerity with spending on decommissioning activities remaining close to current levels. 

Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 20 October 2010
MOX plant and Myrrha in Sino-Belgian deals
MOX plant and Myrrha in Sino-Belgian deals
China and Belgium have signed a framework agreement on the construction of a pilot MOX fuel fabrication plant in China, and a research collaboration agreement covering developments in the Myrrha hybrid research reactor project.
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 7 October 2010
Olkiluoto expands interim used fuel storage
Olkiluoto expands interim used fuel storage
Olkiluoto 1 and 2 (TVO)Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) is to double capacity for the interim storage of used fuel at its Olkiluoto nuclear power plant. A contract has been awarded for the construction of three new storage pools at the site.
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 23 September 2010
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