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Decommissioning milestone at Oak Ridge reactor
Decommissioning milestone at Oak Ridge reactor
The lower section of the reactor vessel of the Oak Ridge Research Reactor has been removed and transferred to a cask for eventual shipment and disposal. The reactor was an isotope production and irradiation facility from 1958 and was permanently shut down in July 1987.
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 15 August 2024
Preparations begin for capping UK repository
Preparations begin for capping UK repository
The UK's Nuclear Waste Services said it is carrying out important work on the final capping of legacy disposal trenches and vaults at the Low Level Waste Repository in Cumbria, which are now full and ready for permanent closure.
Waste & Recycling · Monday, 12 August 2024
Lithuania narrows search for repository site
Lithuania narrows search for repository site
Lithuania has identified 77 potential locations for its planned geological repository for used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. A final decision on the facility's location is not expected until 2047.
Waste & Recycling · Monday, 5 August 2024
Dismantling of Garigliano reactor vessel progresses
Dismantling of Garigliano reactor vessel progresses
The first phase of the dismantling of the reactor vessel at Italy's Garigliano nuclear power plant has been completed with the removal of contaminated metal components from the deflector, the upper part of the vessel.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 30 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 · Wednesday, 24 July 2024
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 · Wednesday, 24 July 2024
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 · Monday, 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 · Thursday, 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 · Thursday, 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 · Tuesday, 9 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 · Monday, 8 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 · Wednesday, 26 June 2024
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