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NRC terminates US MOX plant authorisation
NRC terminates US MOX plant authorisation
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted a request by CB&I Areva MOX Services to terminate the construction authorisation for the partially built mixed-oxide fuel fabrication facility at Savannah River in South Carolina.
 
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Chernobyl confinement structure systems begin operation
Chernobyl confinement structure systems begin operation
While commissioning of some of the equipment and technological systems within the Chernobyl New Safe Confinement progresses, many of the systems are now in operation.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 8 February 2019
Licence resubmitted for Belgian repository
Licence resubmitted for Belgian repository
Ondraf/Niras, the Belgian agency for the management of radioactive waste, yesterday submitted a completed licence application for the construction of a low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste disposal facility at Dessel.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Stabilisation work on second Hanford tunnel nears completion
Stabilisation work on second Hanford tunnel nears completion
Work to stabilise a 1688-foot (515-metre) long tunnel containing contaminated equipment from historic plutonium production activities at the US Department of Energy's Hanford site in Washington State is over 75% complete.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 5 February 2019
US DUF6 conversion ahead of schedule
US DUF6 conversion ahead of schedule
The return to service of all seven uranium conversion production lines enabled the US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management to convert over 5000 tonnes of depleted uranium hexafluoride - more than half its yearly target - to a more stable form within the first three months of fiscal 2019.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 25 January 2019
Bilibino unit 1 prepared for decommissioning
Bilibino unit 1 prepared for decommissioning
The Russian regulator has approved the start of decommissioning work at unit 1 of the Bilibino nuclear power plant in Chukotka. Rosenergoatom, the operator subsidiary of state nuclear corporation Rosatom, announced yesterday it had received a 15-year licence to operate the unit without power generation.
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 24 January 2019
Dismantling of Oskarshamn 2 internals completed
Dismantling of Oskarshamn 2 internals completed
The decommissioning of unit 2 at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Sweden has passed a major milestone with the completion of the segmentation of the reactor internals.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 22 January 2019
US company demonstrates innovative waste disposal concept
US company demonstrates innovative waste disposal concept
Berkeley, California-based private company Deep Isolation has successfully placed and then retrieved a prototype nuclear waste canister hundreds of metres underground via a borehole, in a test the company described as the first of its kind.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 18 January 2019
Swedish regulator supports repository expansion
Swedish regulator supports repository expansion
A permit for the expansion of the existing SFR repository for low- and intermediate-level waste should be granted under the Sweden's Environmental Code, the country's Radiation Safety Authority has recommended to the Land and Environment Court in Stockholm.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 18 January 2019
Diablo Canyon panel calls for accelerated decommissioning
Diablo Canyon panel calls for accelerated decommissioning
A panel set up as a forum to provide community input into matters related to the decommissioning of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant has recommended that the two-unit plant be decommissioned within ten years of its 2025 shutdown.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 11 January 2019
Crane supports Hanford clean-up
Crane supports Hanford clean-up
A 150-tonne rough-terrain crane will enable workers to access hard-to-reach locations across the US Department of Energy's Hanford site in Washington State.
 
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 10 January 2019
Belgium to recycle residues from isotope production
Belgium to recycle residues from isotope production
Belgium's Nuclear Research Centre and the Institut National des Radioéléments are to collaborate on a project to recycle highly radioactive residues resulting from the production of radioisotopes for medical purposes.
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 3 January 2019
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