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South Africa launches radwaste agency
South Africa launches radwaste agency
The National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute has been formally launched by South Africa's energy minister. It will be responsible for the management and disposal of the country's radioactive waste.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 4 April 2014
First half of Chernobyl cover on the move
First half of Chernobyl cover on the move
The first half of the Chernobyl arch has been assembled. It is now being gradually moved to make way for construction of the other half.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Waste heads to Texas while WIPP gets in shape
Waste heads to Texas while WIPP gets in shape
Waste from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico will be temporarily stored at a site in Texas until the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) disposal facility reopens. LANL has committed to remove all above-ground transuranic waste from its site by June.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 21 March 2014
'Unconstitutional' for US to back out of MOX plan
'Unconstitutional' for US to back out of MOX plan
The state of South Carolina has reacted angrily to the suspension of the Savannah River MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility construction, filing a lawsuit against the Department of Energy.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Progress in Sellafield pond clearance
Progress in Sellafield pond clearance
The first 100 tonnes of contaminated equipment that has laid for decades in the Pile Fuel Storage Pond at the Sellafield site in the UK has been retrieved for final disposal.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 7 March 2014
US MOX plant left cold by budget
US MOX plant left cold by budget
The USA's partially built Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, a key component of the country's plutonium disposition program, is to be placed on cold standby after being effectively cut out of the Department of Energy's FY2015 budget request.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 5 March 2014
UK considers options for unreprocessed foreign fuel
UK considers options for unreprocessed foreign fuel
The UK government has launched a public consultation on how it will deal with a small amount of overseas origin used fuel that will remain in the country when reprocessing activities end in 2018.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Decommissioning of Chernobyl units approaches
Decommissioning of Chernobyl units approaches
Work could soon start on decommissioning units 1 to 3 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine after a project to put the units into care and maintenance was approved by a state review authority.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Tenders for Russian submarine fuel removal
Tenders for Russian submarine fuel removal
Suppliers are being sought by Russia for equipment to handle and transport used nuclear submarine fuel currently stored at Andreeva Bay. Such fuel has been stored at the site for over 50 years.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 7 February 2014
Ideas for debris removal at Fukushima
Ideas for debris removal at Fukushima
Japan has received around 200 international suggestions on concepts to remove the remains of the Fukushima Daiichi reactor cores.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 7 February 2014
Credible options for UK plutonium disposal
Credible options for UK plutonium disposal
Both the Prism and Enhanced Candu 6 reactors are "credible options" for managing the UK's plutonium stockpile, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has concluded. However, the government's preferred option remains reuse as mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Chernobyl ventilation stack removed
Chernobyl ventilation stack removed
An old ventilation stack shared by units 3 and 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been dismantled. Its removal will allow a giant protective structure to be installed over the damaged reactor building in Ukraine.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 10 January 2014
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