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First zeolite skip removed from Sellafield pond
First zeolite skip removed from Sellafield pond
The first of 237 zeolite skips has been removed from Sellafield's First Generation Magnox Storage Pond, which has been prioritised for clean-up by the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Permit issued for dismantling of Isar 2
Permit issued for dismantling of Isar 2
Germany's PreussenElektra has received approval from the Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection for the dismantling of the Isar 2 nuclear power plant.
Waste & Recycling · Monday, 25 March 2024
Contract for removal of Mühleberg reactor vessel
Contract for removal of Mühleberg reactor vessel
A consortium of German companies has been awarded a contract to dismantle and package the reactor pressure vessel, including the vessel head and insulation, at the Mühleberg nuclear power plant in Switzerland.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Work under way on Akkuyu decommissioning costs
Work under way on Akkuyu decommissioning costs
TVEL has entered an agreement "to develop cost plans for the decommissioning" of the four units being built at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which are expected to have a design life of at least 60 years.
New Nuclear · Monday, 18 March 2024
UK research reactor fully decommissioned
UK research reactor fully decommissioned
The Imperial College Reactor Centre in Ascot, England, has become the first reactor site to be fully decommissioned in the UK under modern regulatory controls, the country's Office for Nuclear Regulation has announced.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 28 February 2024
EBRD signs new grant agreement for next stage of Chernobyl work
EBRD signs new grant agreement for next stage of Chernobyl work
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant have signed Grant Agreement No.2 designed to help "solve the most urgent and critical needs" at the site.
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 23 February 2024
UK decommissioning research partnership begins to bear fruit
UK decommissioning research partnership begins to bear fruit
A research partnership between the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and National Decommissioning Centre, formed in 2022, is already helping the energy sector to reduce costs and emissions, improve environmental outcomes and deliver sustainable net-zero decommissioning.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 2 February 2024
Nuvia to carry out Ringhals decommissioning work
Nuvia to carry out Ringhals decommissioning work
Nuvia, a subsidiary of France's Vinci construction group, has been awarded a contract by Vattenfall to remove, inspect and sort the radioactive and other materials currently inside the reactor buildings of units 1 and 2 at the Ringhals nuclear power plant in Sweden.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 2 February 2024
Kursk's second unit retires after 45 years operation
Kursk's second unit retires after 45 years operation
At 04:01 Moscow time on 31 January the second unit at the Kursk nuclear power plant, an RBMK-1000 reactor, came to the end of its service life and stopped generating power. It began commercial operation in 1979.
Corporate · Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Work begins to dismantle Garigliano reactor vessel
Work begins to dismantle Garigliano reactor vessel
Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA has begun the process of dismantling the pressure vessel of the boiling water reactor, which the company says is the most complex dismantling activity in the decommissioning of the boiling water reactor plant.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 22 December 2023
First waste received by new Sellafield transfer facility
First waste received by new Sellafield transfer facility
The newly-opened Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store - Direct Import Facility at the Sellafield site in the UK has received its first box of historical radioactive waste.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 20 December 2023
SMuRFs to help in nuclear decommissioning
SMuRFs to help in nuclear decommissioning
Teams of autonomous robots known as SMuRFs (for Symbiotic Multi-Robot Fleet) could assist in the future decommissioning of nuclear power plants, according to researchers from four British universities.
Waste & Recycling · Monday, 18 December 2023
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