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.
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US utility Energy Northwest will be facing a bill of up to $3 million to process a public information request relating to its 2012 purchase of depleted uranium from the US Department of Energy.
The Canadian government is seeking bids to manage and operate Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's (AECL's) nuclear laboratories.
Westinghouse has completed the installation of a passive containment filtered venting system at the Krško nuclear power plant in Slovenia.
Areva Inc and Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd have announced separate initiatives that will see the companies share technology developed for nuclear energy applications with non-nuclear markets.
Doosan Babcock is to provide ongoing operational support for all of the UK's Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) as well as work to support life extension projects under an agreement signed with EDF Energy.
L3-MAPPS is to supply a new input/output system for the full-scope reactor simulator at China's Daya Bay nuclear power plant, replacing a system installed in 1992.