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Investment program for Slovenian repository
Investment program for Slovenian repository
Slovenian LLW-ILW repository 48The Slovenian government has approved an investment program for a national repository for low- and intermediate-level waste. The total investment costs depend on whether neighbouring Croatia participates in the project.
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 10 July 2014
UK government increases control of civil plutonium
UK government increases control of civil plutonium
The UK is taking control of more of the foreign-owned separated plutonium it is storing, avoiding the cost and security measures associated with transporting the fuel back to other countries.
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 3 July 2014
Designing the Cigéo disposal site
Designing the Cigéo disposal site
Cigeo vision (Andra) 69x48Work is to start on the design of waste handling procedures for Cigéo, France's future underground disposal site for radioactive waste.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Ukraine expects own used fuel facility in 2017
Ukraine expects own used fuel facility in 2017
Ukraine has rekindled a long-held ambition to have its own storage facility for used nuclear fuel with the signing on 24 June of a revised contract with Holtec International.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Swedish utilities face sharp hike in waste fee
Swedish utilities face sharp hike in waste fee
Sweden's nuclear regulator proposes to almost double the fees paid by utilities in 2015 into the country's nuclear waste fund. The increase follows a recalculation of decommissioning and waste disposal costs.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 27 June 2014
Delay in Finnish repository licence review
Delay in Finnish repository licence review
Olkiluoto repository 48The Finnish nuclear regulator needs another six months to review Posiva's application to build a waste encapsulation plant and a final repository at Olkiluoto.
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 26 June 2014
Australian waste facility site shelved
Australian waste facility site shelved
The Australian government will not proceed to establish a national radioactive waste management facility at Muckaty Station after the Northern Land Council withdrew its nomination of the site.
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 19 June 2014
Trio targets freezing of radioactive sludge
Trio targets freezing of radioactive sludge
Three companies have teamed up to develop techniques for freezing radioactive liquids and sludges to aid their handling and clean-up.
Waste & Recycling · Monday, 16 June 2014
Sogin, CGN cooperate on waste management
Sogin, CGN cooperate on waste management
Italy is to share its experience in radioactive waste management and decommissioning of nuclear facilities with China through a cooperation agreement signed between Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari (Sogin) and China General Nuclear (CGN).
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 12 June 2014
Sellafield sludge plant handed over
Sellafield sludge plant handed over
SPP1_construction_(Sellafield)_48A new £240 million ($402 million) facility to handle radioactive sludge at the UK's Sellafield site has been handed over for final trials after the completion of a six-year construction project.
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 5 June 2014
Ansaldo moves for international markets
Ansaldo moves for international markets
Ansaldo Nucleare has bought the UK's Nuclear Engineering Services, hoping to grow its business through exposure the Britain's growing nuclear market.
Corporate · Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Zero day for US nuclear waste fee
Zero day for US nuclear waste fee
The US Department of Energy has stopped collecting nuclear waste fees from utilities, 16 years after missing its own deadline to open a permanent waste disposal site. The suspension of the fees has been welcomed by industry.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 16 May 2014
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