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New UK waste facilities completed
Two new radioactive waste facilities have opened in the UK. The first two vaults for the disposal of low-level waste have been completed at Dounreay, while the first intermediate-level waste has been put into a new interim storage facility at Berkeley.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 16 May 2014
Dismantling of Beloyarsk units begins
The dismantling of equipment at the shutdown units 1 and 2 of the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant in Russia has started. Decommissioning of the prototype reactors is expected to take 18 years to complete.
Waste & Recycling
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Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Mystery of WIPP release deepens
Workers investigating the radiological release in the underground Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico have found no evidence of a roof collapse but could not explain the discovery of damage to several bags of backfill.
Regulation & Safety
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Friday, 2 May 2014
NDA attacked over Magnox contract
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is facing legal action from Energy Solutions, which alleges it did not follow regulations when it awarded a huge decommissioning contract to a rival bidder earlier this year.
Corporate
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Tuesday, 29 April 2014
DoE concludes WIPP release was preventable
While the cause of the radiological release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico is still being investigated, a preliminary report by the US Department of Energy (DoE) has already identified corrective actions that should be taken.
Regulation & Safety
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Friday, 25 April 2014
High-level waste arrives in Japan
The fourth and largest shipment so far of high-level waste from the UK to Japan has been completed. All such waste, resulting from the reprocessing of used reactor fuel, should be returned from the UK to Japan by the end of the decade.
Waste & Recycling
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Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Chimney work changes Sellafield skyline
Work to decommission the iconic filter gallery on the last remaining chimney from the UK's historic Windscale reactors has reached the half-way point.
Waste & Recycling
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Thursday, 17 April 2014
Magnox waste facility supplier chosen
A facility to encapsulate legacy materials from Magnox fuel stored at the UK's Sellafield site will be built by a French-British joint venture under a contract worth up to £1.2 billion.
Corporate
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Wednesday, 16 April 2014
CB&I to decommission floating reactor
The USA's only floating nuclear power plant will be decommissioned by CB&I under a $34.7 million contract. The MH-1A reactor provided power to the Panama Canal zone before being shut down in 1976.
Waste & Recycling
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Monday, 14 April 2014
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
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Friday, 4 April 2014
Investigators enter WIPP
Workers have re-entered the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico for the first time since a radiological event occurred there in mid-February. Future teams will travel deeper into the facility towards the suspected source of the release.
Regulation & Safety
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Thursday, 3 April 2014
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
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Friday, 21 March 2014
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Two new radioactive waste facilities have opened in the UK. The first two vaults for the disposal of low-level waste have been completed at Dounreay, while the first intermediate-level waste has been put into a new interim storage facility at Berkeley.
The dismantling of equipment at the shutdown units 1 and 2 of the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant in Russia has started. Decommissioning of the prototype reactors is expected to take 18 years to complete.
Workers investigating the radiological release in the underground Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico have found no evidence of a roof collapse but could not explain the discovery of damage to several bags of backfill._615x160.jpg)
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The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is facing legal action from Energy Solutions, which alleges it did not follow regulations when it awarded a huge decommissioning contract to a rival bidder earlier this year.%2048.jpg "WIPP (DOE) 48")
While the cause of the radiological release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico is still being investigated, a preliminary report by the US Department of Energy (DoE) has already identified corrective actions that should be taken.
Work to decommission the iconic filter gallery on the last remaining chimney from the UK's historic Windscale reactors has reached the half-way point.
The USA's only floating nuclear power plant will be decommissioned by CB&I under a $34.7 million contract. The MH-1A reactor provided power to the Panama Canal zone before being shut down in 1976.
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 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.