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Cooling towers brought down at German plant
Cooling towers brought down at German plant
The two 160-metre-high cooling towers of the shut down Gundremmingen nuclear power plant in Germany have been demolished as part of the plant's decommissioning, utility RWE announced.
 
Monday, 27 October 2025
Tunnelling industry expands cooperation on waste repositories
Tunnelling industry expands cooperation on waste repositories
The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, has launched a special interest group to help member states better understand the technical and safety requirements of the development of geological disposal facilities.
 
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Regulator approves OPG to operate new waste facility
Regulator approves OPG to operate new waste facility

Canada's nuclear regulator has authorised Ontario Power Generation to begin operating a new building, which will store used steam generators, at its Western Waste Management Facility.
 

Waste & Recycling · Monday, 13 October 2025
Consider waste in advanced nuclear initiative, says Deep Isolation
Consider waste in advanced nuclear initiative, says Deep Isolation
US radioactive waste disposal technology developer Deep Isolation has called for nuclear waste disposal to be included in the National Association of State Energy Officials' Advanced Nuclear First Movers Orderbook Strategy.
 
Waste & Recycling · Monday, 13 October 2025
Holtec cancels plans for New Mexico interim storage facility
Holtec cancels plans for New Mexico interim storage facility

Holtec International has announced that plans to build a consolidated interim storage facility for used nuclear fuel in New Mexico have been cancelled, but said it would still support its partner - the Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance - in future used fuel storage opportunities.

Waste & Recycling · Friday, 10 October 2025
Dismantling of Hamaoka 1 reactor under way
Dismantling of Hamaoka 1 reactor under way
Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power Company announced it has removed the upper lid of the pressure vessel of unit 1 at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant as it begins to dismantle the reactor. Dismantling of the reactor of unit 2 at the plant began earlier this year.
 
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 10 October 2025
Costain to reduce height of Trawsfynydd reactor buildings
Costain to reduce height of Trawsfynydd reactor buildings
Infrastructure solutions company Costain has been awarded a GBP70 million (USD94 million) contract to halve the height of the two reactor buildings at the shut-down Trawsfynydd Magnox nuclear power plant in Gwynedd, North Wales, UK.
 
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 7 October 2025
Belgian waste storage extension approved
Belgian waste storage extension approved
Belgoprocess has received a permit to build and operate a new building on the Dessel site to store waste released during the final shutdown and dismantling of the country's nuclear power plants.
 
Waste & Recycling · Monday, 6 October 2025
Cavendish, Amentum awarded follow-on Monju contract
Cavendish, Amentum awarded follow-on Monju contract
British nuclear services company Cavendish Nuclear, together with its delivery partner USA-based engineering company Amentum, has been awarded the next phase of work by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency to support the decommissioning of the Monju Prototype Fast Reactor in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
 
Waste & Recycling · Monday, 29 September 2025
Orano-Zeno deal aims to power space batteries from recycled nuclear ‘waste’
Orano-Zeno deal aims to power space batteries from recycled nuclear ‘waste’
Nuclear battery developer Zeno Power is to make a "multi-million dollar" investment to get priority access to americium-241 supplies from Orano's la Hague recycling site in France.
 
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 25 September 2025
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