Waste & Decommissioning

The Nuclear Energy Institute this week filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit opposing Texas’s March 2017 lawsuit that challenges the failure of the U.S.…
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An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said Italy is committed to the safe and effective decommissioning of nuclear sites and management of associated radioactive…
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The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) in Lithuania has taken another important step forward in the decommissioning process, managed by the EBRD, with the start of the hot trial, using…
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An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts today concluded a five-day Site and External Events Design (SEED) mission to Belarus. The SEED team reviewed the design…
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ARES Security Corporation (ASC) ended 2016 by signing 4 new contracts; bringing the year to a close with 39% of the nuclear reactors in the United States using AVERT. The new…
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Energy Minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe has announced the appointment of Tom Smith as Chairman of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Mr Smith will be responsible for the…
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An innovative snake-like robot has been developed to cut up items in contaminated or difficult-to-access areas of nuclear facilities. LaserSnake2 can cut through metal that is up…
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Trials have been completed in Cumbria on a technology that converts mixed, lower-activity radioactive waste into a durable glass form. Challenge Dealing efficiently and…
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History has been made at Sellafield after radioactive sludge was transferred from the world’s oldest nuclear storage pond for the first time. Sludge is an unplanned by-product of the…
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AECOM and EnergySolutions announced that they have been selected as the decommissioning general contractor for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station through their joint venture, SONGS…
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