Nuclear Waste Management & Decommissioning

Nuclear waste management focuses on responsible disposal of atomic waste by ensuring the radionuclides are allowed to dissipate from nuclear fuel to inert materials.

Nuclear Waste Management & Decommissioning News

Areva retains nuclear waste management contract

01/05/2012 The French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (Andra) has renewed its contract with Areva for the operation of the Au...

Japan and UK sign nuclear pact

11/04/2012 The UK and Japan have signed a pact on nuclear power which will open the door to Japanese companies entering the UK market and ...

Wylfa2 nuclear reactor to close by end of April

05/04/2012 Just two months after the closure of Oldbury2, the UK has announced plans to shutdown the Wylfa 2 magnox reactor on 30 April.

Europe must think beyond national borders on nuclear, say sector leaders

22/03/2012 National decisions on nuclear power must be taken with an international view in mind, according to senior players in the indust...

Toshiba hires EnergySolutions to assist in Fukushima clean up

15/03/2012 EnergySolutions is to assist Toshiba in the cleanup of the large volume of contaminated water at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi ...

Babcock to aid EDF nuclear decommissioning in France

12/03/2012 UK nuclear support specialists, Babcock, is extending its expertise to France, in particular to assist with the nuclear decommi...

Building the connection between nuclear safety and nuclear security

22/02/2012 WANO, the World Association of Nuclear Operators, and WINS, the World Institute for Nuclear Security, have announced a collabor...

New nuclear reactors to use radioactive waste as fuel

03/02/2012 A generation of "fast" nuclear reactors could consume Britain's radioactive waste stockpile as fuel, providing enough...

Siberian facility to reprocess 38000 tonnes of nuclear waste

02/02/2012 In Russia, the first phase of a centralized interim storage facility (ISF) has been completed at the Mining and Chemical Combin...

POWER-GEN convention told of challenge of maintaining nuclear safety

15/12/2011 Maintaining a robust nuclear safety regime has been compared to fighting “guerrilla warfare” by Elmo Collins of the US Nuclear ...

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