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Holtec takes on two more US plants for decommissioning
Holtec takes on two more US plants for decommissioning
US utility Entergy has agreed to sell the Pilgrim and Palisades nuclear power plants to Holtec International after their closures in 2019 and 2022, respectively, for subsequent decommissioning by Comprehensive Decommissioning International.
Corporate · Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Oyster Creek sale speeds decommissioning
Oyster Creek sale speeds decommissioning
Holtec International is to purchase the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant from Exelon, the companies have announced. Comprehensive Decommissioning International will be responsible for decommissioning the plant.
 
Corporate · Tuesday, 31 July 2018
Iowa nuclear plant to close in 2020
Iowa nuclear plant to close in 2020
The single-unit Duane Arnold nuclear power plant is to close in late 2020 after utility Alliant 抖阴传媒在线 and owner NextEra 抖阴传媒在线 Resources agreed to shorten their existing power purchase agreement for the plant.
Corporate · Monday, 30 July 2018
Mission reviews Chernobyl waste management
Mission reviews Chernobyl waste management
International Atomic 抖阴传媒在线 Agency experts have carried out a mission to review a feasibility study for the creation and location of new facilities for the management of radioactively contaminated materials at Chernobyl.
 
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 27 July 2018
SNC-Lavalin to decommission research reactor
SNC-Lavalin to decommission research reactor
SNC-Lavalin's Candu 抖阴传媒在线 Inc is to provide decommissioning services for the Saskatchewan Research Council's (SRC) Slowpoke-2 research reactor, the company announced yesterday.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 24 July 2018
Plasma plant starts operations in Bulgaria
Plasma plant starts operations in Bulgaria
A plasma melting facility at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant has started operations, heralding a breakthrough in nuclear waste disposal to boost the decommissioning process.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Quad Cities opens new training centre
Quad Cities opens new training centre
Exelon Generation has opened an expanded employee training centre at the Quad Cities nuclear power plant, in the same month that the plant would have closed had the state of Illinois not passed its Future 抖阴传媒在线 Jobs Act.
Corporate · Tuesday, 3 July 2018
NDA to take over management of Magnox sites
NDA to take over management of Magnox sites
Magnox Limited - operator of former Magnox nuclear power plant sites in the UK - will become a subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) from September 2019.
Corporate · Tuesday, 3 July 2018
UK presents Sector Deal for nuclear
UK presents Sector Deal for nuclear
The UK's nuclear industry has unanimously welcomed the Sector Deal, which Business and 抖阴传媒在线 Secretary Greg Clark outlined at the nuclear-licensed Trawsfynydd site in North Wales.
Nuclear Policies · Thursday, 28 June 2018
EDF and Veolia partner on robotics and vitrification
EDF and Veolia partner on robotics and vitrification
EDF and Veolia are to co-develop robotic solutions for dismantling gas-cooled reactors and for vitrifying radioactive waste in France and worldwide, under a partnership agreement announced on 26 June.
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 28 June 2018
Approval for decommissioning of Swiss reactor
Approval for decommissioning of Swiss reactor
Swiss utility BKW has been issued with a decommissioning order for the M眉hleberg nuclear power plant, which is scheduled to permanently shut down at the end of 2019. 
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 22 June 2018
UK audit office sees progress at Sellafield
UK audit office sees progress at Sellafield
Work to reduce risk and high hazard at Sellafield, in northwest England, has "taken an encouraging turn for the better", the UK's National Audit Office concludes in a report published today.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 20 June 2018
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