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Fuel debris removal from Fukushima reactors delayed
Fuel debris removal from Fukushima reactors delayed
The start of full-scale fuel debris removal from the damaged reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is now expected to begin in 2037 at the earliest, instead of the early 2030s.
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Second stage of reprocessing centre in Zheleznogorsk launched
Second stage of reprocessing centre in Zheleznogorsk launched
The second complex of the Experimental and Demonstration Centre, which will process used nuclear fuel, has been launched, and follows an initial experimental stage.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Robotic arm retrofitted to old glovebox at Sellafield
Robotic arm retrofitted to old glovebox at Sellafield
In a world first, a robotic arm has been retrofitted and operated inside an active nuclear glovebox at Sellafield in the UK, helping to remove the risk to operators and promising to make decades-old gloveboxes safer to dispose of.
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 25 July 2025
Bohunice units decommissioning completed
Bohunice units decommissioning completed
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development says two VVER-440 pressurised water reactors have been successfully removed and dismantled at Slovakia’s Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant, marking the end of the decommissioning project.
Waste & Recycling · Monday, 21 July 2025
Simulator aids upgrade of Sellafield robots
Simulator aids upgrade of Sellafield robots
A simulation of the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo - one of the oldest waste stores and one of the highest hazard facilities on the UK's Sellafield site - is making it safer to upgrade robots handling waste within it.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Bulgaria watchdog reports on repository project delays
Bulgaria watchdog reports on repository project delays
The National Audit Office has outlined delays of more than 10 years in the construction of Bulgaria's National Repository for Long-Term Storage of Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste. It also identified alleged public procurement irregularities.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Gentilly 1 declared free from nuclear fuel
Gentilly 1 declared free from nuclear fuel
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories announced it has completed the transfer of used fuel from the Gentilly-1 Waste Management Facility site in Québec to the Chalk River Laboratories site in Ontario ahead of schedule.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Betatron X-Ray machine built for radioactive waste containers
Betatron X-Ray machine built for radioactive waste containers

Tomsk Polytechnic University has been commissioned by Rosatom's fuel division TVEL to create an innovative X-ray machine designed for non-destructive testing of containers with radioactive waste.

Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 2 July 2025
UK looks to robots to assist in waste management tasks
UK looks to robots to assist in waste management tasks

The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has announced a partnership which will see innovative technology deployed for the first time on a nuclear site to remotely and autonomously sort and segregate radioactive waste.

Waste & Recycling · Friday, 27 June 2025
Decommissioning of oldest Korean reactor approved
Decommissioning of oldest Korean reactor approved

South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission has approved the decommissioning of unit 1 at the Kori nuclear power plant near Busan. The unit was permanently shut down in June 2017, becoming the first South Korean reactor to enter decommissioning.

Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 26 June 2025
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