US nuclear waste disposal company Deep Isolation says that a two-year research project that subjected its Universal Canister System to the kinds of conditions found thousands of feet below the surface has shown materials used in its fabrication perform reliably and remain resistant to corrosion…
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Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning has invited the municipalities to express an interest in taking part in the process of finding a suitable location for storage facilities for radioactive waste.
The country has not had nuclear power plants but has operated research reactors in the past -…
Publication Date:
14 January 2026
Ukraine’s nuclear regulator has approved the release of the first 20 tonnes of carbon steel from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant for reuse elsewhere in the country.
Before being cleared for release the materials "were fragmented, decontaminated, and then thoroughly checked at the Free…
Publication Date:
30 October 2025
Eletronuclear has begun a four month campaign of transferring used fuel from Angra nuclear power plant’s unit 1 to the Complementary Dry Storage Unit - a process which will increase by 20 years the life of the cooling pools.
The dry storage facility, which received its initial operation…
Publication Date:
18 September 2025
