VIRERO, The Framatome’s Robotics Project For Dismantling And Decommissioning Framatome, ENS Corporate Member, announced the completion of a key milestone in the development of a robotic-assisted handling system to support decommissioning and waste management for the nuclear industry. Testing confirmed the operation of robotic systems for handling and sorting high-dose waste components, paving the way for…
Deep Borehole Repository Study For Slovenia’s Triga II Research Reactor Nuclear waste management company Deep Isolation has been awarded a contract to conduct a borehole feasibility study for Arao, Slovenia’s radioactive waste management organisation. The study will examine whether a deep borehole repository could dispose of spent fuel from Slovenia’s Triga II research reactor at…
Sweden Approves SKB Final Repository Project On 27th January, the Swedish Government approved the project proposed by SKB to build a final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark and an encapsulation plant in Oskarshamn. The final repository project will bring investments of around SEK19bn (approximately €1.8bn) and will create about 1,500 jobs. The projects…
IAEA ARTEMIS Missions Ended In Hungary And Romania Last March, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concluded two ARTEMIS (Integrated Review Service for Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Management, Decommissioning and Remediation) missions in Romania and Hungary. ARTEMIS is an integrated expert peer review service for radioactive waste and spent fuel management, decommissioning and remediation…
NUKEM’s Radwaste Facilities At Ignalina Received Operational Licence The Ignalina Solid Radioactive Waste Management and Storage Facilities, built by NUKEM Technologies GmbH (ENS Corporate Member), is now operational. On 28th March 2022, following the approval of the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR), the Lithuanian State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (VATESI) granted Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant…
NUKEM’s Role In Decommissioning Dessel Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Plant NUKEM Technologies (ENS Corporate Member) has been awarded a contract by Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible (FBFC) International to supply and operate a belt conveyor free release measurement system (FREMES) for radiological characterisation of soil and bulk material By Royal Decree of March 29, 2022, FBFC…
New Milestone Achieved In The Slovak Decommissioning Project European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced further progress in the Slovak nuclear decommissioning plan, as two Soviet-era reactors at the Bohunice nuclear power plant have been fully dismantled and the components decontaminated for safe storage or recycling. The work was funded through the Bohunice International…
Switzerland Presents Plan For Deep Geological Nuclear Waste Repository Swiss radioactive waste disposal cooperative Nagra officially announced the site which will host a deep geological storage repository for radioactive waste. Nördlich Lägern, located in the northern part of Canton Zürich (Switzerland), will be the place of Nagra’s “project of the century”. Nördlich Lägern has the largest…
Steps Forward For Belgium’s Geological Radwaste Disposal On November 22, 2022, a Royal Decree concerning radioactive waste management in Belgium was published in the Belgian Official Gazette. This decree is the first regulatory act allowing the formal elaboration of a national policy for the safe and responsible long-term management of high-level radioactive waste in Belgium.…
NUKEM Upgrades The Incineration Facility For Radwaste In Seibersdorf In 2016, NUKEM Technologies Engineering Services GmbH (NUKEM – ENS Corporate Member) was awarded a contract for the upgrade of the Incineration Facility for low-level radioactive waste in Seibersdorf, Austria. The purpose of the upgrade was to optimise the incinerator feed and ash discharge processes, in particular…