Successfully Concluded Three IAEA Missions to Europe In the last month, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) carried out several missions to Europe, all positively concluded. The IAEA staff and international experts visited the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Romania for different kinds of reviews, conducted at the request of national governments and supported by each…
IAEA Positively Concluded An ARTEMIS Mission to Belgium In mid-December, an Integrated Review Service for Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Management, Decommissioning and Remediation (ARTEMIS) review team concluded a ten-day mission to Belgium. The review was carried out at the request of the country and hosted by ONDRAF/NIRAS, the Belgian National Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched…
Framatome Opens Spent Resin Treatment R&D Project in Karlstein Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) has successfully built and commissioned a semi-industrial scale Spent Resin Liquefaction facility at its site in Karlstein-am-Main, Germany. The Framatome site in Karlstein, near the Frankfurt area, is the most suitable location for the installation of the semi-industrial scale facility. The engineers…
NUKEM Completes Tests for Advanced Waste Cementation System NUKEM Technologies (ENS Corporate Member) recently announced the successful completion of the mock-up for its cutting-edge solidification plant. This milestone marks a significant achievement in advancing the safe and efficient treatment of radioactive waste generated during the operation and decommissioning of nuclear power plants and facilities, the…
SCK CEN Boosting Circular Economy In Nuclear Dismantling SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member) and CRM (Centre for Metallurgical Research) received the green light from the European Commission to continue the development of a melting furnace for research purposes. The nuclear melting furnace for research purposes – known as SMELD – is a project being undertaken by the two…
Sweden Starts Construction Of Spent Fuel Repository In Forsmark On Wednesday, 15 January, Sweden started building the final storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark, Östhammar Municipality. Minister for Climate and Environment Romina Pourmokhtari was present to officially start the work. The final repository will be ready for disposal in the 2030s and will…
NUKEM Successfully Achieved Final Dismantling Of RPV AT Oskarshamn NPP NUKEM Technologies Engineering Services GmbH (NUKEM, ENS Corporate Member), in partnership with Uniper Nuclear Services GmbH (UNS), has successfully completed the complex dismantling of the fourth and final reactor pressure vessel (RPV) at the Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden. This achievement represents the successful…
Tractebel Supporting Waste Management Programme at Doel NPP Tractebel (ENS Corporate Member), together with the Belgian nuclear operator, ENGIE Electrabel, has completed the filling of the first High Integrity Container (HIC) as part of the project to empty the spent fuel pools at the Doel 3 nuclear power plant, within its decommissioning programme. The project…
NUKEM Supports the Dismantling of Four Steam Generators at the Unterweser NPP NUKEM Technologies Engineering Services GmbH (NUKEM, ENS Corporate Member) has successfully completed the dismantling and preparation for transport of the steam generators at the Unterweser NPP (KKU), operated by PreussenElektra GmbH. This achievement was made possible through the extensive preparatory work carried out…