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Radwaste management company Posiva ‘has not completed materials’
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 06 December 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/regulator-gets-another-extension-to-review-operating-licence-applications-12-4-2024
Construction of underground facility could begin in 2030s with operation in 2040-2045
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 30 November 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/nwmo-chooses-deep-geological-repository-site-in-northern-ontario-11-5-2024
Lithuania has identified 77 potential locations for its planned geological repository for used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. A final decision on the facility's location is not expected until 2047.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 06 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Lithuania-narrows-search-for-repository-site
The Township of Ignace in north-western Ontario has become the first community to confirm its willingness to move forward to the next phase of the site selection process to host a deep geological repository for Canada's used nuclear fuel.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian-town-declares-willingness-to-host-reposit
In its updated strategy for handling nuclear waste and radioactive substances, the UK proposes to use a shallower disposal facility for suitable intermediate-level waste which was previously earmarked for the planned deep geological disposal facility.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-plans-near-surface-disposal-of-intermediate-lev
Gov’t says deep geological repository will not be ready until 2050s
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/changes-of-radwaste-disposal-policy-could-save-gbp500-million-in-storage-costs-5-1-2024
At the Ignalina NPP (INPP), the project Improving the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management at INPP, largely funded by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism, has been completed. The project, which started at the end of 2020, sought to improve management systems, controls and preventive measures during decommissioning, which would minimise the negative impact on the environment, ecosystem and population.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 16 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnorway-to-help-ignalina-establish-burial-point-for-bitumen-radwaste-11773370
Switzerland’s National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) will establish two new subsidiaries to be responsible for the construction and operation of the planned deep geological repository (DGR). Nagra gTL AG will be responsible for the GDR and Nagra BEVA AG for the associated encapsulation plants.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 11 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnagra-to-establish-subsidiaries-to-construct-swiss-repository-11671190
Lithuania’s State Enterprise Ignalina NPP (INPP) has developed a general concept for the construction of a geological disposal facility (GDF) with assistance from Finnish waste management company Posiva Solutions Oy, a subsidiary of Posiva, under a one-year contract signed in January 2022. Posiva has developed Finland’s GDF at Olkiluoto, which is expected to begin operations in the mid-2020s – the world’s first such facility.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 10 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslithuania-develops-concept-for-geological-disposal-facility-11669637
The general concept for the construction of a geological disposal facility in clay-based rocks for Lithuania's radioactive waste has been developed by the State Enterprise Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant with assistance from Finnish waste management company Posiva.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 05 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/General-concept-for-Lithuanian-repository-prepared