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The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has awarded UK-based Cavendish Nuclear, a subsidiary of Babcock International Group, a contract to support of the decommissioning of the Monju Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) in Fukui Prefecture.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscavendish-contracted-to-support-decommissioning-of-japans-monju-reactor-10831730
The latest annual report from the UK National Decommissioning Authority (NDA), published on 19 July, says that the organisation stayed within its allocated budget despite the additional financial burden of around £100m ($130m) “in legal and settlement costs arising from the litigation over the placing of the Magnox contract”. The NDA was established in 2004 to ensure the safe and efficient clean-up of the UK’s nuclear legacy.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 24 July 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnda-stayed-within-budget-in-201617-5878699
Fifty years ago, on 14 November 1959, the Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR) first went critical. Three years later it became the first fast reactor in the world to supply power to the grid. The future of the iconic white ‘dome’, currently being decommissioned, will be determined by the mid-2010.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 10 November 2009
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdounreay-fast-reactor-celebrates-fifty-years