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Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) has signed agreements with landowners in South Bruce, Ontario to allow access to land for studies at a potential location for a deep geological repository.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 28 January 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Land-access-agreed-for-Canadian-repository-studies
Used fuel storage facilities at South Africa's Koeberg nuclear plant will be full by April next year, power utility Eskom said on 26 November, adding that it has begun creating extra space.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 30 November 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskoeberg-used-fuel-storage-nearly-full-7531457
Canada's search for a site to host a deep geological repository for its used nuclear fuel has been narrowed down to two potential locations in Ontario, the Nuclear Waste Management Organisation announced yesterday. NWMO is working to identify an acceptable site for the repository under a long-term process called Adaptive Phase Management.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 28 November 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Two-areas-under-consideration-for-Canadian-reposit
Deep Isolation, a leading innovator in used nuclear fuel (UNF) and high-level waste (HLW) storage and disposal solutions, on 11 November signed a cooperative agreement with NAC International (NAC), a nuclear fuel cycle consulting and technology solutions company specialising in casks and canister systems for nuclear materials transport and spent fuel storage and disposal.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 15 November 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-companies-co-operate-on-waste-management-7508086
The expansion of Sweden's existing SFR repository for low and intermediate-level waste at Forsmark has been approved by the Land and Environment Court in Stockholm. With approval already granted by the nuclear regulator, the government will now make a final decision on the application.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 15 November 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Environmental-court-approves-Swedish-repository-ex
The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group's (NRG's) plans for the processing and disposal of radioactive wastes from the Petten research reactor in the Netherlands over the next three years have been approved by the country's nuclear regulator. However, NRG must submit for approval a revised plan by mid-2022.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 06 November 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NRGs-near-term-waste-management-plans-approved
Finnish waste management company Posiva has contracted Bond Technologies of the USA to manufacture, install and commission a friction stir welding system for sealing copper disposal canister lids at its used fuel encapsulation plant under construction at Olkiluoto.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 01 November 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsposiva-contracts-us-bond-technologies-to-supply-welding-system-7482212
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SRSA) said on 24 October that it had reviewed and recommended the approval SKB’s application for an extension and continued operation of the SFR repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 30 October 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsswedish-regualtor-recommends-approval-repository-extension-7478487
Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) has finished drilling a second borehole at a site near Ignace in Ontario, as part of ongoing investigations to identify a suitable site for long-term management of the country's used nuclear fuel.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 30 October 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Second-Canadian-borehole-completed
The Korea Radioactive Waste Agency (KORAD) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Finnish waste management company Posiva to exchange technology and know-how related to the disposal of high-level radioactive wastes.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 30 October 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Korean-Finnish-waste-organisations-agree-cooperati