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A major project involving the UK’s Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) and Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) to permanently dispose of more than 1,000 drums of waste, has been completed earlier than expected.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 15 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-completes-transfer-of-winfrith-waste-drums-ahead-of-schedule-11600799
Rolls-Royce SMR has welcomed an agreement between Polish industrial group, Industria, and UK-based Chiltern Vital Group (CVG) to collaborate on international projects to deliver low-carbon energy projects based on Rolls-Royce SMR technology.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 14 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-poland-agreement-brings-rolls-royce-smr-deployment-a-step-closer-11597859
A project to transfer more than 1000 drums of radioactive waste from the Winfrith site in Dorset, in southern England, to the Low Level Waste Repository site in Cumbria, in northwest England, has been completed earlier than expected.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 14 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-completes-transfer-of-Winfrith-waste-drums
Councillors at the UK's East Riding of Yorkshire Council have voted to withdraw from talks on the possibility of hosting a nuclear geological disposal facility (GDF) at South Holderness. Councillors voted 53-1 in favour of a motion calling on the council to withdraw from the siting process for the facility.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 29 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-council-withdraws-from-talks-to-host-geological-disposal-facility-at-holderness-11554222
Site holds 85% of all UK’s nuclear waste, much of which is stored in ageing facilities
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 17 February 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/spending-watchdog-launches-investigation-into-risks-and-costs-2-5-2024
A position paper by the UK Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) looks at the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced modular reactors (AMRs) and the implications for management of high-level wastes (HLW) and used fuel. Noting the growing interest in SMRs and AMRs, the 42-page paper says: “The management of spent fuel and radioactive waste from these new reactors must also be considered when selecting technologies for investment, further development, construction and operation.”
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 16 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscorwm-highlights-waste-considerations-in-smr-deployment-11519995
A research partnership between the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and National Decommissioning Centre (NDC), formed in 2022, is already helping the energy sector to reduce costs and emissions, improve environmental outcomes and deliver sustainable net-zero decommissioning.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 03 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-decommissioning-research-partnership-begins-to
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), part of the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has welcomed the establishment of a new Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) Working Group in South Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire. The GDF Siting Process in England and Wales is consent-based and requires NWS to identify both a suitable site and a willing host community.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 01 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsanother-uk-community-expresses-interest-in-hosting-geological-disposal-facility-11476934
Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), part of the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), has been commissioned by UK nuclear start-up newcleo to carry out feasibility studies in several areas of nuclear transport requirements. NTS will support newcleo by investigating packaging solutions for nuclear fuel; physical security for nuclear fuel; and transport routing and asset options.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 25 January 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnts-to-carry-out-feasibility-studies-on-fuel-transport-11459877
UK engineers from University of Glasgow, University of Manchester, Bristol Robotics Laboratory and Heriot-Watt University are developing the Symbiotic Multi-Robot Fleet (SMuRF) system, which could help with NPP decommissioning.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscollaborating-robot-fleet-may-support-npp-decommissioning-11387398