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Japan is turning to international experts for help with decommissioning its nuclear power plants. Kirill Komarov, first deputy director general for development and international business at Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on 26 November that Rosatom is ready to offer Japan the entire spectrum of services and technologies in the back-end of nuclear fuel cycle.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 26 November 2015
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjapan-seeks-international-assistance-for-decommissioning-4738248
The UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has a problem with the world’s largest stocks of reactor-grade plutonium. The international association Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy view this as a one-time opportunity to benefit several advanced nuclear energy developments, none of which are acknowledged by DECC. By Brendan McNamara
Weak, short distance radiation makes it warm; so it is safe to hold but not to swallow. UK reactor grade plutonium is unsuitable for making weapons. And small-scale uses of UK plutonium could never go critical
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 May 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssmarter-uses-for-plutonium
A cask containing compacted metallic waste was shipped on June 15 from the TN International’s railway terminal in Valognes (France) to the COVRA storage facility near Borssele (Netherlands), Areva reports.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 22 June 2009
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-transport-of-metallic-compacted-waste-from-france-to-the-netherlands