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USA-based engineering group Jacobs has been selected by Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to support decommissioning efforts at its damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. The announcement came as the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said there had been "remarkable progress" in decommissioning the site.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 21 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Jacobs-to-support-Fukushima-Daiichi-decommissionin
Boris Johnson expressed his "passionate" support for nuclear power when he addressed the House of Commons for the first time as UK prime minister yesterday. Seven of the country’s eight existing nuclear plants are set to be retired by 2030, while new-build projects have faced financial uncertainty over the last two years.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 26 July 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UKs-new-premier-promises-boost-for-nuclear-power
US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Bechtel on 22 March formed an alliance to offer decommissioning and dismantlement services for NPPs in Germany and Sweden.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Sunday, 26 March 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgeh-and-bechtel-set-up-decommissioning-alliance-5771516
Cold and active commissioning has been completed of the full-scale demonstration GeoMelt In-Container Vitrification (ICV) plant at the UK's Sellafield site. In January 2014, the UK's National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and US radioactive waste management specialist Kurion announced a joint project to construct a full-scale demonstration GeoMelt ICV plant at NNL's Central Laboratory on the Sellafield site in Cumbria. The initial non-radioactive phase of the system's commissioning programme was completed in November 2015 at NNL's engineering facility in Workington. The system has since been dismantled, transported to Sellafield and reassembled.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 03 August 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnew-vitrification-technology-for-sellafield-4969094
US Kurion has acquired the UK robotics and remote systems firm Oxford Technologies.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 18 December 2015
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-kurion-acquires-uks-oxford-technologies-4757773
A demonstration plant to vitrify radioactive waste has completed initial commissioning before deployment at the UK's Sellafield site.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 23 November 2015
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsvitrification-plant-at-sellafield-completes-cold-testing-4734765
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
Westinghouse Electric Company has opened a new European Pump and Motor Maintenance and Repair Center in central Belgium. The EUR6 billion ($8.5bn) facility will be able to repair and refurbish more than 20 large motors and 10 pumps a year.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 22 January 2010
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-opens-belgian-pump-factory
Hyperion Power Generation plans to build a small reactor manufacturing plant in the United Kingdom within the next two years. The firm says it plans to use the existing UK supply chain to build its 70MWt (27MWe), self-regulating reactor and that the UK will be its ‘launch pad’ for the European market.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 01 October 2009
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshyperion-to-build-small-reactor-assembly-facility-in-the-uk
A spokesman said on April 14 that North Korea is ceasing cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 15 April 2009
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnorth-korea-kicks-out-iaea