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Norsk Kjernekraft and Denmark's Seaborg have signed a letter of intent to investigate the deployment of Seaborg's compact molten salt reactor (CMSR) in Norway.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Seaborg-SMR-to-be-considered-for-use-in-Norway
Remediation works at Mailuu-Suu - the largest uranium legacy site in Kyrgyzstan - are set to begin following the allocation of a grant of EUR23 million (USD25 million) from the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA), managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 20 May 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Remediation-of-Kyrgyz-uranium-legacy-site-to-start
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide Uzbekistan with a grant of €7 million ($6.95m) to support work on the reclamation of uranium legacy sites at Charkesar and Yangiabad, the press service of State Committee of Uzbekistan on Ecology and Environmental Protection (SCUEEP) and EBRD have reported. The agreement for the grant project was signed on 1 September in London by SCUEEP Chairman Narzullo Oblomuradov and Balthazar Lindauer, Director of the EBRD Nuclear Safety Department.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuzbekistan-receives-ebrd-grant-to-remediate-legacy-uranium-sites-9980584
Environmental remediation of former uranium mining sites at Yangiabad and Charkesar in Uzbekistan is set to begin following the signing of a EUR7 million (USD7 million) grant agreement between the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA) and the Uzbek government.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Cleanup-of-two-Uzbek-sites-to-start-in-early-2023
The completion of remediation works at the former uranium legacy sites in Shekaftar and Min-Kush, in the Kyrgyz Republic, “brings a major environmental benefit for Central Asia’s most populous region and secures the sustainability of the sites for years to come,” the European Bank forReconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on 28 March.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 01 April 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuranium-legacy-sites-remediated-in-kyrgyz-republic-9591829
Work to manage the legacy wastes from historic uranium mining at sites in Shekaftar and Min-Kush has been completed, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced. The work was completed on schedule and below the projected budget.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 29 March 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Remediation-of-two-Kyrgyz-uranium-legacy-sites-com
A pilot study by the Swedish company Studsvik shows that the Norway’s used fuel can be treated in less than two years, Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND) said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 14 December 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsstudsvik-could-treat-norwegian-used-fuel-in-preparation-for-disposal-9316780
A pilot study by Sweden's Studsvik AB shows that all of Norway's metallic uranium research reactor fuel could be processed using its oxidation process in less than two years. Several studies have already recommended chemical treatment of the fuel before it is disposed of in an underground repository.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Study-shows-all-Norwegian-fuel-could-be-treated-wi
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on 16 September that, with its partners it was supporting nuclear remediation efforts in the Kyrgyz Republic.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsebrd-supports-clean-up-of-uranium-waste-in-central-asia-9093669
Norway’s Minister of Trade and Industry Iselin Nybø and US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm have signed a letter of intent to develop a method that will ensure that Norwegian highly enriched uranium (HEU) can no longer be used for nuclear weapons, and which makes it suitable for storage and disposal.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnorway-and-usa-sign-agreement-to-deal-with-heu-9058113