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Operators at the UK’s Sellafield site have removed the first zeolite skip from the First Generation Magnox Storage Pond (FGMSP) to a self-shielded box, which was then placed in the new Interim Storage Facility.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Friday, 29 March 2024; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssellafield-begins-removal-of-zeolite-skips-from-legacy-pond-to-new-storage-11640320

The first of 237 zeolite skips has been removed from Sellafield's First Generation Magnox Storage Pond, which has been prioritised for clean-up by the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Thursday, 28 March 2024; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-zeolite-skip-removed-from-Sellafield-pond

Two projects have been awarded a share of £1m ($1.25m) by the UK Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research & Innovation (UKRI). The funding is to address challenges in:

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Saturday, 16 September 2023; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-and-japan-to-co-operate-on-radioactive-waste-management-11150626

Two research projects are to receive funding totalling GBP1 million (USD1.2 million) from UK and Japanese research councils to develop technologies to detect and process radioactive waste. The research will support work to decommission the UK's Sellafield plant and remove radioactive debris from the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2023; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Joint-UK-Japanese-research-on-waste-and-decommissi

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has awarded UK-based Cavendish Nuclear, a subsidiary of Babcock International Group, a contract to support of the decommissioning of the Monju Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) in Fukui Prefecture.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Wednesday, 10 May 2023; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscavendish-contracted-to-support-decommissioning-of-japans-monju-reactor-10831730

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

The Magnox reprocessing plant at Sellafield will end its operations in July, marking the completion of the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's (NDA) Magnox Operating Programme.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Wednesday, 18 May 2022; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-reprocessing-plant-to-end-operations

Sellafield announced that it had packaged all foreign-owned wasted ready for return. The work is part of the closing out of commercial reprocessing contracts. Sellafield received used nuclear fuel from around the world to be reprocessed at its Thorp plant, generating £9 billion ($11.9bn) in revenue for the UK. Waste created during the process remains the property of overseas customers who are contractually obliged to take it back.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Wednesday, 15 December 2021; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-sellafield-packages-all-foreign-owned-wasted-ready-for-return-9317062

Work to prepare all foreign-owned high-level waste for return to overseas customers has been completed, the UK's Sellafield Ltd has announced. A total of 1840 containers have been prepared for return to overseas customers since 2008, as part of the closing out of commercial reprocessing contracts from the Thorp reprocessing plant.