Latest News

Filters

Filter by tags: Spent nuclear fuel Finland Clear all tag filters

51 news articles found


IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, during an official visit to Sweden, travelled to the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory, where research is underway 500 metres below ground. The laboratory is located on an island north of the town of Oskarshamn near the Oskarshamn NPP.

Date: Wednesday, 06 September 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-director-general-grossi-visits-swedens-sp-hard-rock-laboratory-11121912

Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs & Employment and the US Department of Energy (DOE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on nuclear energy and nuclear waste management. “Its purpose is to intensify cooperation between administrations, companies and research institutes in Finland and the US concerning the peaceful use of nuclear power,” the Finnish Ministry said. The MOU was signed by the Ministry’s Director General, Riku Huttunen, and Dr Kathryn Huff, Assistant Secretary at the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy.

Date: Saturday, 13 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfinland-and-us-increase-nuclear-co-operation-10842419

A floating autonomous robot could soon play a key role in safeguarding used nuclear fuel around the world. The Robotised Cherenkov Viewing Device (RCVD) has been created through a collaboration between Australian national science agency CSIRO's data and digital specialist arm Data61, Hungarian robotics company Datastart and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Date: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Robot-developed-to-assist-verification-of-used-fue

Finland is committed to the safe, secure and sustainable management of radioactive waste as it nears completion of the world's first geological disposal facility for used fuel, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded.

Date: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-sees-Finnish-commitment-to-safe-radwaste-mana

Final geological repository will be world’s first Posiva has been working for several decades to develop a concept for final disposal and demonstrate long-term safety. Courtesy Posiva. Finnish nuclear waste management company Posiva announced its encapsulation plant building in Olkiluoto is ready to proceed with the installation of nuclear-related processing systems after construction contractor Skanska Talonrakennus Oy delivered the facility on schedule at the end of May.

The encapsulation plant is part of a €500m final disposal facility, construction of which began in June 2019. The plant is where spent nuclear fuel is received, dried and packed into final disposal copper and cast-iron canisters for final storage.

Posiva said the encapsulation plant will use “unique” nuclear technology which had not seen service anywhere else in the world as of yet.

Date: Friday, 10 June 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/posiva-prepares-for-nuclear-systems-installation-at-onkalo-encapsulation-plant-6-4-2022

Skanska Talonrakennus Oy, the contractor responsible for construction of the used fuel encapsulation plant at Olkiluoto, handed over the building to Finnish waste management company Posiva at the end of May for installation of the nuclear systems.

Date: Wednesday, 08 June 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Finnish-fuel-encapsulation-plant-enters-installati

Lithuania's national programme for managing radioactive waste and decommissioning has demonstrated a commitment to safety, a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has concluded. However, it noted areas where safety could be further enhanced.

Date: Friday, 27 May 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Lithuania-committed-to-safe-radwaste-management,-s

Stuk says process could take ‘a few years’ Posiva has been working for several decades to develop a concept for final disposal and demonstrate long-term safety. Courtesy Posiva/Helena Urpulahti. Finland’s nuclear regulator Stuk has started reviewing Posiva’s operating licence application for what could become world’s first deep geologic repository for used nuclear fuel – a process that it said could take “a few years”.

Stuk said it was beginning the review of the application for the Onkalo encapsulation and final disposal facility at Olkiluoto in the southwest of the country after concluding that Posiva had submitted sufficient material. Posiva is the company responsible for the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel in Finland.

Stuk said at this stage it was impossible to give an accurate estimate of the how long the review will take.

Posiva submitted its application for a licence to operate a spent fuel encapsulation and disposal facility to the government in December 2021. At the same time, it submitted the accompanying licence application material to Stuk for evaluation.

Date: Friday, 20 May 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclear-regulator-begins-review-of-licence-application-for-used-fuel-disposal-facility-5-4-2022

Hungary is committed to the safe and effective management of used nuclear fuel and radioactive waste, a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has concluded. However, it noted areas where it could be further enhanced.

Date: Wednesday, 06 April 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Hungarian-radwaste-management-system-robust,-says