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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.
- Source: Nucnet
- 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
The challenges the nuclear industry faces are largely external and must be overcome if it is to help tackle the existential threat of climate change, panellists in the Nuclear Energy and its Future session of the Reuters Next conference on 11 January said. These challenges include: the notion nuclear is an out-dated technology; the cost of finance; market design; political changes; perceived competition with renewable energy; and the public's misconceptions about radioactive waste.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 15 January 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/The-real-challenges-to-nuclear-are-external,-says
As policymakers grapple with the twin challenges of climate change and a post-COVID economic recovery, the benefits of nuclear power are clearer than ever, but the industry still has some way to go in addressing perceptions of its alleged drawbacks with cost, safety and radioactive waste. This was the overriding message of the three panellists in a webinar held last week by Utilities Middle East in partnership with Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 01 January 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/The-barrier-to-nuclear-is-perception,-says-panel
The first containers of used nuclear fuel assemblies removed from the Lepse floating technical base at the Nerpa shipyard have been transported to Murmansk, Russia. The fuel is being removed under a programme managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and will be sent to Mayak for reprocessing.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 26 September 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-fuel-from-Lepse-leaves-Nerpa-shipyard
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission, established last year by the South Australia state government, has said a facility accepting nuclear waste and used fuel created by the global power generation, industry, medicine and research could be viable and could deliver significant economic benefits to the state, generating more than AUD5bn (3.6bn) a year in revenue. South Australia, which hosts the Olympic Dam uranium mine, set up the commission last year to look at the role the state should play in the nuclear industry, from mining and enrichment to energy generation and waste storage.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 17 February 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsaustralian-commission-supports-waste-storage-4814225