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China's first ship for the transport of used nuclear fuel has been delivered to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). The independently produced double-hulled vessel meets the INF-3 (Irradiated Nuclear Fuel class 3) standards set by the International Maritime Organisation.

Date: Friday, 11 December 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/China-commissions-first-used-fuel-transport-ship

Russia’s Lepse floating technical base (PTB) in the Murmansk Region will be sealed and transferred for long-term storage to the village of Sayda Guba, where a long-term ground storage facility for reactor compartments is located, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has announced.

Date: Wednesday, 19 August 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-progress-in-cleaning-up-the-russian-arctic-8089745

Unloading used nuclear fuel from the Russian floating technical base Lepse will begin in the second half of 2018, and a special protective cover is now being constructed to assist this work and improve safety, Anatoly Zaharchev, head of the  Complex Utilisation of Nuclear Submarines project office at state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said on 13 March.

Date: Thursday, 16 March 2017
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsprogress-removing-used-fuel-from-russian-nuclear-support-ship-lepse-5763939

The Itarus semi-submersible floating platform for transporting special material decommissioned by the Russian Navy has been delivered to the shipyard in Muggiano, in La Spezia, Italy. It was built by Fincantieri for RosRAO, the Russian Federal State Unitary Enterprise for radioactive waste management. The contract to build Itarus was signed by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, RosRAO and Fincantieri in November 2013 during the Italy-Russia Business Forum, held in Trieste. It followed the 2003 cooperation agreement between the Russian and Italian government for the decommissioning of nuclear submarines and the safe management of radioactive waste and nuclear fuel. That agreement was defined within the framework of the Global Partnership, started in the 2002 G8 summit in Canada.

Date: Friday, 11 March 2016
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-takes-delivery-of-italian-built-waste-ship-4836952