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The general concept for the construction of a geological disposal facility in clay-based rocks for Lithuania's radioactive waste has been developed by the State Enterprise Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant with assistance from Finnish waste management company Posiva.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 05 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/General-concept-for-Lithuanian-repository-prepared
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) have signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) to Co-operate on Used Nuclear Fuel Management. NWMO President & CEO Laurie Swami and US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Dr Kathryn Huff attended the signing at Canada’s Embassy in Washington.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanada-and-us-to-co-operate-on-used-fuel-management-10862186
Innovation has always been at the heart of the nuclear power industry and its future depends on this commitment to technological advancement in both large and small reactor designs. This was the message of the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) General Ministerial Conference held in Washington DC last week.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Conference-Advancing-the-rebirth-of-nuclear-power
The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) on 7 November welcomed the release of "A Call to Action: A Canadian Roadmap for Small Modular Reactors," the result of a pan-Canadian, multi-stakeholder study launched in early 2018.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 12 November 2018
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanadian-nuclear-association-welcomes-smr-roadmap-6847402
Finland’s Posiva, Sweden’s Svensk Kärnbränslehantering (SKB) and Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation have collaborated on a five-year, (2008-2013) research project, The Greenland Analogue Project (GAP), investigating ice sheet conditions, in relation to the long-term management of used nuclear fuel in a deep geological repository. The focus of the study, the Greenland Ice Sheet, is the second largest ice sheet in the world and comparable to the ice sheets predicted to extend over both Scandinavia and Canada in the future.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgreenland-ice-sheet-studied-as-part-of-repository-research-5004404