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Workers at Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky NPP have poured a symbolic cubic metre of concrete for two new reactors which are planned to use US Westinghouse technology and fuel. “Today we are talking about the future, we are talking about stability, we are talking about the development of nuclear energy,” said Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko. He added that the plans for Khmelnitsky were Ukraine’s most significant modernisation project since World War II. Also attending the ceremony were Petro Kotin, head of Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom; US Ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink; and Westinghouse CEO Patrick Fragman.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 18 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsukraine-begins-construction-of-new-units-at-khmelnitsky-npp-11690350
Reactors will be first in country to use US-based Westinghouse AP1000 technology
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 16 April 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/ceremony-marks-start-of-construction-at-two-new-khmelnitski-nuclear-plants-4-1-2024
Workers at the US Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment & Immobilisation Plant (WTP) have launched the second of two 300-tonne melters that has now reached the operating temperature of 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit as part of US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste programme. EM said this represents significant progress toward starting plant operations to immobilise in glass millions of gallons of radioactive and chemical waste from large underground tanks.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 13 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshanford-site-launches-second-melter-11677618
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has awarded the Hanford Integrated Tank Disposition Contract (ITDC) to Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure (H2C) of Lynchburg, Virginia, for work to be performed at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state. H2C is a newly formed limited liability company comprising BWXT Technical Services Group, Amentum Environment & Energy, and Fluor Federal Services.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 06 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdoe-awards-integrated-tank-disposition-contract-at-the-hanford-site-11572589
The Waste Treatment & Immobilisation Plant (WTP) at the US Hanford Site has produced the initial container of test glass as workers commission the first of two large melters at the plant’s Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility, according to the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 09 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-test-glass-poured-at-hanford-waste-treatment-plant-11356695
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 01 November 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsaptim-completes-disposal-of-us-nuclear-refuelling-barge-11258920
Aptim-Amentum Alaska Decommissioning (A3D) has been awarded a six-year, USD95.5 million contract by the US Army Corps of Engineers to decommission and dismantle the SM-1A reactor in Alaska. The contract had earlier been given to Westinghouse, but A3D contested that decision.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 20 October 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Contract-to-decommission-US-prototype-reactor-re-a
The Washington State Department of Ecology (WSDE) says a settlement agreement has finally been reached with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure access to critical federal data about the Hanford Site. “This brings to conclusion the $1.065m penalty Ecology issued to Energy in 2020 for restricting the state’s legally mandated direct access to important facility data, impairing Ecology’s ability to maintain regulatory oversight,” WSDE noted.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdoe-settles-dispute-over-hanford-site-with-washington-ecology-department-11160812
Clean-up activities continue at the US Hanford Site with demolition of the K West Reactor Annex that was used to transfer radioactive sludge away from the Columbia River. The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management (EM) said the demolition of is another key step toward clearing the former plutonium production reactor.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 19 August 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshanford-demolition-of-reactor-annex-clears-the-way-for-clean-up-11083308
The US federal government and companies responsible for nuclear weapons production and atomic waste storage sites in the St Louis area in the mid-20th century were aware of health risks, spills, improperly stored contaminants and other problems but often ignored them, according to documents recently reviewed by The Associated Press (AP). AP, which is investigating the situation, says it receives support from the Walton Family Foundation for coverage of water and environmental policy.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 15 July 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-legacy-radioactive-contamination-revealed-in-st-louis-11007007