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A retired USGS geologist shares his experience of working on the publicly misunderstood nuclear waste repository and its geology.
Texas-based WCS chosen to manage U.S.-generated mercury
A five-year, $17.8 million contract has been awarded to Waste Control Specialists for the long-term management and storage of elemental mercury, the Department of Energy’s Office of...
Orano completes repatriation of reprocessing waste to Germany
Orano completed the 13th and final rail shipment of vitrified high-level nuclear waste from France to Germany. The company announced that the four casks of vitrified HLW arrived at Germany’s...
Siting of Canadian repository gets support of tribal nation
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced that Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation has indicated its willingness to support moving forward to the next phase of the site...
Veolia claims new method of recycling copper from nuclear facilities
Veolia UK announced that it has developed a new method for salvaging copper from electrical cables from decommissioned nuclear facilities. The process, which handles and disposes of the...
Diablo Canyon completes dry storage campaign, seeks ISFSI license renewal
Holtec International announced that it has completed the campaign to transfer Diablo Canyon’s spent nuclear to dry storage ahead of its planned schedule, paving the way for the continued...
Webinar series focuses on global progress in HLW and SNF management
A new webinar series launched by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Department of Nuclear Energy, the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, and the Energy Communities...
Hanford treats 2,000 gallons of tank waste as part of TBI project
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said that contractors have completed the treatment of 2,000 gallons of radioactive and chemical waste as part of the Hanford...
South Bruce votes yes on hosting Canadian repository
The municipality of South Bruce, located near the Bruce nuclear power plant in southwestern Ontario, voted narrowly in favor of being a willing host to a potential deep geologic repository for...
Workshop highlights commercial fabrication of universal waste canister
Deep Isolation announced that it hosted its third technical workshop for the UPWARDS project, a Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) initiative aimed at...
DOE consolidates Hanford’s management offices
Beginning last week, the two Department of Energy offices responsible for the environmental cleanup of the department’s Hanford Site have been combined under a new name: the Hanford Field...
