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IAEA launches new research project on deep borehole disposal

August 14, 2023, 7:00AMRadwaste Solutions

A schematic illustration of a deep borehole repository assuming disposal into a bedrock. (Image: Sandia National Laboratories via IAEA)

The International Atomic Energy Agency is launching a new Coordinated Research Project (CRP) to increase international knowledge and drive progress toward testing deep borehole disposal for intermediate- and high-level radioactive waste.

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NRC report updates decommissioning cost guidance

February 19, 2025, 12:00PMRadwaste Solutions

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has updated its guidance for nuclear power plant owners and operators in estimating the cost of decommissioning their reactors. Licensed power reactor...

U.K. narrows focus of disposal facility to three potential sites

February 3, 2025, 9:30AMRadwaste Solutions

The U.K. government’s Nuclear Waste Services said it has identified three “areas of focus” in its search to find a suitable site and a willing community to host a geologic disposal...

Independent nuclear waste board members asked to resign

January 29, 2025, 12:01PMRadwaste Solutions

Nuclear Newswire has learned that the Trump administration last week requested that all members of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board resign, except for the board’s chair, Peter Swift....

STUK on track to issue statement on Finnish repository this year

January 28, 2025, 9:25AMRadwaste Solutions

Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) stated that if everything goes well, it can complete the assessment of the operating license for the country’s deep geologic...

Bulletin article argues for more certainty in advanced reactor waste management

January 23, 2025, 7:00AMRadwaste Solutions

A recent Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists article cautions that uncertainty regarding the management of wastes generated by small and advanced reactors could drive up costs, making them...

2024: The Year in Nuclear—October through December

January 13, 2025, 9:30AMNuclear News

Another calendar year has passed. Before heading too far into 2025, let’s look back at what happened in 2024 in the nuclear community. In today's post, compiled from Nuclear News and Nuclear...

Comments received on Hanford’s tank waste plans

January 7, 2025, 9:30AMRadwaste Solutions

The Department of Energy has agreed to hold a 30-day review and comment period on a draft environmental analysis associated with a proposed plan for retrieving, grouting, and transporting some...

GAO: NNSA needs to improve its waste management strategy

December 19, 2024, 12:00PMRadwaste Solutions

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s strategy for managing nuclear waste from nuclear weapons maintenance and modernization activities is not comprehensive and does not fully...

Nuclear News publishing themes for 2025

December 19, 2024, 7:00AMANS News

It's been another successful publishing year for the American Nuclear Society's Nuclear News, Radwaste Solutions, the online Nuclear Newswire, and the NN Daily newsletter.For Nuclear News,...

Groundwater demonstration begins on Oak Ridge disposal facility project

December 13, 2024, 7:14AMRadwaste Solutions

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) have finished fieldwork and have begun monitoring groundwater...

IAEA launches new research project on deep borehole disposal

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