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Last Updated : 06 September 2010
Construction starts on Japanese used fuel store
Groundbreaking at Mutsu (RFS)Construction has started of an interim used fuel storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori prefecture, Japan. The Recyclable Fuel Storage Centre is expected to begin operating in July 2012 with an initial capacity of 3000 tonnes of used fuel.
Recycling a viable option, US commission told
There could be "significant benefits" in the implementation of reprocessing and recycling technology under a new waste management strategy, industry executives have told the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future.
Contract for Chernobyl crane system
Chernobyl NSC craneUS-based PaR Systems has been awarded a multi-million dollar, multi-year subcontract to supply the main cranes system to be used inside the New Safe Confinement (NSC) currently being constructed over the wrecked unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
Contract for Portsmouth diffusion plant cleanup
Portsmouth GDP (DoE)A joint venture between Fluor Corp and Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) has been awarded a contract by the US Department of Energy for the next phase of the decontamination and decommissioning of the huge Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) uranium enrichment site in Ohio.
Haiyang waste treatment facility contract
Energy Solutions - Haiyang (CPI Yuanda Environmental)Utah-based Energy Solutions has signed a contract with China Power Investment Corp (CPI) to supply a waste management system for new AP1000 units to be constructed at Haiyang, Shandong province.
Rethink on Utah used fuel storage project
Proposed PFS storage facilityA project proposed by a consortium of US utilities to store used nuclear fuel at an Indian reservation in Utah, shelved after Department of the Interior (DoI) officials denied necessary approvals, could be revived after a court overturned the DoI's rejection.