Industry News

2019-06-26

Work starts on Finnish fuel encapsulation plant

Finnish waste management company Posiva today announced the start of construction of the used fuel encapsulation plant at the Olkiluoto site in western Finland. Installation of the necessary systems within the underground disposal chambers is also set to begin soon.
2019-06-24

UK and China team up on environmental protection

UK-based research and development company Innovative Physics Ltd (IPL) and China Environmental Protection Company Ltd (CEPC) have signed an agreement on technologies and skills to further improve the safety of nuclear power plants in China and overseas.
2019-06-19

Outer dome installed at Karachi 2

The outer safety dome has been installed on the containment building of unit 2 at the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan. The unit is the first of two Chinese-supplied Hualong One reactors being built at the site.
2019-06-18

Toshiba, AECOM expand decommissioning collaboration

Japan's Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation and AECOM of the USA have agreed to collaborate in providing decommissioning services to nuclear power plants in Japan.
2019-06-18

US regulator completes Clinch River site safety review

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published its final safety evaluation report on Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA's) application for an early site permit (ESP) for the potential use of a site at Clinch River for two or more small modular reactors. The regulator concluded there are no safety concerns to prevent issuing such a permit.
2019-06-16

Russia's VVER-TOI reactor certified by European utilities

The Russian-designed VVER-TOI nuclear power reactor design - developed from the VVER-1200 - has been formally certified as compliant by the European Utility Requirements (EUR) organisation.
2019-06-16

Safety upgrade delays could take Japanese units offline

Nuclear power reactors in Japan that have resumed operation could be forced to temporarily shut down again if back-up safety measures are not in place by specified deadlines under new rules approved by the country's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA). Operators of restarted units have already said they expect delays in the completion of such facilities.
2019-06-16

IAEA assesses emergency preparedness in Canada

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts yesterday concluded an 11-day mission to review Canada's preparedness and response arrangements for nuclear and radiological emergencies. An Emergency Preparedness Review (EPREV) is one of the peer reviews offered by the IAEA to strengthen nuclear safety in Member States.
2019-06-14

UK researchers develop semi-automatic robots

Engineers at Lancaster University are developing computer systems for robots handling hazardous nuclear waste. The software will make the robots semi-autonomous - simplifying human control, which has to be done remotely due to the highly radioactive environments in which the robots operate.
2019-06-13

Australian isotope facility to begin full-scale operations

The ANSTO Nuclear Medicine (ANM) facility has received a regulatory licence that will allow it to move to full production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), the Australian nuclear science and technology organisation announced today.

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