Waste

Solar Power Plant

Greece Starts 2024 With 240 MW of Wind, Solar Project Approvals

Greece’s Regulatory Authority for Waste, Energy and Water (RAAEY) has awarded permits for the construction of more than 240 MW of wind and solar parks acr…

Nuclear waste

Radioactive Water Spills Over After Quakes Hit Japan

Radioactive water from the fuel pools of two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan's Niigata prefecture spilled over after a magni…

Nuclear waste

Work Begins to Dismantle Garigliano Reactor Vessel

Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin) has begun the process of dismantling the pressure vessel of the boiling water reactor, which the company says is …

Nuclear waste

IAEA Oversees Removal of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources From Chile

A record number of 31 disused sealed radioactive sources (DSRSs) have been transferred from Chile to a recycling facility in Europe as part of an International …

Nuclear waste

First Waste Received by New Sellafield Transfer Facility

The newly-opened Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store - Direct Import Facility at the Sellafield site in the UK has received its first box of historical radioa…

Nuclear waste

China Develops Fast Reactor Used Fuel Container

China has developed a 100-tonne transport container for used fuel from large fast reactors, the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) announced. Following tes…

Nuclear Reactor

Final Accord Reached on Belgian Reactor Operations

A final agreement has been signed between the Belgian government and French utility Engie to extend the operation of the Tihange 3 and Doel 4 nuclear power reac…

Hydrogen Production

Rethinking Federal Investments: We Need Virtual Power Plants, Not Hydrogen Hubs

(Solar rooftop homes in Austin, Texas. Image: 123rf)The Department of Energy is providing taxpayer money to electric utilities like Xcel Energy to set up Hydrog…

Nuclear waste

France Able to Handle Waste From Six New Reactors, Andra Says

A general view shows cooling towers and reactors of the Electricite de France (EDF) nuclear power plant in Cattenom, France, June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Worker Exposed to Radiation at Fukushima Nuclear Plant

A worker at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant may have ingested radioactive materials after his face was exposed to the substances, local med…

CCS

Cory Inks CO2 Transportation, Storage Deal With Viking CCS

The deal allows emissions from Cory's facilities to be stored by the Viking CCS project.Image by Parradee Kietsirikul via iStockAn agreement has been signed…

Nuclear waste

Curio and Deep Isolation Sign Mou to Advance Nuclear Waste Disposal Technologies.

Curio, a trailblazer in nuclear technology solutions, and Deep Isolation, an innovator in nuclear waste disposal, have entered into a Memorandum of Understandin…

Nuclear waste

Veolia Selects Siteflow for Fukushima Decommissioning Support

Radioactive waste management specialist Veolia Nuclear Solutions (VNS) has partnered with French software solution provider Siteflow to enhance the design, exec…

SAF

Infinium Receives $75M Equity Commitment for Saf Efuels Project Roadrunner; Offtake Agreement With American Airlines

Infinium and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst announced a $75-million project equity investment commitment to support Infinium’s Project Roadrunner, subject t…

Nuclear Fuel

Orano Packaging Model Receives US Approval

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Orano's TN Eagle nuclear packaging model for the transport and dry storage of used fuel.The TN Eagle cask …