Waste

Nuclear Technology

Work Starts on Belgian Isotope Residue Recycling Facility

A ground-breaking ceremony has been held in Mol in north-east Belgium to mark the start of construction of a facility to recycle radioactive residues from the p…

Nuclear Technology

UK Grant for Deep Isolation Corrosion-Resistant Canister

US-based Deep Isolation EMEA Ltd has been awarded a grant by the UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (formerly part of BEIS) to develop a corrosion-res…

Biomass Power Plant

MHIEC Builds a New Waste-To-Energy Plant With 194 Tons per Day-Capacity in Konan City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

TOKYO, Feb 14, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. (MHIEC), a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy I…

United States

Biogas produced with waste from apple juice production can minimize use of fossil fuels in industry

Scientists at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the Federal University of the ABC (UFABC) in São Paulo state, Brazil, have successfully prod…

Energy Security

Centrus Competes Construction, Initial Testing of Haleu Demonstration Cascade

Marking a major milestone, Centrus Energy—a firm under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate production of high-assay low-enriched u…

Pumped Storage

£1 Million Grant to Test Materials for New Energy Storage System

In partnership with the University of Greenwich and the University of Exeter, UK firm RheEnergise has secured a grant of £1 million from the UK government…

Nuclear Power Plant

Lucas Heights Redevelopment Project Gets Under Way

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has begun a project at its Lucas Heights facility near Sydney to remove general solid waste, …

Biofuel

Biorefinery Uses Microbial Fuel Cell to Upcycle Resistant Plant Waste

Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03667When nature designed lignin—the fibrous, woody ma…

Japan

IAEA Task Force Reviews Fukushima Water Discharge Plan

The International Atomic Energy (IAEA) Task Force established to monitor Japan’s plan to discharge treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP has comple…

Energy Technology

Robot Developed to Assist Verification of Used Fuel

A floating autonomous robot could soon play a key role in safeguarding used nuclear fuel around the world. The Robotised Cherenkov Viewing Device (RCVD) has bee…

Nuclear waste

US Approval for Metal Storage Cask

A metal cask for the storage of used nuclear fuel, jointly developed by Doosan Enerbility of South Korea and NAC International of the USA, has received design c…

United Kingdom

Transfer of Waste From Berkeley Vaults Begins

The first concrete box containing radioactive waste from underground vaults at the shut down Berkeley nuclear power plant in the UK has been transferred to an i…

Nuclear Technology

UK Must Act on Nuclear to Meet Net-zero Aims, Review Finds

Investment in new nuclear is "a no-regrets option", according to an independent review of the UK government's approach to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas e…

China news

Haleu Fuel Transport Packaging

With demand for SMR fuel expecting to soar, developers are working on new types of packaging systems. In response NAC International has revised its OPTIMUS®…

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

H2 Mobility Hydrogen Station HasOpened at Tempelhofer Weg in Berlin

The new hydrogen station at the Shell filing station on Tempelhofer Weg 102 in Berlin was officially opened on January 11, 2023, inthe presence of Federa transp…