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• Funds for legacy waste facility

  The government of Canada has awarded C$20 million ($19.4 million) for the design and construction oversight for a long-term facility to manage historic low-level radioactive waste at Port Hope in Ontario. Posted Mar 04 2010, 11:05 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Spent Fuel, Canada, nuclear waste, funding, nuclear, low level

• Americans wary of nuclear waste, safety issues

  Almost half of Americans are in favour of new nuclear power plants being built in the USA, but the majority said they are concerned about radioactive waste management, plant safety and nuclear material falling into the wrong hands, a new public opinion poll shows. Posted Mar 04 2010, 11:02 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: DOE, Spent Fuel, nuclear waste, Steven Chu, study, nuclear, yucca mountain

• End of the line for Yucca Mountain

  The withdrawal of its licence application yesterday marked the official end of the Yucca Mountain repository project. Posted Mar 04 2010, 10:48 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: DOE, Spent Fuel, nuclear waste, Steven Chu, study, nuclear, yucca mountain

• Spanish towns bid to host waste facility

  At least a dozen Spanish towns, most with populations of 500 or less, have submitted bids to host the country's centralized interim high-level waste storage facility. However, regional authorities have said they will oppose many of the bids. Posted Feb 02 2010, 09:45 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Spain, nuclear waste, waste, storage, nuclear, High-level radioactive waste, interim high-level waste storage facility, dump

• Post-Yucca nuclear waste strategy group

  America will develop a new strategy for long-term waste management under a 'Blue Ribbon' commission. Used nuclear fuel recycling will be one of the options on the table for the group. Posted Feb 01 2010, 11:20 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: DOE, nuclear waste, Steven Chu, storage, nuclear, reprocessing, commission, blue ribbon

• High cost for US radwaste alternatives

  The Yucca Mountain waste repository could turn out to be less expensive in the long run than other options for the management of the USA's high-level nuclear waste, a government report has found. Posted Dec 04 2009, 10:46 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Yucca, nuclear waste, repository, High-level radioactive waste, exepensive, yucca mountain

• US nuclear utilities question waste fees

  US nuclear utilities have written to Energy Secretary Steven Chu asking him why they should continue paying some $770 million annually towards the Yucca Mountain waste repository since the project has now been scrapped and no alternative has yet been proposed. Posted Jul 10 2009, 10:55 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: nuclear waste, Steven Chu, fees

• Big fine for waste leaks

  A leaky sump at the Bradwell nuclear power plant in the UK will cost operator Magnox South some £250,000 in fines, while court costs take the total penalty to £400,000 ($567,000). Posted Feb 18 2009, 06:52 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: UK, nuclear waste, nuclear safety

• Japco to delay Tsuruga 1 shut down

  Japan Atomic Power Co (Japco) announced that it will postpone the shut down of its Tsuruga 1 nuclear power reactor beyond the originally scheduled 2010 due to delays in the construction of two new units at the site. Posted Feb 17 2009, 10:29 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Japan, nuclear waste, nuclear safety

• Europe steps towards shared repository concept

  Following several years of preliminary work, 14 European countries have resolved to set up a European Repository Development Organisation (ERDO) to collaborate on nuclear waste disposal. Posted Feb 11 2009, 11:09 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: nuclear waste, repository, europe

• MOX gets ready to sail

  Companies have confirmed that a shipment of mixed oxide (MOX) nuclear fuel from Europe to Japan is being prepared, although the exact departure date has not yet been announced. Posted Jan 29 2009, 11:28 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: plutonium, MOX, nuclear waste, Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty

• Lawmakers act against waste movements

  Legislation has been filed to stop the disposal of any foreign origin radioactive waste in the USA. It is a reaction to Energy Solutions' contract to recycle metals from decommissioned power plants in Italy. Posted Jan 15 2009, 11:31 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: nuclear waste, nuclear safety, nuclear security

• Waste plan revealed

  A step-by-step process has begun in the UK to select a site and design a single facility to store radioactive waste for ever. A white paper on the matter said that principles of "voluntarism and partnership" are to be used in the selection process. Posted Jun 12 2008, 12:18 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: UK, nuclear waste