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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission asked the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico to dismiss the State’s lawsuit.

High-Level Nuclear Waste Storage is Coming to West Texas   ANDREWS, TX — Andrews County is grappling with the prospect of high-level nuclear waste being stored in their area. Thursday, July 15, the Andrews County Commissioners’ Court will hold a special meeting to decide on a resolution regarding the introduction of the waste into their community. At issue is a facility located in the county on 14,000 acres that has been a storage site for low-level nuclear waste for over a decade. Curren...

First assembly meeting of International Chernobyl Co-Operation Account New fund to develop comprehensive plan for next steps in decommissioning process EBRD and IAEA heads agree to continue institutions’ cooperation The international community stands united to support Ukraine in the next steps towards transforming the site of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. On the occasion of the first assembly meeting of the new International Chernobyl Co-Operation Account (ICCA), the President of the Euro...

EBRD, IAEA to continue work within new International Chornobyl Co-Operation Account for decommissioning NPP 3 min read The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during the first assembly meeting of the new International Chornobyl Co-Operation Account (ICCA) have agreed to continue the institutions cooperation and develop a comprehensive plan for next steps in the process of decommissioning the Chornobyl nuclear power pl...

15 December 2020 In 2006, CoRWM undertook an appraisal of the technical options for managing the UK’s radioactive waste, taking into account ethical considerations, an examination of overseas experience and a wide-ranging programme of engagement with both the public and interested parties / stakeholders. It was concluded that, within the present state of knowledge, the burial underground (200-1000 metres) of radioactive waste in a purpose built facility with no intention to retrieve the waste...

15 December 2020 Share Holtec International has announced that the second double-walled canister (DWC) had been loaded with RBMK reactor used nuclear fuel into the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP) site’s Interim Storage Facility (ISF-2) in Ukraine yesterday. The second cannister is loaded into ISF-2 (Image: Holtec) The event was witnessed by Roman Abramovsky, minister of environmental protection and natural resources of Ukraine, Grigoriy Plachkov, chairman of the State Nuclear Regulator...