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		<title>Using Robust Fuel at Heysham 1</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/06/using-robust-fuel-at-heysham-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[British Energy, the owner and operator of Heysham 1, has requested that the regulator approves NSR 2 amendments so that Robust Fuel may be loaded into the Heysham 1 Power Station reactors. Background Fuel for advanced gas cooled reactors (AGRs) has been modified slightly to take on board changes to its manufacturing route and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clearing Sludge From Sellafield’s Oldest Pond</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new machine that sucks up sludge is helping to safely decommission the world&#8217;s largest open air nuclear fuel storage pond.  The Sellafield sludge retrieval project has taken nine years of work, requiring significant engineering on the 60-year-old plant, as well as the design of bespoke equipment to operate in an underwater, radioactive environment. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decommissioning of Pile Fuel Storage Pond</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/05/decommissioning-of-pile-fuel-storage-pond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 18:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sellafield]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sellafield Ltd is forging ahead with the decommissioning of the legacy Pile Fuel Storage Pond (PFSP) and has successfully commenced the retrieval of contaminated waste from the pond, safely exporting five tonnes of metal. The PFSP was the very first nuclear fuel storage pond at Sellafield built in 1948 in order to provide the storage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dounreay Offshore Clean-Up to Resume</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/04/dounreay-offshore-clean-up-to-resume/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/04/dounreay-offshore-clean-up-to-resume/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Decommisssioning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Work to clean up Dounreay moves offshore next month when contractor Land and Marine returns to the seabed in the latest search for fragments of spent nuclear fuel. The company expects to move its work platform – the 60-metre barge LM Constructor – into position early in May. It will deploy a remotely-operated vehicle capable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sludge Retrieval Kit Installed in PFSP</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/02/sludge-retrieval-kit-installed-in-pfsp/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/02/sludge-retrieval-kit-installed-in-pfsp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Waste Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final piece in the jigsaw is now in place to start bulk sludge retrieval in one of the priority decommissioning projects at Sellafield. An important piece of new kit has been installed in the Pile Fuel Storage Pond (PFSP) known as the Sludge Retrieval Hood (SRH). The SRH, together with a Remotely Operated Vehicle, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Seabed Machine Recovers 429 Fuel Fragments</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2010/11/new-seabed-machine-recovers-429-fuel-fragments/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2010/11/new-seabed-machine-recovers-429-fuel-fragments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest phase of offshore clean-up recovered 429 fuel fragments from the seabed off Dounreay during August, September and October. They were detected and retrieved by a remotely-operated vehicle that spent 37 days systematically searching an area of seabed equivalent in size to 22 international football pitches. It takes the total number of particles detected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toshiba and Westinghouse Joint Venture in Nuclear Fuel Cycle</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2010/03/toshiba-and-westinghouse-joint-venture-in-nuclear-fuel-cycle/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2010/03/toshiba-and-westinghouse-joint-venture-in-nuclear-fuel-cycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toshiba Corporation and Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC today announced the formation of a new joint venture, UK based Advance Uranium Asset Management, Ltd. (AUAM), that will strengthen Toshiba Group&#8217;s capabilities in the nuclear front end business segments and enhance the extensive range of support services extended to utilities around the world. United Kingdom based AUAM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multinational Fuel Bank Proposal Reaches Key Milestone</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2010/03/multinational-fuel-bank-proposal-reaches-key-milestone/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2010/03/multinational-fuel-bank-proposal-reaches-key-milestone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iaea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed multinational nuclear fuel bank under IAEA control reached a milestone this month when Kuwait pledged a financial contribution of US$10 million. The pledge &#8211; announced at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna &#8211; means that the international financial target for the fuel bank has been reached, putting into motion the efforts [...]]]></description>
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