Waste

John on January 6th, 2012

The Waste Encapsulation Treatment Plant (WETP) at Winfrith has been demolished, marking the final stage of decommissioning of the plant, following successful completion of a five year sludge retrieval and processing programme by site licence company RSRL, parent body organisation Babcock reports.

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John on December 13th, 2011

ONR guidance on radioactive waste management has been updated as a result of comments received since February 2010.

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John on November 2nd, 2011

An invitation to tender for the design and construction of a plant to grout low-level radioactive waste LLW  at Dounreay was issued to seven companies today, following a selection process that began in July.

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John on October 7th, 2011

Sellafield Ltd has taken a major step forward towards its mission of high hazard reduction by successfully returning to service the Waste Vitrification Plant Line 3.

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Our Radioactive Waste Management Directorate (RWMD) is sponsoring the “Underpinning Science and Technology for Radioactive Waste” conference which takes place at Loughborough University, Leicestershire from 18 to 20 October 2011.

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John on September 27th, 2011

For many years, nuclear regulators have actively worked towards integrated management of radioactive waste on nuclear sites, via the development and use of, integrated waste strategies.

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John on September 26th, 2011

Waste Vitrification Plant (WVP) line 3 has been safely returned to full operations within a few days of the original schedule following an outage spanning 18 months.

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John on August 1st, 2011

A notice published today in the Official Journal of the European Union seeks expressions of interest from companies capable of building a plant to grout low-level radioactive waste prior to its disposal at Dounreay.

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John on July 27th, 2011

A new self erecting tower crane has been built at Sellafield as part of the work to retrieve historical waste from a 60-year-old silo.

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John on July 13th, 2011

The programme of returning solid Highly Active Waste (HAW) from Sellafield to Japan will continue with a second shipment, this time consisting of three flasks.

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