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The Special Act on the Management of High-Level Radioactive Waste (High-Level Radioactive Waste Special Act) will come into effect on September 26. The government plans to accelerate the process of ...

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed a follow-up mission to assess Spain’s progress in implementing the recommendations and suggestions made during a review of ...

The domestic management system for high-level radioactive waste (spent nuclear fuel) will go into full operation. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on the 16th that the Cabinet approved ...

The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine has given approval for the commissioning of the Solid Waste Retrieval Facility and Solid Waste Processing Plant at the Chernobyl nuclear power ...

The Chornobyl nuclear power plant is slowly but surely moving towards a safer future. The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine has officially given the Chornobyl plant the green light to ...

Radioactive waste is used radioactive material that is discarded or contaminated with radioactive material. In general, caution is required in the handling and disposal of radioactive waste.

The project for selecting candidate sites for high-level radioactive waste began in the 1980s with geological surveys focused on four stations across France. However, due to social backlash and ...

In the Western Australian outback, a private company has quietly set up the nation's first disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste — burying it in a deep pit under a huge canopy. The company ...

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, November 6. TVEL Fuel Company (TVEL), part of Russia’s Rosatom, and Kazakhstan’s National Nuclear Center have signed a memorandum of intent on scientific, technical, and commercial ...