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Tuesday 20 October

Homestake seeks NRC approval of alternate groundwater limits at Grants
Contaminant levels have fallen since remediation began in 1977 but progress stalled in the early 2000s, the company's application says.
ANS Nuclear NewswireWaste
DOE fills first 33-million-gallon Savannah River waste unit with grout
SDU 6, approved in 2012, took its first waste shipment in 2018; six more mega-volume units are planned at the South Carolina site.
ANS Nuclear NewswireWaste

Friday 16 October

NND signs SEK3-4 billion Studsvik deal for Norwegian used fuel
Norway holds about 16.5 tonnes of used fuel from six decades of research reactors at Halden and Kjeller.
World Nuclear NewsWaste

Tuesday 13 October

Monday 12 October

Hyundai E&C tests 1.75-meter equipment for used fuel deposition hole
The 5.7-meter-long machine, built to KORADIS deposition hole specifications, was tested in an underground research tunnel under a KORAD-led R&D project.
World Nuclear NewsWaste

Thursday 8 October

NRS hands Trawsfynydd reactor buildings area to Costain
Costain's contract, awarded in October 2025, will cut both reactor buildings' height by nearly half.
UK Nuclear Decommissioning AuthorityWaste

Wednesday 7 October

IAEA team samples 24th batch of ALPS-treated water at Fukushima Daiichi
Sampling was the twelfth under the Additional Measures, which the IAEA began in October 2024 to widen international participation.
International Atomic Energy AgencyWaste

Tuesday 6 October

Urenco Deutschland commissions Gronau uranium oxide storage facility
The facility operates under a plant expansion license granted in 2005 by North Rhine-Westphalia's nuclear licensing authority.
UrencoWaste

Monday 5 October

IAEA finds TEPCO's ALPS treated water monitoring accurate in fourth comparison
Samples were collected in July 2025 from tanks at Fukushima Daiichi holding the 15th batch of ALPS treated water discharged into the sea.
International Atomic Energy AgencyWaste
IAEA confirms 24th ALPS water batch below Japan's 1,500 Bq/L tritium limit
TEPCO began discharging the batch from Fukushima Daiichi on October 5; about 180,600 cubic metres have been released in batches since August 2023.
International Atomic Energy AgencyWaste

Thursday 1 October

ONR approves Hinkley Point B site licence transfer to NRS
It is the first AGR site in England to move from EDF to NRS, after Hunterston B in Scotland transferred earlier this year.
UK Office for Nuclear RegulationWaste