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Thursday 29 October

BGE narrows German repository search to under 5% of territory
The company plans to propose five to ten sites for surface exploration to the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management by the end of 2027.
Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE)Waste

Wednesday 28 October

Japan awards ReNu up to ¥700 million for Fukushima plant using Studsvik's inDRUM
Studsvik's inDRUM process keeps waste unsorted in a sealed container and can cut its volume by up to 90 percent, depending on materials.
Studsvik ABWaste
NRS appoints Aureos to Dungeness A boiler contract worth up to £190 million
The project covers eight boiler units, each around 800 tonnes, and associated plant and infrastructure.
UK Nuclear Decommissioning AuthorityWaste
IAEA confirms consistency of six-nation lab analyses of Fukushima seawater
Measured concentrations support the IAEA's 2023 finding that the discharges as planned would have a negligible radiological impact.
International Atomic Energy AgencyIAEAWaste

Tuesday 27 October

IAEA confirms tritium below Japan's limit in 25th ALPS water batch
TEPCO began releasing the batch on October 26; about 188,000 cubic metres have been discharged since August 2023.
International Atomic Energy AgencyIAEAWaste

Monday 26 October

Studsvik to advise ReNu on inDRUM design for Fukushima waste plant
ReNu holds up to JPY700 million (USD4.4 million) in Fukushima Prefecture subsidy for a pilot plant targeted for completion in fiscal 2028.
Studsvik ABWaste

Friday 23 October

Finland grants Posiva operating licence for 6,500 tU used fuel repository
Amount permitted corresponds to about 3,300 canisters; final disposal is estimated to continue into the 2120s.
PosivaWaste

Wednesday 21 October

Canada court rejects Kebaowek challenge to Chalk River NSDF approval
Dryden's city council asked the Major Projects Office to deny national-interest status for the Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation repository.
Canadian Nuclear LaboratoriesWaste

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 NewswireANSWaste
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.
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental ManagementWaste

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.
StudsvikWaste

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.
Hyundai Motor GroupWaste

Friday 9 October

Danish Decommissioning submits final repository framework to civil security agency
The framework leaves site selection and disposal method open; preparatory work such as core staff hiring is proposed for 2027 and construction for 2031.
ANS Nuclear NewswireANSWaste

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 AgencyIAEAWaste

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 AgencyIAEAWaste
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 AgencyIAEAWaste

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 RegulationONRWaste

Thursday 17 September

Chernobyl ships first seven processed waste packages to near-surface site
The Industrial Complex for Solid Radioactive Waste Management began operations in May under a licence from Ukraine's State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate.
World Nuclear NewsWNNWaste