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March 2010
- 3rd - The US Department of Energy has applied to withdraw the Yucca Mountain licence application
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- 3rd - The US Department of Energy has applied to withdraw the Yucca Mountain licence application
February 2010
- 26th - The Swiss regulator has approved the shortlist of potential repository sites proposed by NAGRA
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- 24th - Australia to repeal waste law and introduce new legislation
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- 17th - Russia adopts new law to establish waste fund
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- 12th - The government in Italy has issued a Decree on new build and waste management
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- 1st - As many as twelve communities have expressed interest in hosting the ATC
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- 26th - The Swiss regulator has approved the shortlist of potential repository sites proposed by NAGRA
January 2010
- 29th - A Blue Ribbon Panel has been appointed to examine the future options for radioactive waste management in the United States
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- 26th - A second town in Spain has volunteered to host the spent fuel store
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- 22nd - The town of Yebra, in Spain, has voted to volunteer to host a centralised spent fuel storage facility
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- 18th - All waste to be removed from Asse mine in Germany
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- 15th - Legislation has been passed in Slovenia to confirm the LLW repository site selection announced in 2009
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- 15th - A consultation has been launched in Scotland on a new policy for management of higher activity wastes
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- 15th - A consultation has been launched in Scotland on a new policy for management of higher activity wastes
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- 7th - Invitation to host interim store for spent fuel issued to local communities in Spain
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- 4th - Local communities in Czech Republic march against repository proposal
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- 29th - A Blue Ribbon Panel has been appointed to examine the future options for radioactive waste management in the United States
December 2009
- 22nd - In the UK, the RWMD has been approved as a potential repository developer
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- 4th - The US GAO has released a report examining comparative costs of three different management options for spent fuel
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- 22nd - In the UK, the RWMD has been approved as a potential repository developer
November 2009
- 27th - A town in Canada has become the first to explore the possibility of hosting a deep repository
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- 25th - The UK government has issued a response to the CoRWM report on geological disposal issued in October
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- 9th - In the UK, the NDA has issued two reports discussing the disposability of wastes from an EPR and an AP 1000 reactor
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- 9th - The UK Government has released six National Energy Policy Statements
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- 4th - A report has been submitted to the US Congress providing an overview of HLW disposal programmes in 13 countries
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- 2nd - A contract has been let to design a LLW reposory in Lithuania
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- 27th - A town in Canada has become the first to explore the possibility of hosting a deep repository
October 2009
- 30th - In the UK, CoRWM has submitted its review of geological disposal R&D to government
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- 23rd - Cleanup licence granted for Port Hope project in Canada
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- 30th - In the UK, CoRWM has submitted its review of geological disposal R&D to government
September 2009
- 28th - Return of vitrified HLW from the UK to customer countries set to begin in 2009/10
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- 28th - Return of vitrified HLW from the UK to customer countries set to begin in 2009/10
August 2009
- 31st - The start-up of the reprocessing facility in Japan has been delayed until late 2010
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- 26th - The local community has agreed to allow expansion of the proposed deep repository in Finland
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- 18th - A community in the Czech Republic has voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal to site a deep repository for spent fuel
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- 18th - A group of academics in the United States has published a report discussing future options for radioactive waste management in the US
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- 6th - Report issued discussing progress on development of a deep geological repository in the UK
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- 31st - The start-up of the reprocessing facility in Japan has been delayed until late 2010
July 2009
- 31st - UK strategy for stakeholder involvement in repository siting published in the UK
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- 9th - Legislation has been passed in Italy allowing for new nuclear build
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- 9th - A community in Slovenia has agreed to accept a LLW repository
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- 1st - Consolidation of nuclear regulation proposed in the UK
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- 1st - Waste volumes in France are expected to increase considerably over the next 10-20 years
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- 31st - UK strategy for stakeholder involvement in repository siting published in the UK
June 2009
- 25th - Investigations to begin at two possible sites for graphite-bearing wastes in France
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- 5th - The regulator in Finland has given draft agreement to expansion of the proposed deep repository
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- 5th - A national consultation on LLW management has been launched in the UK
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- 3rd - In Sweden, SKB have selected Forsmark as preferred site for development of a deep geological repository for spent fuel
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- 25th - Investigations to begin at two possible sites for graphite-bearing wastes in France
May 2009
- 18th - Energy Solutions can import Italian LLW into the US
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- 13th - Germany to remove control of DBE from utilities
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- 8th - The Yucca Mountain project in the US is to be terminated
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- 5th - NWMO in Canada publishes draft siting process
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- 18th - Energy Solutions can import Italian LLW into the US
April 2009
- 27th - A bill has been introduced in the US Senate to return all monies from the Waste Fund
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- 23rd - Another town has withdrawn from the repository siting process in Japan
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- 20th - The GNEP initiative in the US is to be cancelled
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- 14th - More opposition to proposed LLW sites in Taiwan
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- 8th - Financial support planned for repository host communities in Sweden
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- 27th - A bill has been introduced in the US Senate to return all monies from the Waste Fund
March 2009
- 19th - 2 potential sites for LLW repository identified in Taiwan
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- 11th - More indications in the US that the Yucca Mountain project will be abandoned
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- 6th - Yucca Mountain 'not an option; period' says US Energy Secretary Chu
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- 19th - 2 potential sites for LLW repository identified in Taiwan
February 2009
- 27th - Support for the proposed Yucca Mountain repository in the US appears to be waning
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- 19th - New Guidance on Requirements for Authorisation have been published in the UK
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- 18th - The US NRC has adopted the 1 million year rule set by the EPA
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- 27th - Support for the proposed Yucca Mountain repository in the US appears to be waning
January 2009
- 29th - Another community in the UK has agreed to 'Expressed an Interest' in hosting a deep repository
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- 26th - The Final Environmental Impact Statement Guidelines and Joint Review Panel Agreement for the Kincardine DGR in Canada have been issued
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- 19th - New LLW facility in the UK receives planning permission
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- 15th - Licence issued for new LLW repository in the United States
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- 1st - Responsibility for development of a deep geological repository for L/ILW in Canada has passed to the NWMO
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- 29th - Another community in the UK has agreed to 'Expressed an Interest' in hosting a deep repository
December 2008
- 10th - A second council in the UK may express an interest in hosting a deep repository
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- 9th - In the UK, Cumbria County Council has also expressed an interest in hosting a repository
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- 9th - In the US, the Department of Energy has called for the Yucca Mountain repository to be enlarged
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- 10th - A second council in the UK may express an interest in hosting a deep repository
November 2008
- 24th - AECL to build new dry storage facility
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- 3rd - A board has been established in the UK to monitor how future decommissioning costs are controlled
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- 3rd - Proposal to amend the US Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
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- 24th - AECL to build new dry storage facility
October 2008
- 30th - New M&O contractor appointed for Yucca Mountain in the US
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- 20th - New nuclear security and safety agency in Italy
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- 20th - In Canada, the Nuclear Waste Management Organisation has established an independent Technical Advisory Group
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- 14th - Surface storage begins at Bátaapáti in Hungary
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- 1st - The US EPA has issued final radiation protection standards for Yucca Mountain
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- 30th - New M&O contractor appointed for Yucca Mountain in the US
September 2008
- 30th - EC calls for progress on geological disposal
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- 23rd - New advisory commission established in Germany
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- 19th - NWMO launches a dialogue on development of a repository siting process.
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- 8th - In the United States, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted the Yucca Mountain licence application.
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- 30th - EC calls for progress on geological disposal
August 2008
- 22nd - UK announces possible uses for plutonium stockpile
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- 13th - A draft licence has been issued for a LLW site in Texas, United States
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- 12th - Sites are being sought for interim storage of spent fuel in the United States
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- 6th - In the UK, a consultation has begun on how to communicate with stakeholders during the siting process for a deep repository
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- 22nd - UK announces possible uses for plutonium stockpile
July 2008
- 24th - In Spain, an operating licence has been granted for the first VLLW disposal vault at the El Cabril surface repository
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- 23rd - The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has issued its views on the proposedLLW repository at Dounreay
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- 18th - Efforts to hold a referendum in Taiwan regarding the siting of a LLW repository have failed
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- 15th - The latest estimate for the cost of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository in the US has now reached $90 billion
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- 1st - In Sweden, the two regulators, SKI and SSI, have merged to form a single Agency
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- 24th - In Spain, an operating licence has been granted for the first VLLW disposal vault at the El Cabril surface repository
June 2008
- 25th - Copeland Borough Council becomes the first to 'express an interest' in siting a deep repository in the UK
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- 12th - In the United Kingdom the government has published a White Paper outlining the implementation process for a deep repository for higher-activity wastes
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- 10th - EU nuclear regulators have reached an agreement on nuclear safety, waste management and decommissioning
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- 5th - In France, the government has announced the launch of a repository site selection process for long-lived LLW
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- 3rd - In the US, DOE has submitted the licence application for the Yucca Mountain repository to the NRC
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- 25th - Copeland Borough Council becomes the first to 'express an interest' in siting a deep repository in the UK
May 2008
- 30th - In Japan, siting is to begin of a LLW repository for non-nuclear industry wastes
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- 29th - In the US, Republican presidential nominee McCain says he would support an international repository
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- 16th - Consultation closes today on the proposed implementation plan for a deep geological repository in Canada
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- 15th - In the United Kindom, the Environment Agency has launched a consultation process on revised Guidance on Requirements for Authorisation for radioactive waste disposal facilities
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- 14th - In Finland, Posiva has submitted an EIA Programme for an enlarged repository
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- 12th - LLW Compact votes to prevent LLW import from Italy into the United States
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- 30th - In Japan, siting is to begin of a LLW repository for non-nuclear industry wastes
April 2008
- 25th - In Finland, Posiva has applied for a government Decision in Principle for disposal of additional wastes
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- 8th - Draft EIS Guidelines published for ILW repository at Kincardine in Canada
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- 7th - Consultation launched on future decommissioning strategies by regulator in France
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- 7th - Funding arrangements for the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority called into question
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- 2nd - In Switzerland, the government has published its programme for identifying repository sites for all categories of waste.
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- 1st - Changes in management at Dounreay, United Kingdom
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- 1st - New M&O contractor for national LLW repository in the United Kingdom
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- 25th - In Finland, Posiva has applied for a government Decision in Principle for disposal of additional wastes
March 2008
- 25th - In the Czech Republic, another local community has voted against a proposed HLW repository site
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- 11th - The opening of the Bataapati LLW repository in Hungary has been delayed by several months.
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- 4th - In the UK, the Health Protection Agency has announced a consultation on radioactive waste management
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- 25th - In the Czech Republic, another local community has voted against a proposed HLW repository site
February 2008
- 27th - The United Kingdom has become the 21st signatory to the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
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- 26th - ICRP consulting on the use of reference plants and animals
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- 22nd - Companies wishing to build new reactors in the UK will have to demonstrate their capability to pay for all decommissioning and waste management costs.
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- 19th - In the United States, DOE are uncertain when Yucca Mountain would open, due to budget uncertainties
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- 18th - Novi Han referendum result calls for closure of LLW repository
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- 15th - In Bulgaria, local people are to vote on whether to close the Novi Han LLW disposal facility
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- 8th - In the United States, agreement has been reached between the New Mexico state authorities and the DoE WIPP facility regarding failures of quality control.
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- 27th - The United Kingdom has become the 21st signatory to the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
January 2008
- 30th - In the UK, the National Audit Office has highlighted the rising cost of nuclear decommissioning activities
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- 24th - In the UK, Cumbria County Council has granted planning permission for Vault 9 at the national LLW repository near Drigg in west Cumbria.
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- 17th - In Sweden, SKB have been granted a licence enabling them to use an extension to the existing CLAB spent fuel storage facility.
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- 16th - In the United States, cuts in the DOE budget for 2008 could force delays in submission of the licence application for the Yucca Mountain repository.
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- 15th - The Scottish government has announced plans to build a series of LLW stores at existing reactor sites
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- 10th - In the United Kingdom, the government has published its initial reactions to the Managing Radioactively Waste Safely Consultation
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- 4th - A group of academics in the UK has attacked the latest public consultation on nuclear energy
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- 30th - In the UK, the National Audit Office has highlighted the rising cost of nuclear decommissioning activities
December 2007
- 24th - Carlsbad officals interested in a second repository
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- 21st - A community fund is to be established to support the local community around the national LLW repository in the UK
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- 19th - In the United States, the 2008 budget for the Yucca Mountain project has been reduced
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- 14th - South Korea has agreed to join GNEP
- 14th - A Community Fund has been proposed in support of the community around the UK national LLW repository
- 24th - Carlsbad officals interested in a second repository
November 2007
- 30th - Canada confirms membership of GNEP
- 29th - Lithuania has confirmed the selection of site for a LLW repository
- 27th - In the United States, the New Mexico state Environment Department is fining the Department of Energy's Carlsbad field office $996,220
- 26th - The Federation Council of the Russian Federation adopts new Law
- 22nd - US Company proposes to import waste from Italy for disposal
- 7th - The Nuclear Decommissioning Agency in the UK has published its 3-year plan for 2008-2011
- 6th - In Japan, active vitrification testing has started
- 6th - Latvia signs draft agreement with Russia
- 1st - Italian government to develop siting process for a LLW repository
- 30th - Canada confirms membership of GNEP
October 2007
- 29th - US National Academy of Sciences calls for abandoning GNEP
- 26th - Aboriginal landowners object to LLW proposals in Australia
July 2007
- 25th - A village mayor in Japan is considering volunteering his community for a HLW repository
- 18th - In the United Kingdom, a new chair has been appointed for the reconstituted Committee on Radioactive Waste Management.
- 25th - A village mayor in Japan is considering volunteering his community for a HLW repository
June 2007
- 28th - The parliament in Switzerland has approved legislation to create an independent nuclear regulator
- 25th - In the United Kingdom, the government has launched a public consultation on its proposals for siting and developing a deep repository for higher activity wastes.
- 14th - The government in Canada has accepted the proposal for 'Adaptive Phased Management' of spent fuel put forward in 2005 by the Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO).
The proposal, which involves deep disposal at a repository site yet to be identified, with the potential for shallow interim storage at the same location, was put forward by NWMO in November 2005 after 3 years review of options and discussions with the ...
- 4th - In the United Kingdom, the House of Lords has released a report criticising the latest proposals for taking forward the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (MRWS) process.
The report, by the Science and Technology Select Committee, questions the wisdom of the decision to merge Nirex and and the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency.
- 1st - In Sweden, the Radiation Protection Institute (SSI) has instructed SKB to cease waste disposal at at the Forsmark repository from 21st June
SSI are claiming that SKB has failed to apply suitable radiation protection practices and failed to undertake sufficient analysis of the wastes being sent to the facility. In addition, SKB has also apparently failed to submit sufficient documentation c...
May 2007
- 25th - In Australia, the indigenous Northern Land Council (NLC) has nominated a location as a potential site for the Commonwealth radioactive waste management facility.
The land is part of Muckaty Station, 120 kilometres north of Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory. 3 other sites in the Northern Territory have also been under investigation as potential repository locations.
- 9th - In Italy, a contract has been signed between SOGIN and AREVA to reprocess 235 tonnes of spent fuel at the La Hague facility in France.
The spent fuel is currently in storage following the closure of all the reactors in Italy in 1990. Fuel from the Latina Magnox reactor is not included. After reprocessing, which will be completed by 2017, all the resulting HLW will be returned to It...
- 1st - In the United Kingdom, the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) has issued its final report as a contribution to the development of a site selection process for a deep geological repository
The report, 'Implementing a Partnership Approach to Radioactive Waste Management", examines various aspects of implementing the Committee's recommendations from July 2006, which were accepted in principle by government in October 2007. ...
- 25th - In Australia, the indigenous Northern Land Council (NLC) has nominated a location as a potential site for the Commonwealth radioactive waste management facility.
April 2007
- 18th - In South Korea, the government has agreed details of the community benefits to be paid to Gyeongju, in exchange for hosting a L/ILW repository.
- 6th - South Africa preparing plans for a radioactive waste management agency.
- 4th - A court in Germany has given approval for the use of the proposed ILW repository at Schacht Konrad.
- 2nd - In the United Kingdom, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has launched a new Radioactive Waste Management Directorate.