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Final unit at Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant permanently shut down
06 Jan 2026 21:22 GMT
… operable units at the Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant in Chukotka, … been replaced by the floating nuclear power plant, the Akademik … said that Bilibino's decommissioning experience will be unique, in … . Unloading of the used nuclear fuel is expected to last …
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Decommissioning licence to 2055 issued for Leningrad 1
06 Jan 2026 21:04 GMT
… to 2055 for the decommissioning of Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant's … after receiving the decommissioning licence, the necessary decommissioning infrastructure will be … as developing design documentation for decommissioning. These tasks were successfully …
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Is Burying a Nuclear Reactor Worth It?
06 Jan 2026 18:44 GMT
… decade later, the esteemed nuclear physicist Edward Teller resurfaced … ,” Leslie Dewan, a nuclear engineer who previously led … around monitoring, access, and decommissioning. But none of these … whose consultancy, What Is Nuclear, catalogs reactor designs and …
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Nuclear Revolution! India Plans Big For Small Modular Reactors; Here’s How SMRs Can Boost Submarines, Satellites, Lunar Missions
06 Jan 2026 06:21 GMT
… , even for captive corporate use.
Decommissioning of such plants is much … is powered by a small nuclear reactor. Nuclear propulsion, being independent of … 2000. Russia has a nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed unmanned underwater vehicle …
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Hamaoka Nuclear Plant Restart Likely Delayed by Improper Earthquake Data
06 Jan 2026 04:58 GMT
… . had reported data to the Nuclear Regulation Authority that potentially underestimated … proceed while fundamentally restructuring our nuclear division.”
For Chubu Electric, this … reactors were already slated for decommissioning.
With the goal of restarting …
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A chance to ‘be involved’: Nuclear waste site assessment begins
06 Jan 2026 00:13 GMT
… project description submitted by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization.
IGNACE — … construction, operation (about 50 years), decommissioning and closure, and post-closure … an initial licence from the nuclear safety commission.
Additional separate licences …
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TEPCO head renews vow to decommission Fukushima nuclear plant
05 Jan 2026 09:49 GMT
… Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has vowed to complete decommissioning work. … task.
He said: "Decommissioning the plant safely and steadily … online at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture … to the pursuit of nuclear safety.
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India Repeals Nuclear Liability Regime, Welcomes Private Participation
02 Jan 2026 22:27 GMT
… Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India … provisions of the 2010 nuclear liability law that gave … operation of nuclear plants from construction to decommissioning as well … as in the nuclear fuel …
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A Donegal man's time inside Britain’s last nuclear power station of the Cold War
01 Jan 2026 15:57 GMT
… frost damage. On a nuclear project, failure was unthinkable … . Public unease around nuclear power had intensified following … one of the last nuclear power stations constructed … managed decommissioning lasting decades, a reminder that nuclear generation …
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100 Gigawatts by 2047: Can India really nuclear-charge its future?
01 Jan 2026 13:22 GMT
… emissions that cause climate change. Nuclear power produces electricity without releasing …
There are other complications. Used nuclear fuel remains dangerously radioactive for … used fuel, safely disposing nuclear waste, or decommissioning old reactors, all of …