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Remembering the Savannah River Plant
In 1989, the Savannah River Plant was renamed the Savannah River Site. It was originally established in 1950 near Aiken, S.C., to produce nuclear materials for the nation, primarily for...
Bipartisan Nuclear REFUEL Act introduced in the U.S. House
To streamline the licensing requirements for nuclear fuel recycling facilities and help increase investment in nuclear energy in the United States, U.S. Reps. Bob Latta (R., Ohio) and Scott...
DeepGeo to explore economics of SNF reprocessing with Copenhagen Atomics
DeepGeo, a Rhode Island–based company seeking to develop multinational spent nuclear fuel repositories, and Denmark-based thorium reactor developer Copenhagen Atomics have signed a...
Veolia claims new method of recycling copper from nuclear facilities
Veolia UK announced that it has developed a new method for salvaging copper from electrical cables from decommissioned nuclear facilities. The process, which handles and disposes of the...
Supplier Showcase focus: Radiation protection
The American Nuclear Society is hosting a Supplier Showcase webinar, “Dose-Free, Radiation Visualization, and Mitigation,” tomorrow, November 13, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (EST) on the...
United Kingdom’s nuclear waste progress described in report
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), an organization comprised of the United Kingdom’s Low Level Waste Repository, Radioactive Waste Management, and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), has...
American Nuclear Society welcomes Supreme Court review of NRC ruling
Statement from ANS on Supreme Court’s decision to grant certiorari to NRC v. Texas
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS), a nonprofit representing over 10,000 professionals in the fields of nuclear science and technology, issued the following statement...
Sens. Cruz, Heinrich introduce bipartisan bill supporting fuel recycling
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and Martin Heinrich (D., N.M.) introduced a bill that would require the Department of Energy and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine...
TEDx talk explains nuclear recycling and nonproliferation technologies
Jenifer Shafer, the associate director for technology at the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), recently delivered a TEDx talk in which she explained the basic concepts of...
Oklo completes end-to-end demonstration of advanced fuel recycling
Oklo Inc. announced that it has completed the first end-to-end demonstration of its advanced fuel recycling process as part of an ongoing $5 million project in collaboration with Argonne and...
