The Fernald Site in Ohio, once a key nuclear weapons production facility, has been transformed into the Fernald Preserve after a $4.4 billion, 17-year cleanup, now featuring wetlands, prairies, forests, and a Visitors Center detailing its history.
Gyeongbuk Province is emerging as a nuclear energy hub with 13 operating reactors and plans for 4 more, including 2 new large-scale reactors in Yeongdeok. The province hosts KHNP headquarters and a radioactive waste disposal site, aiming to leverage stable power for industries like steel and data centers, while advocating for differentiated electricity rates.
The final transport of seven containers of radioactive waste from the British reprocessing plant Sellafield is expected to arrive in Schleswig-Holstein in the coming days. The containers will be unloaded at the Brokdorf interim storage facility. This waste consists of spent fuel elements from German nuclear power plants that were reprocessed in the UK.
Japan has restarted its largest nuclear power plant amid an energy crisis, but faces a critical shortage of space for spent nuclear fuel. The country lacks a viable plan for permanent disposal, with a remote island being considered, sparking skepticism and concerns.
An international team is investigating over 200,000 radioactive waste barrels dumped in the North-East Atlantic between 1946 and the 1990s, using autonomous underwater vehicles to map and assess their condition and impact on deep-sea ecosystems.
Finland is nearing the activation of a groundbreaking underground repository for highly radioactive nuclear waste, designed for permanent storage over tens of thousands of years. This facility, built deep beneath Olkiluoto, offers a multi-layered safety approach, isolating waste in stable bedrock. It represents a potential working model for other nations as they reconsider nuclear energy.
