Uranium & Fuel

Belgium / Construction Begins Of Pilot Facility To Recover Uranium From Medical Radwaste

By David Dalton
14 February 2023

SCK CEN says plant is first of its kind in Europe

Construction Begins Of Pilot Facility To Recover Uranium From Medical Radwaste
Groundbreaking at the new Recumo facility south of Brussels. Courtesy SCK CEN.
Belgian nuclear research centre SCK CEN and partner Institut National des Radioéléments (IRE) have begun construction of a facility – the first of its kind in Europe – for transforming radioactive residues from medical radioisotopes into low-enriched uranium that could be used in research reactors.

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