UK / First Hinkley Point B Reactor Successfully Defueled As Decommissioning Gathers Pace
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to take over licences after fuel removal
Fuel removal
Fukushima / Tepco To Begin Fuel Removal At Second Unit By October 2024
Schedule pushed back by several months over ‘complex challenges’
Russia / Final Fuel Removed From Leningrad-2 RBMK As Decommissioning Makes Progress
Country’s entire RBMK reactor fleet slated for retirement
Japan / Fuel Removal Completed On Schedule At Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor
Tokyo decided to permanently shut down unit in 2016
Norway / IFE To Send 3 Tonnes Of Research Reactor Fuel For Processing In UK
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