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Radioactive scrap from India processed into lift buttons |
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October 27, 2008.
India's nuclear authorities have admitted radioactive scrap was exported from the country to make lift buttons in France, a report of UK news paper The Guardian says. French firm Mafelec sent thousands of lift buttons to the elevator maker Otis, which put them in hundreds of lifts in the country over the summer. ... more
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North Korea next stop for toxic waste |
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July 01, 2008.
The country of North Korea is planning to recycle waste that is so polluted that other countries refuse to handle it. The Stalinist regime is tendering for bids to process toxic waste at a refurbished port close to the capital Pyongyang as part of its desperate efforts to earn foreign currency.
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Studsvik to manage the UK Nuclear waste |
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March 31, 2008.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) in the United Kingdom has selected the Nuclear Waste Management Limited (UK NWM) as successful bidder for the management of the UK Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR), Swedish nuclear waste management company Studsvik has a 15% share in the consortium. ... more
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Mercury recycler a light for the future |
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March 11, 2008.
A plant that recycles mercury — a toxic substance normally stored in landfill — has been opened in Australia. The AUS$10 million CMA Ecocycle plant in Campbellfield in Melbourne's north will recycle mercury from lighting (fluorescent tubes and HID lamps) and dental amalgams. ... more
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Trafigura to face ‘Probo Koala’ charges |
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February 22, 2008.
Prosecutors in the Netherlands plan to file criminal charges against oil trading company Trafigura and Amsterdam council over their roles in a toxic waste incident blamed for the deaths of 16 people in the Ivory Coast. ... more
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Studsvik to process radioactive metal |
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February 19, 2008.
Swedish nuclear waste technology specialist Studsvik has obtained all the necessary licences to construct and operate a radioactive metal recycling plant near Sellafield in the UK, which is home to the world’s first commercial nuclear power station. The station is now being decommissioned, as well as some other older nuclear facilities. ... more
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New tritium handling technology gets award |
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February 04, 2008.
Globally operating technology corporation General Electric (GE) and the UK University of Bath have received an award for developing technology to store, treat and recycle tritium waste - a radioactive chemical by-product of medical research and nuclear power generation. ... more
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Financial boost for German solar wafer recycler |
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December 04, 2007.
To fund further international expansion, SiC Processing AG of Herschau in Germany has completed a € 53.4 million (US$ 78.3 million) round of financing led by zouk ventures - a London-based clean technology investor.
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Newalta buys Canada's largest lead recycling facility |
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September 20, 2007.
Canada | Industrial waste management group Newalta has signed an agreement to buy Canada's largest lead recycling facility from Quebec-based Nova Pb Inc. for US$55 (Euro 39) million in cash and stock. ... more
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Clemen-soap (Part Two) |
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May 01, 2006.
France’s Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie has insisted that the country’s obsolete aircraft carrier Clemenceau ‘will not rot in Brest’. ... more
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Port of Antwerp intercepts radioactive cargo |
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September 05, 2007.
Customs officials at the Belgian port of Antwerp have intercepted a load of radioactive pipes. Originating from a steel mill in India, the pipes were scheduled to be shipped to a company in the south of Belgium.
The assumption is that a radioactive source was melted with the steel in an Indian blast furnace. Once detected, the pipes were directed to a safe storage facility - under the supervision of the Belgian Federal Agency for Nuclear Control - in anticipation of final disposal.
Belgian customs was able to detect radioactivity in the load thanks to the radiation detection systems installed late last year at the Port of Antwerp.
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