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Editorial features include the generation, handling, treatment, cleanup, transportation, storage, and disposal of radioactive waste. Created by the American Nuclear Society in 1994, the magazine covers the business, science, and technology of radwaste throughout the United States as well as activities outside of the U.S.</p><p>Browse the Table of Contents and featured articles below.</p><p>A subscription to <em>Radwaste Solutions</em> is included with <a href="http://www.ans.org/join/">ANS membership</a>. <a href="http://www.ans.org/store/item-RWS/">Corporate subscriptions</a> are also available.</p></div></div></div> <hr class="blue separator"> <div class="page-box">  <div id="issue" class="row"> <div class="col-xs-4 cover"><img src="/pubs/cover/?i=3382&s=m" class="zoomer" data-zoomsrc="/pubs/cover/?i=3382&s=l"></div> <div class="col-xs-8 info"><h3>January 2025</h3><p class="volume">Volume 32, Number 1</p><p class="callout">Featured Articles</p><ul><li><a href="/pubs/magazines/download/article-1355/">Table of Contents</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://epubs.ans.org/download/?i=3382">View Full Issue</a> (subscribers)</p></div> </div> <hr class="yellow even"> <div id="issues"> <div class="selection"> <div class="label">Years:</div> <div class="values"><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2025/" class="current">2025</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2024/">2024</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2023/">2023</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2022/">2022</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2021/">2021</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2020/">2020</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2019/">2019</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2018/">2018</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2017/">2017</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2016/">2016</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2015/">2015</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2014/">2014</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2013/">2013</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2012/">2012</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2011/">2011</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2010/">2010</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2009/">2009</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2008/">2008</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2007/">2007</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2006/">2006</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2005/">2005</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2004/">2004</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2003/">2003</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2002/">2002</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2001/">2001</a><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2000/">2000</a></div> </div> <div class="selection"> <div class="label">Issues:</div> <div class="values"><a href="/pubs/magazines/rs/year-2025/month-1/" class="current">Spring</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <hr class="blue separator"> <div class="page-box"> <h2>Radwaste Solutions on the <a href="/news/">Newswire</a></h2> <div id="articles"><article id="article_6907" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-04-01/article-6907/norways-halden-reactor-takes-first-step-toward-decommissioning/">Norway’s Halden reactor takes first step toward decommissioning</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>The government of Norway has granted the transfer of the Halden research reactor from the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) to the state agency Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND). The 25-MWt Halden boiling water reactor operated from 1958 to 2018 and was used in the research of nuclear fuel, reactor internals, plant procedures and monitoring, and human factors.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-04-01/article-6907/norways-halden-reactor-takes-first-step-toward-decommissioning/" class="btn-arrow">Go to Article</a></p></article><div class="ad"><div id="ans_ad_s4_z4_0"></div></div><article id="article_6899" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-28/article-6899/uk-to-study-waste-encapsulation-in-new-ecofriendly-cement/">U.K. to study waste encapsulation in new eco-friendly cement</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>The University of Sheffield announced that it has engaged in a new £1 million (about $1.29 million) research partnership with Sellafield Ltd., the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, and the U.K. National Nuclear Laboratory that will seek to address some of the challenges of nuclear waste encapsulation by looking at new cement technologies to provide safe and reliable disposal solutions.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-28/article-6899/uk-to-study-waste-encapsulation-in-new-ecofriendly-cement/" class="btn-arrow">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6889" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-26/article-6889/nwtrb-asks-doe-congress-to-take-action-on-geologic-repository/">NWTRB asks DOE, Congress to take action on geologic repository</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board has recommended to the Department of Energy and Congress that they work together “to create a workable pathway to site, license, construct, and operate a geologic repository for the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.”</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-26/article-6889/nwtrb-asks-doe-congress-to-take-action-on-geologic-repository/" class="btn-arrow">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6868" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-21/article-6868/idaho-cleanup-contractor-funds-local-steam-learning/">Idaho cleanup contractor funds local STEAM learning</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>The Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC) has provided funding to 15 classrooms in southeastern Idaho to support local educators and encourage the next generation of workers to pursue technical careers, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced. The IEC, which is led by Amentum and includes North Wind Portage as a partner, was awarded a 10-year, $6.4 billion contract in 2021 to manage cleanup operation at the Idaho National Laboratory Site.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-21/article-6868/idaho-cleanup-contractor-funds-local-steam-learning/" class="btn-arrow">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6859" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-18/article-6859/iaea-tritium-levels-in-discharged-fukushima-water-well-below-limits/">IAEA: Tritium levels in discharged Fukushima water well below limits</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>The International Atomic Energy Agency has announced that its experts have confirmed that the tritium concentration in the latest batch of water to be released from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is far below Japan’s operational limit. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) began discharging the treated and diluted water on March 12.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-18/article-6859/iaea-tritium-levels-in-discharged-fukushima-water-well-below-limits/" class="btn-arrow">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6858" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-18/article-6858/northstar-closes-on-vallecitos-dd-agreement/">NorthStar closes on Vallecitos D&D agreement</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>NorthStar Group Services has announced that it has closed on an agreement to acquire ownership of the Vallecitos Nuclear Center from GE Vernova and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy for NorthStar's nuclear decontamination, decommissioning, and environmental site restoration.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-18/article-6858/northstar-closes-on-vallecitos-dd-agreement/" class="btn-arrow">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6849" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-12/article-6849/west-valley-shares-3d-model-and-lessons-learned/">West Valley shares 3D model and lessons learned</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>A virtual meeting between representatives of the <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinks-1.govdelivery.com%2FCL0%2Fhttps%3A%252F%252Fwww.energy.gov%252Fem%252Fwest-valley-demonstration-project-wvdp%2F1%2F01000194d2578629-fa0ca300-ea19-43c4-91ed-5e429c796e2b-000000%2F7l3hk_ORPjn9uSrHAfNHJd_ONEl9ZNT8UtyAERp9d_0%3D391&data=05%7C02%7Crmichal%40ans.org%7Ce393659e81ed45e6c24c08dd454e73dc%7C167ee8c474f046ce9d341192bc28f12d%7C0%7C0%7C638742925479722921%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=t%2BjjZerlvPNQynPwBTDvl40GRb%2F0XN2Hb%2FhEoFaUCeE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">West Valley Demonstration Project</a> (WVDP) in New York and the <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinks-1.govdelivery.com%2FCL0%2Fhttps%3A%252F%252Fwww.energy.gov%252Fem%252Foak-ridge%2F1%2F01000194d2578629-fa0ca300-ea19-43c4-91ed-5e429c796e2b-000000%2FM1XvQhtC70zhKE2fohNI7hYVAq4FEbaTo4okC7uPLfg%3D391&data=05%7C02%7Crmichal%40ans.org%7Ce393659e81ed45e6c24c08dd454e73dc%7C167ee8c474f046ce9d341192bc28f12d%7C0%7C0%7C638742925479753157%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4NwfI0nD0xfhJqtoTEyKHDoRRqUpfPjDXZMCDBb3jNU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management</a> (OREM) in Tennessee was held recently to share lessons learned from the ongoing demolition of West Valley’s main plant process building.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-12/article-6849/west-valley-shares-3d-model-and-lessons-learned/" class="btn-arrow">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6841" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-10/article-6841/document-to-preserve-swedish-repository-information-across-generations/">Document to preserve Swedish repository information across generations</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>The preservation of records, knowledge, and memory is recognized as an important component of nuclear waste management, preventing future generations from unnecessary interference with a waste repository and supporting future societies to make informed decisions about such sites.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-10/article-6841/document-to-preserve-swedish-repository-information-across-generations/" class="btn-arrow">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6786" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-07/article-6786/crash-course-the-does-package-performance-demonstration/">Crash Course: The DOE’s Package Performance Demonstration</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>Inspired by a history of similar testing endeavors and recommended by the National Academy of Sciences and the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, the Department of Energy is planning to conduct physical demonstrations on rail-sized spent nuclear fuel transportation casks. As part of the project, called the Spent Nuclear Fuel Package Performance Demonstration (PPD), the DOE is considering a number of demonstrations based on regulatory tests and realistic transportation scenarios, including collisions, drops, exposure to fire, and immersion in water.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-07/article-6786/crash-course-the-does-package-performance-demonstration/" class="btn-arrow">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6785" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-07/article-6785/transport-by-barge-and-road-shipping-crystal-rivers-segmented-rpv-to-disposal/">Transport by Barge and Road: Shipping Crystal River’s Segmented RPV to Disposal</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>The Optimized Segmentation process patented by Orano Decommissioning Services was successfully implemented for the first time at the Crystal River Unit 3 (CR-3) decommissioning project in Florida [1]. Using this approach, Orano was able to avoid the time- and resource-intensive process of packaging components into numerous standardized waste containers and significantly reduced the required segmentation activities. </p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-07/article-6785/transport-by-barge-and-road-shipping-crystal-rivers-segmented-rpv-to-disposal/" class="btn-arrow">Go to Article</a></p></article></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section>   <section class="bottom-leaderboard"> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="row center-xs"> <div class="col-xs-12">  <div id="ans_ad_s1_z1_0" class="ad desktop"></div>  <div id="ans_ad_s1_z2_0" class="ad mobile"></div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </main> <footer class="footer"> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-6"> <a href="https://www.ans.org/join/" class="medium-blue"><span>Join ANS Today</span> <span class="circle"><i class="fas fa-long-arrow-right"></i></span> <span 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