U.K. delivers final cask of vitrified HLW to Germany

June 30, 2026, 12:18PMNuclear News
PNTL’s Pacific Grebe delivers HLW to Germany. (Photo: NDA)

Completing an international commitment between the two countries, the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) delivered the third and final shipment of vitrified high-level radioactive waste to Germany, the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) announced last week.

Westinghouse, Nuclear Transport Solutions to codevelop HALEU transport package

January 27, 2026, 7:20AMNuclear News
The agreement was signed at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., with assistant secretary for nuclear energy Ted Garrish (fourth from left) in attendance. (Photo: Westinghouse)

Nuclear Transport Solutions and Westinghouse have signed a strategic agreement to codevelop NTS’s Pegasus—a transport package for high-assay, low-enriched uranium fuel.

The companies signed the agreement at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., on January 22, taking what Westinghouse called “an important step in making HALEU available to enable advanced nuclear energy in the U.S. and UK.”