Framatome, GE Steam Power and Rosatom signed a MoU on Belene NPP Project French-based company Framatome, Russian State company Rosatom and GE Steam Power signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the framework of the strategic investor selection procedure for the Belene Nuclear Power Plant, in Bulgaria. According to the MoU, the companies will work…
Sustainable Recovery – IEA World Energy Outlook Special Report The International Energy Agency recently published a report, entitled “Sustainable Recovery”, offering a post-pandemic recovery plan for the energy sector. The report underlines the crucial role of hydropower and nuclear power in the energy mix. According to the IEA Report, these are the two largest sources of low-carbon…
IAEA and Okayama University to Cooperate in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy R&D Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) is a non-invasive therapeutic technique for treating invasive malignant tumours. It relies on the use of neutrons for the generation of energetic alpha particles to destroy cells within the tumour, but not in the surrounding tissue. Recent breakthroughs…
Orano has completed the dismantling of the Ulysse experimental nuclear reactor Orano has announced on 22 June the completion of the dismantling of the experimental nuclear reactor Ulysse, located in Saclay (Essonne). The works, which lasted five years, were completed on time. Ulysse experimental nuclear reactor shut down definitively in February 2007. Thirteen years later,…