Finland Prepares Its National Programme For Radwaste Management As required by the Directive on management of used fuel and radioactive waste (2011/70/Euratom), Finland is currently formulating its National Programme for used fuel and radioactive waste management, as well as a report on the environmental impacts of the programme. Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment,…
UNECE: No Climate Goals Will Be Met Without Nuclear Power United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) last report is unmistakable: “International climate objectives will not be met if nuclear power is excluded”. The new technology brief from UNECE highlights the potential of nuclear power as part of a broader portfolio alongside deploying other sustainable…
Westinghouse To Support Vattenfall In Dismantling Ringhals Reactors Westinghouse Electric Company and Vattenfall (both ENS Corporate Members) are extending their long-standing nuclear energy partnership into decommissioning activities through a new agreement. As part of the arrangement, Westinghouse will segment and dispose of the reactor internals and pressure vessels at Ringhals 1, a Boiling Water Reactor…
“Nuclear Must Be Fairly Represented at COP26”, Firmly Advocates WNA Here is the full text of the open letter that Dr. Sama Bilbao y Leon, Director General at World Nuclear Association, sent to COP26 President Alok Sharma last 16th August, inviting the organisers to fairly include and represent nuclear energy. A letter sent to Rt Hon…
Slovakia To Become A Power Exporter Thanks To New Nuclear Reactors Slovakia’s new Mochovce-3 reactor is close to start up and generate electricity this year, with unit 4 following in 2023. The two new units at Mochovce are expected to cover about a quarter of Slovak energy demands. Moreover, once it starts up, Mochovce-3 will…
Horizon 238, Open Letter To Belgian Government To Stop Nuclear Phaseout Horizon 238 is a Brussels-based group of young engineers supporting nuclear energy for a carbon-free world and for a clean and sustainable future. The group recently released an open letter to the Belgian government, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, and the Minister of Energy Tinne Van…
Tecnatom To Develop The Plant Simulator Platform For ITER Project The ITER, the world’s largest nuclear fusion project, began its five-year assembly phase one year ago in Cadarache, and it is expected to be over in late 2025. The €20bn ITER project will replicate the reactions that power the sun and is intended to demonstrate fusion power can…
ESA To Investigate The Production Of Nuclear Fuel For Space Missions The European Space Agency (ESA) has just awarded a contract to Tractebel to evaluate the possibility of producing plutonium 238 (Pu-238), the nuclear fuel used for space exploration, on its soil. The fuel powers nuclear batteries known as radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and radioisotope…
Deep Borehole Repository Study For Slovenia’s Triga II Research Reactor Nuclear waste management company Deep Isolation has been awarded a contract to conduct a borehole feasibility study for Arao, Slovenia’s radioactive waste management organisation. The study will examine whether a deep borehole repository could dispose of spent fuel from Slovenia’s Triga II research reactor at…
Ukraine, Arising Interest In A Future Based On Nuclear Energy Last week, two great news highlighted the commitment and the interest of Ukraine in the deployment of new nuclear reactors in the country, to boost the decarbonisation of the Ukrainian energy mix and to support an effective energy transition. Westinghouse Signs Agreement To Deploy AP1000…