Nuclear Technologies Support the Textile Industry Nuclear techniques are applied in a wide range of sectors, supporting the achievement of important results and progress in the research and development of each of them. Beyond the well-known applications for medicine, energy, and space research, nuclear technologies support also the textile industry, so helping the production process,…
COP26 Position Paper – Net Zero Needs Nuclear Nuclear for Climate is a grassroots initiative gathering nuclear professionals and scientists from over 150 associations with the goal of opening a dialogue with policymakers and the public about the necessity of including nuclear energy among the carbon-free solutions to climate change. The mission is to accelerate…
Framatome’s GAIA EATF Technology Completes Its First-Ever Fuel Cycle Framatome’s GAIA Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (EATF) technology recently completed its first 18-month fuel cycle at a nuclear power plant in the US. The French company, ENS Corporate Member, said this marks the first time a full-length EATF concept with both pellets and cladding has completed…
Westinghouse Signed a Nuclear Fuel Licensing Contract For Kozloduy NPP Westinghouse Electric Company and Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant signed a VVER-1000 nuclear fuel licensing contract for the Kozloduy power plant in Bulgaria. The licensing process of Westinghouse fuel is a key safety pre-condition for nuclear fuel delivery, and it has to be completed in compliance with…
NRG delivers 10 patient doses of Lutetium-177 Last week, NRG has delivered lutetium for the first time to an academic hospital and two pharmaceutical parties this month. Sander de Groot, program manager medical isotopes at NRG: “This isotope offers a great perspective for the effective treatment of various cancer indications and with limited side effects.…
The rise of nuclear technology 2.0 – Interview with Anicet Touré Tractebel recently published the White Paper “The rise of nuclear technology 2.0 – Tractebel’s vision on Small Modular Reactors”, unveiling its vision for SMRs and the ambitious role Tractebel aims to play in the future. In order to learn more about this challenging and…
Framatome and Wrocław University Signed Training Agreement Framatome signed an agreement with Wrocław University of Science and Technology in Poland to develop and support training programs for the next generation of nuclear energy professionals. Building on the relationship between the Polish scientific community and Framatome, this agreement makes available internship, recruitment and joint research opportunities…
“Nuclear Waste Is An Opportunity” – Associazione Italiana Nucleare Early this year, Italy’s state-owned nuclear waste management company Sogin has published a list of 67 potential sites for a national radwaste storage facility. The list identifies areas whose characteristics meet localisation criteria defined by the National Inspectorate for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ISIN) and…
TVEL and St. Petersburg Polytechnic To Cooperate On Digital Engineering Technologies Russia’s St Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) signed an agreement for the development of cooperation between Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL and the Competence Centre of the National Technological Initiative (NTI) SPbPU New Production Technologies. The Roadmap, signed last 16 February and planned until the end…
Enusa signed the first contract with South Korea’s KEPCO Enusa Industrias Avanzadas, ENS Corporate Members, signed a supply contract with Korea Electric Power Company (Kepco) for equipment to measure the degree of burn-up in used NPP fuel elements. This is Enusa’s first contract with South Korea and is the result of an international tender called…