Sweden Approves SKB Final Repository Project On 27th January, the Swedish Government approved the project proposed by SKB to build a final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark and an encapsulation plant in Oskarshamn. The final repository project will bring investments of around SEK19bn (approximately €1.8bn) and will create about 1,500 jobs. The projects…
Tecnatom To Supply SMR-Based Simulator For Norwegian IFE The Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) of Norway has awarded Tecnatom (ENS Corporate Member) a contract for the development and supply of a simulator based on SMR. IFE was already a user of the i-PWR simulator, that Tecnatom developed and supplied to the IAEA some years ago,…
Radioisotopes for Life // Ensuring European Supply – Stakeholders and Opportunities The European Nuclear Society organised the webinar “Radioisotopes for life. Ensuring European supply – Stakeholders and opportunities”, in collaboration with Euratom Supply Agency, SCK CEN (both ENS Members), PALLAS and the EU Commission DG ENER. Speakers, moderated by Kristoff Muylle (former President of the…
Fusion Energy Record At Joint European Torus In The UK A major breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy output! Researchers at the Joint European Torus (JET) in the UK doubled previous records by producing a total of 59 megajoules of heat energy from fusion over a five second period. The JET is the largest and most…
Ansaldo Nucleare To Implement The Italian Divertor Tokamak Test Facility Ansaldo Nucleare (ENS Corporate Member) has won a 21 million EUR contract for the management of multidisciplinary technical-managerial support services aimed at implementing the Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) Facility. The agreement provides for technical-managerial implementation support related to activities of Architectural Engineer, Specialized Engineering and…
BR2’s Radioisotopes Helped More Than 10 Millions Patients in 2021 In 2021, more than 10 million patients were helped thanks to the production of medical radioisotopes in the Belgian research reactor BR2, as reported the Belgian nuclear research centre SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member). At each operating cycle, it provides the necessary raw materials used…
Swedish Joint Venture Funded For Demonstration Lead-Cooled SMR The Swedish Energy Agency has awarded Swedish Modular Reactors AB – a joint venture between Uniper Sweden and LeadCold, in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) – funding of just over SEK99 million (EUR9.3 million) in support of the construction of a demonstration LeadCold SEALER…
SCK CEN and IRE Ready To Start Lutetium-177 Large-Scale Production SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member) and the National Institute for Radioelements (IRE) are going to start the large-scale production of lutetium-177. This decision opens up opportunities for cancer patients. Lutetium-177 is currently used in hospitals to treat neuroendocrine tumours. Neuroendocrine cells are found primarily in the…
PALLAS Receives Nature Permits To Build Advanced Research Reactor Environmental Service Noord-Holland Noord has granted a permit for the construction of the PALLAS-reactor and for the realization of the Nuclear Health Centre (NHC) under the Nature Conservation Act. The granting of the permit means that the company can continue with the realization of the building…
UK To Start Approval Process For Rolls-Royce SMR Rolls-Royce SMR Ltd has submitted its 470-MW small modular reactor (SMR) design for entry to the UK’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) regulatory process, run jointly by the Office for Nuclear Regulation, Natural Resources Wales and the Environment Agency. The three regulators can now begin their formal review…