Message from the ENS Board of Directors Brussels, 10th March 2022 The European Nuclear Society is suspending all activities with organizations associated with the authorities of the Russian Federation and Belarus until the end of aggression in Ukraine. Such activities would be incompatible with the charter of the ENS, in which “The ENS…
NRG Safety Committee Approved Restart Solution For HFR In Petten The High-Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten, Netherlands, did not start up on 20 January 2022, due to a leak in a water system. NRG (ENS Corporate Member) reported no risk to nuclear safety, man, or the environment. Since the discovery of the technical failure in…
ENS Expert Explains What’s Going On In Chernobyl Prof. Dr. Attila Aszodi (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary) explains in his blog the possible consequences of the recent loss of electricity supply in Chernobyl, Ukraine. A continuous electricity supply of nuclear power plants is vital. This also applies to shut-down reactors, given that…
GE Hitachi And Kärnfull Announce SMR Cooperation in Sweden A Memorandum of Understanding on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) has been signed between Kärnfull Next and GE Hitachi (ENS Corporate Member) for the BWRX-300, a 300-megawatt water-cooled, natural circulation SMR with passive safety systems. The model leverages the design and licensing basis of larger boiling water reactors,…
ENS Expert Explains Radiation Protection In Emergency Cases Prof. Dr. Attila Aszodi (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary) explains in his blog what to do in the event of a nuclear or radiological accident causing a significant release of radioactive material. In recent days, following the start of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Russian invasion of…
Tractebel and IBA To Support Proton Therapy Construction Projects Tractebel (ENS Corporate Member) and IBA, the world leader in particle accelerator technology, join forces to support the construction of facilities for proton therapy (PT), an advanced form of radiation therapy designed to kill cancer cells. The agreement provides that IBA will promote Tractebel’s engineering services to its prospective…
Framatome’s New E&T Project To Be Supported By France Relance Education, training and skills development are more and more important in a fast-changing world. That’s why Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) invests nearly 200 million euros every year in its industrial facilities and promotes a dynamic policy for skills development and training by recruiting nearly 1,000 new…
Westinghouse eVinci MicroReactors Received Government Funds Westinghouse (ENS Corporate Member) eVinci ™ Micro-Reactors received last week funding of CAN$27.2 million (€19.6 million) from the Government of Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF), in order to boost the country’s zero-emissions efforts. This investment will support funding for the eVinci™ micro-reactor which will bring carbon-free, transportable, safe, and…
The Future of Nuclear Energy – WNA Vision for Next Decades Interview with World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y Leon World Nuclear Association (WNA) is the international organization that represents the global nuclear industry. Its mission is to promote a wider understanding of nuclear energy among key international influencers by producing authoritative information,…
Generation IV LFR, A New Cooperation Agreement Signed in Europe Last week, newcleo, a nuclear startup based in the UK and founded in 2021 for developing clean, safe and innovative nuclear technologies, and ENEA, the Italian national agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development, signed a cooperation agreement for the development of safe…