Westinghouse And Fortum Signed Partnership For VVER-440 Nuclear Fuel Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) and Fortum recently signed a long-term partnership to develop, license and deliver VVER-440 fuel to the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant in Finland to guarantee a dependable Western alternative to Russian-supplied fuel. The new and parallel fuel supplier will diversify our…
Route To COP27: Climate Action – How do we implement the solutions in developed and developing countries? Wednesday, 2nd November 2022, 17:00 CET, Online Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/route-to-cop27-climate-action-tickets-443950005417 As the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference approaches, the Route to COP27 is close to the conclusion. Until now, our three-parts series discussed several aspects linked…
Switzerland Presents Plan For Deep Geological Nuclear Waste Repository Swiss radioactive waste disposal cooperative Nagra officially announced the site which will host a deep geological storage repository for radioactive waste. Nördlich Lägern, located in the northern part of Canton Zürich (Switzerland), will be the place of Nagra’s “project of the century”. Nördlich Lägern has the largest…
Dutch Cabinet Supports Construction Of PALLAS Research Reactor The Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Ernst Kuipers recently announced, that money has been set aside for the construction of the PALLAS reactor in Petten, North Holland, in the coming years. The ministry is reserving 30 million euros for the project this year and 129…
UNECE: Nuclear Plays A Crucial Role In Making Net Zero Still Achievable The last UNECE Carbon Neutrality in the UNECE Region: Technology Interplay under the Carbon Neutrality Concept states that carbon neutrality is still achievable despite the energy crisis, but all low- and zero-carbon technologies must be included and deployed, maximizing their use. Today, over 80%…
Medical Isotopes – International Experts Call For Action To Secure Supply International experts from irradiating reactors, other isotope producers, and direct users urgently call for a long-term strategy to prevent a critical shortage of research and production capacities. They jointly ask for a common framework that stimulates much needed policy changes and investments. The high-level…
Actinium-225, The Joint-Venture Pantera To Secure Its Production The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member) and IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A., EURONEXT), the world leader in particle accelerator technology, announced last week the name of their joint-venture: Pantera SA/NV, resulting from strategic R&D partnership between SCK CEN and IBA to enable the production…
Westinghouse eVinci™ Microreactor Begins Pre-Licensing Process Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) has signed a service agreement with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to bring its eVinci™ microreactor closer to commercialization. The agreement initiates a Vendor Design Review (VDR) which is a pre-licensing technical assessment of the eVinci microreactor design. Westinghouse will execute both Phases…
A New Molten Salt Reactor Design Unveiled In The UK UK-based MoltexFLEX has unveiled its FLEX molten salt reactor, described as an advanced lower-cost nuclear technology and an “ideal complement” to wind and solar power that can protect generations of consumers from rising energy bills without resorting to fossil fuels. The MoltexFLEX team, based in…
Ansaldo Nucleare And Westinghouse Cooperate To Deploy LFR Ansaldo Nucleare and Westinghouse Electric Company (both ENS Corporate Members) signed a new cooperation agreement to develop the next-generation nuclear power plant based on Lead-cooled Fast Reactor (LFR) technology. The two companies will advance a common design to maximize synergies, combine experience in design, testing and licensing,…