UK Opened Applications For Research Into HTGRs Last week, the UK government announced new funding to support clean energy production in the country, including the development of next-generation reactors. The funding includes £77 million (€89m) to bolster nuclear fuel production and support the development of the next generation of advanced nuclear reactors. The UK government…
Romania Adopted A Draft Law On Two New Nuclear Reactors Last Monday, 19 December, Romania ‘s government adopted a draft law on the agreement to build two new commercial reactors at the Cernavodă nuclear power plant. The approval of the agreement between the State and the Cernavodă’s operator Nuclearelectrica has now to be approved by…
GEH Submitted GDA Application For BWRX-300 SMR In The UK GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH, ENS Corporate Member) last week announced that it has submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) entry application for the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The GDA process allows UK…
Microreactors To Power Moonbases, A New Study Starts In Italy Designing a nuclear microreactor to power moonbases and support further space colonisation – this is the mission of the cooperation agreement signed last December by ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development) and the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI – Italian…
International Consortiums Plan Dismantling The Ignalina Reactor Last 28 December, SE Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant signed two contracts for design services for reactor dismantling technologies. Reactor dismantling technologies for INPP will be developed by a consortium led by Westinghouse Electric Spain (Spanish subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Company, ENS Corporate Member), including Jacobs Slovakia, and Lithuanian…
Belgium Extends Operations Of Nuclear Power Plants By 10 Years Belgium will extend the life of two nuclear reactors by 10 years, as announced by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on Monday, 9 January. The Belgian Government and the utility Engie (ENS Corporate Member), which operates the nuclear power plants in Belgium, have reached an agreement…
Wales Unveils Plans For Its New Nuclear Medicine Facility The Welsh Government has recently unveiled its major plans for the new national nuclear medicine laboratory, which aims at making Wales a global centre of excellence and the leading location for medical radioisotope production in the UK. The Project ARTHUR (Advanced Radioisotope Technology for Health Utility Reactor)…
Support For Nuclear Energy Is Increasing In All EU Member States A recent survey published by the Hungarian Századvég Foundation shows a growing positive perception of nuclear energy in all EU Member States. According to the results of the Project Europe Research conducted by Századvég, in the last year, the share of EU citizens opposing…
Urenco Stable Isotopes Joins UNRANU Research Programme Urenco (ENS Corporate Member) Stable Isotopes recently joined the Understanding the Radiobiology of therapeutic medical radionuclides (UNRANU) programme as a consortium partner. The UNRANU programme is developing new production routes for radionuclides; finding the best match between radionuclide and tumour type, determining the optimal treatment dose, and investigating…
Krško NPP Gets Environmental Permit For Lifespan Extension To 2043 Krško nuclear power plant has obtained an environmental permit for its lifetime extension from 40 to 60 years. The only NPP in Slovenia will be so able to operate until 2043. The Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, which conducted the procedure in compliance with…