CEA Starts New Studies On Nuclear For Space Exploration CEA (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux énergies alternatives, ENS Corporate Member) is going to start new feasibility studies on nuclear propulsion in space on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA). Nuclear propulsion, with its propulsive efficiency far superior to that of the chemical engines…
Nuclear Training Never Stops Advancing – Tools And Methodologies Supporting Innovation Interview with Michael H. Chatlani, Vice President, Business Development – Power Systems and Simulation at L3Harris The nuclear sector experiences continuous innovation in all its fields. New nuclear projects feed a growing demand for the workforce. At the same time, innovative training methodologies and…
Belgium Confirms The Extension Of NPPs Operations By 10 Years On 29th June 2023, ENGIE (ENS Corporate Member) and the Belgian Government signed an agreement specifying the terms of the extension of the nuclear reactors Doel-4 and Tihange-3. This agreement incorporates the non-binding agreement in principle signed on 9th January 2023 and specifies the following…
Framatome And EDF Cooperate To Test EATF In French Reactor Framatome and EDF (both ENS Corporate Members) signed a collaboration agreement to test its enhanced accident-tolerant fuel (EATF) technology in an operating nuclear power plant in France. As part of its PROtect EATF programme, Framatome will manufacture and deliver four lead fuel assemblies (LFAs) that…
IAEA Positively Concluded Two Missions To Croatia And Belgium During the last month, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) successfully concluded two more missions to Europe. Delegations to Croatia and Belgium, made by international, independent experts and IAEA staff, provided advice and reviews on different aspects linked to nuclear and radiation safety, and radioactive waste management in…
EU Selected A Consortium To Secure VVER Fuel Supply in Europe A consortium led by Westinghouse (ENS Corporate Member) was selected by the European Union (EU) to develop and deliver a secure nuclear fuel supply to Russian-designed pressurized water reactors VVER, operating in Eastern Europe and Ukraine. The APIS project (Accelerated Program for Implementation of Secure VVER fuel…
Ansaldo Restates Its Support To Romanian Nuclear Projects A fruitful institutional visit took place last week at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant, the only NPP in Romania, to strengthen the nuclear cooperation between Italian companies (among them Ansaldo Nucleare, ENS Corporate Member) and the Romanian operator Nuclearelectrica. Nuclearelectrica, following the visit to Cernavoda-1, presented its…
MARIA Research Reactor To Be Modernised By 2027 On 20th June 2023, the Council of Ministers of Poland adopted a resolution on the MARIA nuclear research reactor modernisation programme, so as to enable its operation beyond 2027. The MARIA reactor is currently the only and unique research facility of this type in Poland and in…
PSI Leads New Research To Fight Metastatic Prostate Cancer Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (ENS Corporate Member, PSI) are developing a new drug that could increase the survival chances of patients with metastatic prostate cancer. The drug, studied by a research consortium involving PSI, the University Hospital Basel and ETH Zurich, is now being…
IAEA Opens Applications For The 2023 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) officially launched the new Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme (MSCFP). Since its launch in 2020, the MSCFP awarded 360 women from 110 Member States studying in 65 countries across the world. This year, the MSCFP is expected to award 200…