UK Gov’t Supports Urenco in Building An Advanced Fuels Facility The UK Government announced funding of £196m (€227.5m) to Urenco (ENS Corporate Member) to support the building of an advanced fuels facility at the Capenhurst enrichment site in the northwest of England. This will help to facilitate the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero’s…
Considerations on the Resilience and Potential Risks of the Zaporizhzhia NPP Against Drone Attacks Prof. Dr. Attila Aszódi Thirty-eight years ago, on 26 April 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, the largest nuclear accident in history, occurred in the then-Soviet Union, now Ukraine. The accident attracted enormous attention and its serious consequences have become…
“Advancing Healthcare” Exploring the Frontiers of Nuclear Medicine In the field of healthcare innovation, nuclear medicine and radiopharmaceuticals stand out for their remarkable contributions to diagnosis and treatment. These technologies offer personalized approaches and targeted therapies, which are revolutionizing patient care. However, to ensure access to these cutting-edge treatments for all, it’s crucial to support…
Westinghouse Supplies Bulgaria with First VVER-1000 Fuel Reload Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) delivered the first reload of VVER-1000 fuel assemblies to the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), marking a key fuel diversification milestone in Bulgaria. The loading of the new fuel into Unit 5 was celebrated on 29th May, at an event attended…
NRG|PALLAS and Curium Expand Cooperation in Lu-177 Production NRGIPALLAS (ENS Corporate Member) and Curium have signed a long-term agreement to expand the current cooperation to include the production of lutetium-177 (Lu-177). This agreement will enable Curium to supply about 70,000 doses of Lu-177 annually, which will help about 14,000 patients per year. Curium and NRG…
The Vast Majority of Belgians Support Nuclear Energy An opinion poll by AQ Rate, commissioned by the Belgian Nuclear Forum, shows that the vast majority of Belgians are in favour of continuing to use nuclear energy, maintaining the operation of existing nuclear reactors for as long as possible while also calling for the construction of…
CEA and Blue Capsule Cooperate To Decarbonise Industry CEA (France’s Alternative Energies & Atomic Energy Commission, ENS Corporate Member) and Blue Capsule, a spin-off of CEA based in Aix-en-Provence, signed a partnership agreement to extend the support to fields such as equipment and components, materials, calculation codes and TRISO-based fuel. Blue Capsule is developing a…
Vattenfall Shortlisted Two SMR Technologies for Ringhals Vattenfall (ENS Corporate Member) has decided to shortlist Rolls-Royce SMR and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (also ENS Corporate Member) among six potential suppliers of small modular reactors (SMR) for new nuclear reactors next to the nuclear power plant in Ringhals, Sweden. The next steps will involve a detailed…
A New Euratom Project To Diversify Nuclear Fuel Supply A new Innovation Action called SAVE, funded under the Euratom Research and Training Programme is a significant step forward in Europe’s efforts towards nuclear fuel diversification. The project will work with €10 million in EU contribution. Led by Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) and gathering 17 partners from…
Framatome to Modernise I&C System at Gösgen NPP Last week, Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) was awarded a contract to modernize the Reactor Protection System (RPS) in the emergency control building at the Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant in Switzerland. The plant is operated by Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG (also ENS Corporate Member). The RPS monitors vital reactor…