Vattenfall Signed New Long-Term Nuclear Fuel Supply Contracts Nuclear fuel and the diversification of its suppliers is definitely a hot topic these last weeks. In Sweden, Vattenfall (ENS Corporate Member) has signed long-term supply agreements with Westinghouse Electric and Framatome (both ENS Corporate Members too) to secure fuel supply to the five nuclear reactors at…
ITER Project Achieved A Major Machine Assembly Milestone Thursday 11th May the ITER Project achieved a major machine assembly milestone, as the first sub-section of the ITER plasma chamber was successfully lifted out of tooling and lowered into the machine well. This major lifting operation took several months to prepare for the entire ITER and…
EUROfusion Started The DEMO Conceptual Design Phase Last 5th July 2022, the EUROfusion consortium announced the start of conceptual design activities for Europe’s first demonstration fusion power plant DEMO, the ITER’s successor. DEMO (Demonstration Fusion Power Reactor) is a first-of-its-kind facility that represents the next technological step after the global ITER fusion experiment. It aims…
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…
Tractebel Leads The Restart Of The Construction Of Angra-3 In Brazil A consortium led by Tractebel (ENS Corporate Member) has recently finalized the first stage of the project that will enable to resume the construction of the Unit-3 at Angra nuclear power plant in Brazil. The Angra Eurobras NES consortium, made up of Tractebel and…
The Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP) is concerned with investigating the physical fundamentals underlying a fusion power plant which – like the sun – is designed to gain energy from the fusion of light atomic nuclei. The two concepts for the magnetic confinement of fusion plasma – Tokamak arrangement and stellarator principle – are examined for…
The Nuclear Workforce Of The Future – Opportunities And Needs For The International Nuclear Sector Interview with Callum Thomas, Thomas Thor CEO The nuclear sector has to deal with complex, urgent needs for its workforce. Let’s explore together with Callum Thomas, Thomas Thor CEO, what are the main reasons, the main challenges, and the best…
Threshold limit value. This value is the highest permissible concentration of a working material as a gas, steam or suspended matter in the air at the working place. According to the present state of knowledge, this concentration generally does not affect the health of the workers or cause undue nuisance even with repeated and long-term,…
Safety And Efficiency Through International Assessments This article has been published on the website and on the latest publication of the Finnish Nuclear Society – ATS (ENS Member Society) on 8 November 2023. ENS thanks ATS President, Markus Airila, and the author, Mr. Petteri Tiippana, for their courtesy and availability to share the contribution. Petteri…
Dr Chloé Cherpin wins the ENS High Scientific Council PhD Award 2023 The ENS High Scientific Council brings together 24 scientists from 19 countries. For the 2023 edition of the ENS HSC PhD Award, the Council received nine nominations from ENS member Societies: namely the Croatian, Czech, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slovenian, Spanish, and UK Nuclear Societies.…