“Diversification and Security of Supply” ESA Annual Report 2021 Is Out The Euratom Supply Agency (ESA, ENS Member) published online its Annual Report 2021. In this report, ESA presents its achievements for 2021, offering then an overview of the nuclear fuel world market and the main developments in the EU, and the analysis of the…
Framatome Awarded SFEN Prize For Technological Innovation The CRIL, the Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) CERCA Research and Innovation Laboratory received the SFEN Prize for Technological Innovation for the world’s first uranium-molybdenum and uranium-silicon objects using 3D printing technology. This innovation enables the development and production of uranium metal fuel plates for research reactors and irradiation…
Westinghouse And EDF To Cooperate On EnCore® ATF Technology Westinghouse Electric Company announced a partnership with EDF (both ENS Corporate Members) to explore the functionalities of Westinghouse’s EnCore® enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) technology. Westinghouse will study its EnCore fuel in an EDF reactor for potential deployment across the EDF nuclear fleet after 2030. This…
Urenco Annual Sustainability Report 2021 Is Available Online Urenco (ENS Corporate Member since June 2022) published online its Annual Sustainability Report 2021 “Delivering for a net zero world”. The company stresses its commitment to a greener and more sustainable future by furthering nuclear energy’s contribution, thanks also to the positive impact on global climate change…
Westinghouse and ENUSA To Cooperate On VVER-440 Fuel Fabrication Westinghouse Electric Company and ENUSA (both ENS Corporate Members) announced during the World Nuclear Symposium their intent to collaborate on VVER-440 fuel fabrication. There are currently 16 nuclear reactors in Europe operating with VVER-440 fuel and utilities in the region are actively looking for alternatives to…
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…
Westinghouse To Supply Nuclear Fuel For Kozloduy NPP From 2024 Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) and Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant have signed a 10-year contract to fabricate and deliver VVER-1000 nuclear fuel for Unit 5. Kozloduy is the only NPP in Bulgaria and the largest in the region. Units 5 and 6 have a total…
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…
Framatome and USNC To Cooperate On Manufacturing TRISO and FCM Fuel Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) intend to form a joint venture to manufacture commercial quantities of Tri-structural Isotropic (TRISO) particles and Ultra Safe Nuclear’s proprietary Fully Ceramic Micro-encapsulated (FCM®) fuel. Framatome and Ultra Safe Nuclear have signed a non-binding…
Urenco And USNC To Cooperate On Advanced Reactor Deployment Urenco USA (US branch of Urenco, ENS Corporate Member) and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) announced last 1st March an enrichment services supply agreement as part of the fuel supply programme for USNC’s Micro-Modular™ Reactor (MMR®). Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation will purchase enriched uranium products from…