Generation IV – IAEA and GIF Call for Faster Deployment The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Generation IV International Forum (GIF), an initiative involving 13 countries focused on next-generation nuclear power technologies, called for greater efforts to support the early deployment of innovative nuclear reactor systems to address climate change. The appeal came during the…
L3Harris Awarded For Innovative Molten Salt Reactor Simulator L3Harris Technologies (ENS Corporate Member) has been awarded the 2021 Innovation Award for a first-of-a-kind simulator by the Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI), the country’s leading nuclear supply chain trade association. L3Harris delivered the innovative simulator to Terrestrial Energy to support its Generation IV Integral Molten…
Generation IV LFR, A New Cooperation Agreement Signed in Europe Last week, newcleo, a nuclear startup based in the UK and founded in 2021 for developing clean, safe and innovative nuclear technologies, and ENEA, the Italian national agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development, signed a cooperation agreement for the development of safe…
Ansaldo Nucleare And Westinghouse Cooperate To Deploy LFR Ansaldo Nucleare and Westinghouse Electric Company (both ENS Corporate Members) signed a new cooperation agreement to develop the next-generation nuclear power plant based on Lead-cooled Fast Reactor (LFR) technology. The two companies will advance a common design to maximize synergies, combine experience in design, testing and licensing,…
Ansaldo Nucleare and Westinghouse Advance In Testing LFR Ansaldo Nucleare and Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Members) announced this week a milestone achievement in their work on Generation IV lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) with the completion of the first testing campaign at the Passive Heat Removal Facility, recently built at the Ansaldo Nuclear plant in Wolverhampton (UK). The…
CEA and newcleo to Partner On Generation IV Reactors CEA, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (ENS Corporate Member) and newcleo, a European nuclear technology developer, signed a partnership agreement to jointly explore Generation IV reactor technologies. In particular, this collaboration focuses on the realisation of newcleo’s LFR project and covers areas like…
A New Consortium For Deploying Lead-Cooled SMRs On 8 November, five companies leading research and innovation in heavy liquid metal technology joined forces to boost the implementation and the industrial deployment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) using Lead Fast Reactor Technology. Ansaldo Nucleare, SCK CEN, Westinghouse (ENS Corporate Members), ENEA and RATEN-ICN signed a Memorandum…