Rosatom’s Cyclotron for Development of Nuclear Medicine and Research On July 15-17, 2020 JSC Efremov NIIEFA (Saint-Petersburg), shipped off the equipment, which is part of an isochronous cyclotron СС-30/15. Nine containers of total weight 120 tons were sent to Thailand, where JSC Rusatom Health Care and Kinetics Corporation Ltd. carry out the construction of the…
MYRRHA Project Achieves an Important Development Milestone The MYRRHA project has achieved a development milestone after researchers at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN) succeeded for the first time in accelerating a proton beam through the recently connected radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ). The RFQ is a component of the particle accelerator that will drive the…
ITER Project Starts Its Five-Year Assembly The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the world’s largest nuclear fusion project began its five-year assembly phase on Tuesday, 28th July 2020. Assembly in Cadarache is expected to be over in late 2025. The €20bn ITER project will replicate the reactions that power the sun and is intended to…
Technology Upgrade for Russian Nuclear Fuel Production Russia’s MSZ (Mashinostroitelny Zavod), part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL, has begun producing uranium dioxide powder for fuel pellets using new technology. A new site has started a pilot operation for the production of uranium dioxide powder by the reduction pyrohydrolysis method (RPGU). The large-scale…
Virtual Modelling Expertise To Keep Nuclear Projects On Track Virtual modelling expertise as a key in overcoming project delivery challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis. This is the core of the new collaboration between the UK shipyard and maritime engineering company Cammell Laird and the University of Liverpool. Cammell Laird has called upon experts at…
Ultrasound Technique to Test Welding Seams of ITER Components A new technique to test ultrasonically welding seams of key components of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is about to be developed by specialists in non-destructive testing of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), Russia. Specialists from the EU, UK, China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, and US…
Full Marks for Safety Improvements at Czech Research Reactor An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team said the operator of the 10 MW LVR-15 research reactor in the Czech Republic has continued to improve safety since a previous review in 2003, implementing significant refurbishments to modernise the reactor’s systems and components. The Integrated Safety Assessment…
GEH & TerraPower Launched the Natrium™ Reactor and Storage System GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and TerraPower announced the launch of the Natrium™ reactor and energy system architecture. This advanced nuclear technology features a cost-competitive sodium fast reactor combined with a molten salt energy storage system. Building on the technology used in solar thermal generation,…
Framatome’s New Partnership to Bring Advanced Artificial Intelligence to the Nuclear Industry Framatome signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Adagos to bring advanced artificial intelligence technology to the nuclear energy industry. Adagos’ NeurEco architecture introduces a third-generation neural network to solve large and complex problems using fewer computational and data resources compared to previous generations. Neural…
FISA 2019 and EURADWASTE ’19 Conferences’ Proceedings Now Available The Publication Office of the European Union made available online the FISA 2019 and EURADWASTE ’19 conferences’ proceedings. FISA 2019, the 9th European Commission conference on Euratom Research and Training in Safety of Reactor Systems was held under the auspices of the Romanian Presidency 2019 of…