Nuclear Technologies Support the Textile Industry Nuclear techniques are applied in a wide range of sectors, supporting the achievement of important results and progress in the research and development of each of them. Beyond the well-known applications for medicine, energy, and space research, nuclear technologies support also the textile industry, so helping the production process,…
Framatome’s GAIA EATF Technology Completes Its First-Ever Fuel Cycle Framatome’s GAIA Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (EATF) technology recently completed its first 18-month fuel cycle at a nuclear power plant in the US. The French company, ENS Corporate Member, said this marks the first time a full-length EATF concept with both pellets and cladding has completed…
The rise of nuclear technology 2.0 – Interview with Anicet Touré Tractebel recently published the White Paper “The rise of nuclear technology 2.0 – Tractebel’s vision on Small Modular Reactors”, unveiling its vision for SMRs and the ambitious role Tractebel aims to play in the future. In order to learn more about this challenging and…
Framatome and Wrocław University Signed Training Agreement Framatome signed an agreement with Wrocław University of Science and Technology in Poland to develop and support training programs for the next generation of nuclear energy professionals. Building on the relationship between the Polish scientific community and Framatome, this agreement makes available internship, recruitment and joint research opportunities…
TVEL and St. Petersburg Polytechnic To Cooperate On Digital Engineering Technologies Russia’s St Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) signed an agreement for the development of cooperation between Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL and the Competence Centre of the National Technological Initiative (NTI) SPbPU New Production Technologies. The Roadmap, signed last 16 February and planned until the end…
ROSATOM Completes A New Milestone In ATF Development Program ROSATOM has achieved a scheduled milestone in the development of Russian accident tolerant fuel (ATF). The Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) has completed the second cycle of irradiation of the experimental fuel assemblies with VVER and PWR fuel rods in the MIR research reactor. Each…
Belgium And The Netherlands Plan New Waste Storage Facilities Radioactive waste includes all types of waste that are radioactive. They need to be treated and stored and handled with the necessary security. Belgian and Dutch agencies for radioactive waste management are developing important projects to ensure the safe storage of waste with different levels of…
GEH and Fermi Energia To Support SMR Development in Estonia GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Fermi Energia have signed a teaming agreement to support the potential deployment of a BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) in Estonia. GEH expects to support Fermi Energia in key areas such as licensing, human resources and supply chain development…
A Geological Repository And Innovative Solutions For Lithuanian Radwaste Lithuania signs agreements for the development of a deep geological repository, widely considered as the best option to dispose of high-level radioactive waste. The envisaged deep repository project will be implemented as part of the Programme for the Development of the Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Facilities…
Petten HFR Will Produce Medical Isotopes Only With LEU The High Flux Reactor in Petten, operated by NRG, from now on produces only medical isotopes with low-enriched uranium (LEU). Until recently, the productions for NRG’s Belgian partner IRE were still based on high-enriched uranium, because IRE could not fully process low-enriched uranium. But now IRE…