CEA Creates Two Nuclear Start-Ups For SMR Development CEA, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (ENS Corporate Member) announced the creation of two nuclear start-ups, Hexana and Stellaria, which will focus on the development of different technologies for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). Hexana aims to develop an SMR featuring a sodium-cooled fast neutron…
The Nuclear Institute Welcomes The Launch Of Great British Nuclear The Nuclear Institute (ENS Member Society) welcomes the news that the UK Government has launched its flagship body Great British Nuclear (GBN). This provides an opportunity for the UK nuclear industry to have an even greater impact on Net Zero. The creation of GBN will realise nuclear…
NRG And Tractebel To Support New NPPs In The Netherlands On Friday, 17th March, NRG|PALLAS and Tractebel (both ENS Corporate Members) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate to support the new-build of nuclear power plants in the Netherlands. Bertholt Leeftink, CEO NRG|PALLAS, said Cooperation is a key element in realising such an ambitious project.…
BR2 Research Reactor Will Run With LEU In 2026 SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member) announced that the BR2 research reactor will switch to low-enriched uranium (LEU) in 2026. Then BR2 will be the world’s first research reactor with high-performance fuel on low enriched uranium. As SCK CEN said, the change to LEU will help to…
CEA Starts New Studies On Nuclear For Space Exploration CEA (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux énergies alternatives, ENS Corporate Member) is going to start new feasibility studies on nuclear propulsion in space on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA). Nuclear propulsion, with its propulsive efficiency far superior to that of the chemical engines…