IRRUR – Integrated Research Reactor Utilization Review Mission What does IRRUR mean? The Integrated Research Reactor Utilization Review (IRRUR) is a holistic IAEA peer review mission conducted by a team of international experts who have direct managerial, operational and scientific experience related to research reactor utilization and related applications. IRRUR missions are designed to assist IAEA Member States…
Modernizing a neutron research reactor Framatome has been awarded a multimillion-euro contract to modernize the crane instrumentation and control (I&C) systems at the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II), operated by the Technical University of Munich. This modernization project involves dismantling existing components, commissioning four new cranes and implementing an automated control system. These…
SCK CEN helped increasing COVID-19 testing capacity in Belgium On 30 March 2020, the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN) handed over a qPCR equipment to the Belgian Task Force. In that way, SCK CEN contributed to the national effort to increase testing capacity in Belgium from 2,000 to 10,000 tests per day. At the…
Framatome technology for Holtec SMR-160 Holtec International has selected Framatome to supply nuclear fuel for the SMR-160 small modular reactor. Holtec and Framatome have entered into an agreement to enable completion of all necessary engineering to fuel the SMR-160 with Framatome’s commercially available and well-proven 17 x 17 GAIA fuel assembly. By adapting the SMR-160…