ENS Expert Explains What’s Going On In Chernobyl Prof. Dr. Attila Aszodi (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary) explains in his blog the possible consequences of the recent loss of electricity supply in Chernobyl, Ukraine. A continuous electricity supply of nuclear power plants is vital. This also applies to shut-down reactors, given that…
Message from the ENS Board of Directors Brussels, 10th March 2022 The European Nuclear Society is suspending all activities with organizations associated with the authorities of the Russian Federation and Belarus until the end of aggression in Ukraine. Such activities would be incompatible with the charter of the ENS, in which “The ENS…
NRG Safety Committee Approved Restart Solution For HFR In Petten The High-Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten, Netherlands, did not start up on 20 January 2022, due to a leak in a water system. NRG (ENS Corporate Member) reported no risk to nuclear safety, man, or the environment. Since the discovery of the technical failure in…
UK To Start Approval Process For Rolls-Royce SMR Rolls-Royce SMR Ltd has submitted its 470-MW small modular reactor (SMR) design for entry to the UK’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) regulatory process, run jointly by the Office for Nuclear Regulation, Natural Resources Wales and the Environment Agency. The three regulators can now begin their formal review…
PALLAS Receives Nature Permits To Build Advanced Research Reactor Environmental Service Noord-Holland Noord has granted a permit for the construction of the PALLAS-reactor and for the realization of the Nuclear Health Centre (NHC) under the Nature Conservation Act. The granting of the permit means that the company can continue with the realization of the building…