Tractebel, EDF And NUWARD Signed A New Agreement On SMR Project Tractebel, EDF (both ENS Corporate Members) and NUWARD signed a Framework Cooperation Agreement to strengthen and extend their collaboration in the development of the NUWARD Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology. With this long-term agreement to support the project, Tractebel will allocate more resources to NUWARD…
IAEA Successfully Completed Two Missions In Europe This month, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) successfully concluded two missions to the Netherlands and Bulgaria. Both delegations, made by international, independent experts and IAEA staff, provided advice and reviews on different aspects linked to nuclear and radiation safety in the two European countries. The Integrated Regulatory…
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…
Belgium Confirms The Extension Of NPPs Operations By 10 Years On 29th June 2023, ENGIE (ENS Corporate Member) and the Belgian Government signed an agreement specifying the terms of the extension of the nuclear reactors Doel-4 and Tihange-3. This agreement incorporates the non-binding agreement in principle signed on 9th January 2023 and specifies the following…
Framatome And EDF Cooperate To Test EATF In French Reactor Framatome and EDF (both ENS Corporate Members) signed a collaboration agreement to test its enhanced accident-tolerant fuel (EATF) technology in an operating nuclear power plant in France. As part of its PROtect EATF programme, Framatome will manufacture and deliver four lead fuel assemblies (LFAs) that…