Tractebel To Support HEXANA In Developing Its SMR Tractebel (ENS Corporate Member) signed a new partnership to support the French start-up HEXANA in developing its design of a Small Modular Reactor (SMR). HEXANA, a spin-off from CEA (ENS Corporate Member), aims to develop an SMR featuring a sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor, integrated with a high-temperature storage device.…
The Nuclear Institute Highlights The Future Of Nuclear Skills In The UK Last week, the Nuclear Institute (ENS Member Society) participated in an engaging event focusing on the development of nuclear skills and the growth of the workforce. Following the ambitious plans launched by the government, in the UK as well as in several EU…
Westinghouse’s Fuel Collaborations on Current and New Technologies Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) has recently signed new agreements focusing on nuclear fuel for operational and new technologies. First, WEC and ENUSA renewed their 50-year long partnership with a new Technology Agreement (WETCA), which extends the current license agreement for 10 years. Westinghouse…
NRG PALLAS Supporting The Development Of Kairos Power SMR Fleet NRG PALLAS (ENS Corporate Member) has signed a major contract with Kairos Power to assess materials and fuels that will be used in its Small Modular Reactor (SMR) fleet. Kairos Power will build a number of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) for Google data centres to…
Framatome and Perpetual Atomics to Advance Industrialisation of Space Batteries for Space Exploration Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) and Perpetual Atomics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study the industrialisation of processing americium into sealed sources for radioisotope power systems (“space batteries”), including radioisotope heater units (RHUs) and radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs). A radioisotope…
Deep Atomic Enters U.S. NRC Pre-Application Process for MK60 SMR Design Certification Deep Atomic (ENS Corporate Member) officially announces that it has entered the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Pre-Application Process for Design Certification of its flagship MK60 Small Modular Reactor (SMR). The engagement with the NRC’s design certification process will help inform final design…
AI & Nuclear Tech – NUKEM and Tellux Successfully Demonstrate FREMES EcoProbe Technology NUKEM Technologies Engineering Services GmbH (NUKEM, ENS Corporate Member), in collaboration with its partner Tellux, presented its innovative FREMES EcoProbe system during a successful live demonstration event held in Karlstein am Main (Germany). This belt conveyor free release measuring system represents the…
Framatome Opened a New Fuel Fabrication Facility for Research Reactors and Medical Applications Earlier this month, Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) inaugurated a new CERCA workshop in Romans-sur-Isère (France). The new facility, opened on 18th April, is dedicated to the fabrication of fuel for research reactors and targets for medical isotopes. The Framatome site in Romans-sur-Isère includes the CERCA…
Tractebel Supporting Waste Management Programme at Doel NPP Tractebel (ENS Corporate Member), together with the Belgian nuclear operator, ENGIE Electrabel, has completed the filling of the first High Integrity Container (HIC) as part of the project to empty the spent fuel pools at the Doel 3 nuclear power plant, within its decommissioning programme. The project…
SCK CEN Received Terbium-161 Chloride Supply from TerThera SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member) received Terbium-161 (Tb-161) Chloride from the Dutch company TerThera, the world’s largest producer of this radioisotope, in the framework of the ongoing collaboration initiated in 2023 to ensure its stable supply. Terbium-161 is an extremely promising isotope for targeted cancer therapy because…