A Calendar Full Of Events For SCK CEN Radiobiology Unit A calendar full of events is waiting for the SCK CEN Radiobiology Unity these first months of 2021. Here the list of these interesting events and lectures: – Nobel Prize lectures Medicine and physiology Nobel Prize: “Hepatitis C virus” by Stefan Bourgeois, ZNA), 25th January,…
Tecnatom Supplies a New Nuclear Fuel Inspection Equipment The Spanish nuclear fuel manufacturer ENUSA now has a new UT3P ultrasonic system for the automatic inspection of welds at its Juzbado facility, supplied by Tecnatom. With this equipment, Juzbado now has two completely updated lines for the automatic welding of nuclear fuel rod plugs. The purpose…
Ansaldo Nucleare Completed The Welding Activities On First Sector Of ITER Vacuum Vessel Last December, Ansaldo Nucleare completed the welding activities for the installation of crucial diagnostics, instrumentation and a cable tray on Vacuum Vessel Sector #6 (VVS#6) at ITER. As part of the Tokamak Assembly Works, specialist engineers from Ansaldo Nucleare were required to…
NRG And PALLAS Together For A Shared, Innovative Future NRG and PALLAS aim to fuse together as one organisation, as announced by Bertholt Leeftink, CEO NRG/PALLAS. “By combining our forces, we are able to make large steps forward in the development and production of nuclear medicines used for diagnostic purposes and for the treatment of…
Nuclear Technologies Support the Textile Industry Nuclear techniques are applied in a wide range of sectors, supporting the achievement of important results and progress in the research and development of each of them. Beyond the well-known applications for medicine, energy, and space research, nuclear technologies support also the textile industry, so helping the production process,…
COP26 Position Paper – Net Zero Needs Nuclear Nuclear for Climate is a grassroots initiative gathering nuclear professionals and scientists from over 150 associations with the goal of opening a dialogue with policymakers and the public about the necessity of including nuclear energy among the carbon-free solutions to climate change. The mission is to accelerate…
Framatome’s GAIA EATF Technology Completes Its First-Ever Fuel Cycle Framatome’s GAIA Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (EATF) technology recently completed its first 18-month fuel cycle at a nuclear power plant in the US. The French company, ENS Corporate Member, said this marks the first time a full-length EATF concept with both pellets and cladding has completed…
Westinghouse Signed a Nuclear Fuel Licensing Contract For Kozloduy NPP Westinghouse Electric Company and Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant signed a VVER-1000 nuclear fuel licensing contract for the Kozloduy power plant in Bulgaria. The licensing process of Westinghouse fuel is a key safety pre-condition for nuclear fuel delivery, and it has to be completed in compliance with…
NRG delivers 10 patient doses of Lutetium-177 Last week, NRG has delivered lutetium for the first time to an academic hospital and two pharmaceutical parties this month. Sander de Groot, program manager medical isotopes at NRG: “This isotope offers a great perspective for the effective treatment of various cancer indications and with limited side effects.…
The rise of nuclear technology 2.0 – Interview with Anicet Touré Tractebel recently published the White Paper “The rise of nuclear technology 2.0 – Tractebel’s vision on Small Modular Reactors”, unveiling its vision for SMRs and the ambitious role Tractebel aims to play in the future. In order to learn more about this challenging and…