EU Commission Plans To Include Nuclear In The European Taxonomy The European Commission announced on 21 April its decision to include nuclear energy in a complementary Delegated Act of the EU Taxonomy Regulation. The Delegated Act, which will be consistent with the conclusions of a Joint Research Centre report on nuclear power, will confirm the…
EDF Submits A Binding Techno-Commercial Offer For Indian Nuclear Megaproject Last week, EDF submitted to NPCIL the French binding techno-commercial offer to supply engineering studies and equipment for the construction of six EPR reactors at the Jaitapur site, India. The offer is the culmination of the work carried out jointly with NPCIL further to the…
Ansaldo Nuclear To Cooperate With Westinghouse On LFR Project Ansaldo Nuclear has won a contract to design, install and operate two experimental facilities that will be part of the Westinghouse development programme for its lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR). Ansaldo Nuclear said it will test prototypical high-priority components at the versatile lead loop facility (VLF) and will…
A New Partnership With The European Journal of Physics N (EPJ N) The European Nuclear Society is glad to announce a new partnership with the European Journal of Physics N (EPJ N). The European Journal of Physics N (EPJ N) is an open access medium for the communication of original research, ideas and developments in all…
TVO And Fortum Tested The First Valve Featuring A 3D Printed Housing Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) and Fortum have carried out a joint test of the first valve featuring a 3D printed housing at the Olkiluoto nuclear power station in Finland. The valve housing was supplied by Neles Oy and installed at Olkiluoto by TVO.…
“Nuclear power in the near future of the energy transition” – AIN Webinar This is a report on the last AIN (Associazione Italiana Nucleare) webinar, written by the Italian Nuclear Association and translated by ENS. The webinar “Nuclear power in the near future of the energy transition”, organised by the Italian Nuclear Association (AIN), took…
Framatome To Upgrade Systems And Equipment At Krsko NPP In Slovenia Framatome, ENS Corporate Member, recently signed two contracts to upgrade systems and equipment used to manage operations at the Krško NPP in Slovenia. The company will design, deliver and install new instrumentation and control (I&C) systems and replace the thimble tubes, which are an…
Russian Research Institutes Support Fukushima Decommissioning Russia’s Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR), in close cooperation with VG Khlopin Radium Institute (St Petersburg), Production Association Mayak and Techsnabexport (all parts of Rosatom) completed two projects related to the justification of the safe decommissioning of the Fukushima-Daiichi NPP. The research results were highly appreciated by Japanese…
Polish Nuclear Research Centre Signs Agreement To Implement HTGR Project The Polish Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) has signed a contract with the Ministry of Education paving the way for a three-year programme to help the development of high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) technology in the country. Under the agreement, NCBJ will receive about €13.3m from…
New IAEA Study On How Chemical Elements React to Irradiation The IAEA has developed novel theoretical calculation models on how primary radiation affects all 83 natural chemical elements and has made this information available online. These calculations can help experts make stronger and more resistant materials to be used in areas where materials may be…