L3Harris Awarded For Innovative Molten Salt Reactor Simulator L3Harris Technologies (ENS Corporate Member) has been awarded the 2021 Innovation Award for a first-of-a-kind simulator by the Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI), the country’s leading nuclear supply chain trade association. L3Harris delivered the innovative simulator to Terrestrial Energy to support its Generation IV Integral Molten…
HFR 60th Anniversary And The Rising Demand For Radiopharmaceuticals The demand for medical treatments is rising sharply, partly due to the increased incidence of cancer. In the past year, 115,000 new cases of cancer have been diagnosed in the Netherlands, 13,000 of which prostate cancer. Consequently, NRG|PALLAS is seeing an increase in the demand for…
Framatome and Rosatom Signed A Long-Term Cooperation Agreement The World Nuclear Exhibition is one of the largest nuclear industry events, serving to highlight its achievements and bring together key market players. WNE 2021 welcomed more than 700 company representatives from 65 countries. The edition recently held in Paris has been a great opportunity for many…
Westinghouse and EDF To Collaborate To Produce Cobalt-60 Radioisotope During the last World Nuclear Exhibition, Westinghouse Electric Company and EDF (both ENS Corporate Members) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to produce Cobalt-60 radioisotope in select Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) owned and operated by EDF in France. Cobalt-60 plays a critical role in the safety of medical…
ENS Elects Prof. Leon Cizelj As New President On 10 December the ENS General Assembly elected Prof. Leon Cizelj as the new President of the European Nuclear Society (ENS). Prof. Cizelj will assume his duties as ENS President on 1st January 2022, replacing incumbent President Prof. Emilio Minguez Torres. Leon Cizelj is Professor in Nuclear…
Poles and Belgians See Nuclear Energy As Necessary Low-Carbon Source Recent opinion polls in two EU Countries, Poland and Belgium, highlighted strong support for nuclear energy as a proven and effective low-carbon source to reduce CO2 and to mitigate climate change. Poland The Polish Ministry of Climate and Environment published today (15th December) the…
Euratom Supply Agency Is A New ENS Member A wonderful 2021, rich in successes and achievements, is close to ending, but it’s not yet over! Today we are glad to announce that Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) became the 30th Member of the European Nuclear Society. The mission of ESA is to maintain regular and equitable supply of…
STUK Has Granted TVO The Permission For Startup Olkiluoto-3 The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Finland (STUK) has granted Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) the permission for making the reactor critical and conducting low power tests at Olkiluoto-3. The nuclear reaction in the OL3 EPR plant unit’s reactor will be initiated for the first time during…
Nuclear Society of Slovenia Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary This month the Nuclear Society of Slovenia, one of the 21 ENS Member Societies, celebrates the 30th anniversary of its foundation. Since December 1991, the Society gathers nuclear professionals, researchers, and professors from all over Slovenia, contributing to supporting the country’s nuclear sector, its projects, and the…
Framatome and Exelon Signed A MoU To Strengthen Cobalt-60 Production Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) and Exelon Generation recently announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding to develop solutions to produce Cobalt-60 in Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) operated by Exelon Generation in the US. Cobalt-60 is a radioisotope produced in nuclear reactors out of natural…