PSI recorded a sodium pump in action for the first time using a new radiation technology Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have recorded for the first time, in action, a light-driven sodium pump from bacterial cells. It has been possible thanks to the new X-ray free-electron laser SwissFEL, used by PSI researchers for…
EDF Submits Planning Application for Sizewell C EDF has submitted an application to the Planning Inspectorate to build two new EPR units at Sizewell C in Suffolk, southeast England. Once operational, Sizewell C will supply around 6 million homes with always-on, low carbon electricity made in the UK. Low carbon nuclear power will support more…
ITER Project Achieves a Major Milestone The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project, which aims to build the world’s largest fusion reactor in southern France, achieved a major milestone this week. The construction crews of about 200 carefully lifted the cryostat base into the first major piece of the reactor, the tokamak. Procured by India,…
Second International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (ICARST-2021) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is organizing the Second International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (ICARST-2021) at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria from 19 to 23 April 2021. Approximately 500 participants from IAEA Member States and invited international organizations…
Hinkley Point C achieves latest major milestone on schedule Workers building the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station have completed on schedule the 49,000-tonne base for the second Generation III EPR unit under construction at the site. EDF Energy, the UK branch of France’s state-owned utility EDF, is building the two 1,600-MW EPR units at…
NRG and PALLAS appoint Bertholt Leeftink (CEO) and Gerrit Zalm The NRG Foundation (previously: Foundation ECN) and the Foundation Preparation Pallas-reactor (PALLAS) have made an important step forward. The executive board members and the supervisory board members of both organizations will sit on the boards of both companies, via a so-called “personele unie” (a situation…
Ansaldo Nucleare Wins 10 Million Euro Contract for a Pre-Conceptual Fusion Reactor Design A consortium, led by Ansaldo Nucleare, has won a €10m contract from the European Commission for a pre-conceptual fusion reactor design. It will be built on knowledge gained from the ongoing International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) project in France and the Joint…
IAEA New Lab Facility to Tackle Health, Food and Climate Change Challenges The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, and the Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Alexander Schallenberg, officially opened the new Yukiya Amano Laboratory Facility. It aims to assist countries to fight and prevent transboundary…
The core of another ITER superconducting magnet has been completed The core of another superconducting magnet has been completed for the ITER project (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor). The massive piece of equipment will depart from the ASG Superconductors factory (La Spezia, Northern Italy), to be delivered to Marghera where it will go through the final…
Reactor Petten record production of medical isotopes Last month, the reactor in Petten had a record production and was therefore able to continue to provide 30,000 patients daily with medical isotopes. The Corona crisis has caused complications for transport and logistics and due to this the European manufacturers are now turning to NRG. Jojanneke van…