European Nuclear Society voice on a classification system for sustainable economic activities As a scientific society of 12.000 nuclear experts, representing academia, research institutes and industry, we strongly support the EU climate neutrality 2050 goal. We are ready to put our efforts and contribute as well to the 2030 CO2 reduction emission objective of at…
European Nuclear Society became the Chair of the EHRO-N ENS became the Chair of the European Human Resources Observatory in Nuclear (EHRO-N). EHRO-N, is driven by organisations representing major stakeholders in the European Civil Nuclear Sector and managed by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). It is active in the field of Knowledge Management…
ENS HSC Position Paper – How Safe is Safe Enough in the Context of Nuclear Power? The last ENS High Scientific Council Position Paper, “How Safe is Safe Enough in the Context of Nuclear Power?” is available online. The purpose of this paper is to examine the question “how safe is safe enough” in the…
Framatome To Provide Technical Support For Hanhikivi NPP Project Framatome and Rusatom Automated Control Systems JSC (RASU JSC), a subsidiary of ROSATOM, signed a contract to provide technical support in design and integration of instrumentation and control (I&C) system for the Hanhikivi-1 Nuclear Power Plant in Finland. While Framatome will provide consulting support for I&C…
ENUSA And Tecnatom Are New ENS Corporate Members Following the approval of the General Assembly of ENS, we are glad to announce that ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas S.A. and Tecnatom became new effective Corporate Members of the European Nuclear Society since 1st January 2021. ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas divides its activities into two business areas, nuclear and…
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,…