Westinghouse and ENUSA Install EnCore Fuel for the First Time in Europe Westinghouse Electric Company and ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas (ENUSA) announced the installation of EnCore Fuel at Engie Electrabel’s Doel-4 nuclear power plant in Belgium. This installation marks the first insertion of EnCore Fuel rod assemblies in Europe, and the second insertion into a commercial…
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…
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…
Enusa signed the first contract with South Korea’s KEPCO Enusa Industrias Avanzadas, ENS Corporate Members, signed a supply contract with Korea Electric Power Company (Kepco) for equipment to measure the degree of burn-up in used NPP fuel elements. This is Enusa’s first contract with South Korea and is the result of an international tender called…
ENUSA Expands Its Cooperation Network To Brazil ENUSA (ENS Corporate Member), pursuing the objectives established in its Strategic Plan, continues to carry out commercial diversification and internationalisation actions. Last week, ENUSA received a delegation from the company Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) at its facilities. A new framework of collaboration was discussed between the two companies,…
Westinghouse and ENUSA To Cooperate On VVER-440 Fuel Fabrication Westinghouse Electric Company and ENUSA (both ENS Corporate Members) announced during the World Nuclear Symposium their intent to collaborate on VVER-440 fuel fabrication. There are currently 16 nuclear reactors in Europe operating with VVER-440 fuel and utilities in the region are actively looking for alternatives to…
Westinghouse’s Fuel Collaborations on Current and New Technologies Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) has recently signed new agreements focusing on nuclear fuel for operational and new technologies. First, WEC and ENUSA renewed their 50-year long partnership with a new Technology Agreement (WETCA), which extends the current license agreement for 10 years. Westinghouse…