Romania Signed The Support Agreement For Cernavoda-3 And -4 The Romanian government and the national nuclear operator Nuclearelectrica signed a support agreement which allows the start of the next phase of the project to construct two new units at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant. Indeed, the Phase II of the project includes the conclusion of…
Nuclear Energy And The European Energy Policy At The Crossroad… Marc Deffrennes The title of this short article can be understood in two ways: is it nuclear energy which is at the crossroad, or the European Energy Policy? In fact, both. The time has indeed come for a paradigm shift. The time has come to…
Framatome and Slovenské elektrárne Extend Their Long-Term Partnership Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of a global strategic relationship with the Slovak company Slovenské elektrárne. The signing ceremony took place in Bratislava during the visit and meeting between the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel…
New PSI Study For More Detailed Tests Of Nuclear Fuel Cladding Recent micro-beam measurements at the Swiss Light Source SLS (Paul Scherrer Institut – PSI, ENS Corporate Member) have enabled insights into the crystal structure of hydrides that promote cracks in nuclear fuel cladding. This fundamental knowledge of the material properties of cladding will help…
SCK CEN Announced A New Partnership To Accelerate The Fight Against Cancer The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member) announced that the US-based SpectronRx will open its first European radiolabeling facility for sorely needed medical radioisotopes. The facility will be established on the premises of the research centre in Mol, Belgium. Both…
Westinghouse And Bechtel Together For The First NPP In Poland Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) and Bechtel will jointly form a consortium to design and build Poland’s first commercial nuclear power plant. On 25 May, the two companies signed an agreement in Warsaw with the Polish utility Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe to define the terms…
ENS Welcomes The Nuclear Alliance Declaration European Nuclear Society together with its High Scientific Council truly welcomes today’s recognition by sixteen European countries on the importance of nuclear technology and science for resilient and independent Europe. Yesterday’s statement of ministers from Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Slovakia,…
Urenco Supports Bulgaria In Diversifying Nuclear Fuel Supply Urenco (ENS Corporate Member) has signed a new agreement for enrichment services to supply the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria. The long-term agreement will see Urenco support the operation of one of two units at Kozloduy, the only NPP in Bulgaria, so supporting the country’s objectives…
New Record Support For Nuclear While OL3 Started Regular Electricity Production On Sunday, 16 April 2023, the Finnish nuclear operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj – TVO (ENS Corporate Member) announced that Olkiluoto-3 completed the test production and it has started regular electricity production. From now on, Finland’s “greatest climate act” and Europe’s largest NPP unit produces…
“Nuclear medicine has a great unexplored potential” Interview with Anthony Waked, PhD Fellow at SCK CEN – Belgian Nuclear Research Centre and the University of Liège, Belgium In the past decade, research has made tremendous progress and medical isotopes are expected to become a vital tool in the treatment of many types of cancers in…