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…
Support For Nuclear Power Is Increasing Across Europe Recent opinion polls in several European countries showed widespread, increasing support for nuclear energy, considered an effective and crucial tool to mitigate climate change, boost decarbonisation, and secure national energy independence. Sweden The share of people who want to keep using nuclear power in Sweden is…
European Nuclear Society High Scientific Council’s Statement on Small Modular Reactors Today’s European Union Declaration on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) marks an important step towards the decarbonised and autonomous Europe. Climate change is a tremendous threat to human well-being and our societies. The ever-more alarming messages on anthropogenic climate change, as expressed by the IPCC,…