Medical Isotopes – International Experts Call For Action To Secure Supply International experts from irradiating reactors, other isotope producers, and direct users urgently call for a long-term strategy to prevent a critical shortage of research and production capacities. They jointly ask for a common framework that stimulates much needed policy changes and investments. The high-level…
Actinium-225, The Joint-Venture Pantera To Secure Its Production The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member) and IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A., EURONEXT), the world leader in particle accelerator technology, announced last week the name of their joint-venture: Pantera SA/NV, resulting from strategic R&D partnership between SCK CEN and IBA to enable the production…
Mochovce-3 Reaches First Criticality Mochovce-3 reactor reached minimum controlled output on 22 October, marking first criticality for the Russia-supplied 440 MW unit. Utility Slovenske Elektrarne, which owns and operates Slovakia’s four commercial reactors, said Mochovce-3 should reach full capacity and begin commercial operation at the beginning of next year. The company said that although a…
Poland Signs International Deals For Its First Nuclear Power Plants During the last few days, Poland signed international agreements to build the country’s first nuclear power plants by 2033. The US-based Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) and the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power have been selected to develop the Polish nuclear programme, so accelerating Warsaw’s…
Preparatory Works For The PALLAS Reactor Have Started Preparatory works to enable the realization of the construction of the PALLAS reactor have started. Work is currently underway to make the original access road to the Energy & Health Campus from the 1960s accessible. During the construction of the steel sheet pile structure around the work…
More Than 80% Of Poles Support Country’s Nuclear Programme Several opinion polls in Poland have recently shown record support for the country’s nuclear energy projects. A poll commissioned by business daily Gazeta Prawna and national radio station RMF FM found that about 83% of Poles support Warsaw’s plans to build the country’s first NPPs. Among…
Westinghouse To Supply Nuclear Fuel For Kozloduy NPP From 2024 Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) and Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant have signed a 10-year contract to fabricate and deliver VVER-1000 nuclear fuel for Unit 5. Kozloduy is the only NPP in Bulgaria and the largest in the region. Units 5 and 6 have a total…
High Flux Reactor In Petten Started Up In Advance The High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten, operated by NRG (ENS Corporate Member) started up a day early after maintenance to increase the availability of medical isotopes. The HFR has about 260 production days per year and has regular short maintenance shutdowns, and twice a year…
NCBJ And JAEA To Boost Research And Development In HTGRs On November 22, in Tokyo, the President of the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Mr. Koguchi Masanori and the Director of the Polish National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Prof. Krzysztof Kurek signed an Implementing Arrangement regarding the institution’s cooperation in research and development in…
EDF and Fortum Partner To Explore Joint Opportunities In New Nuclear The French utility EDF (ENS Corporate Member) and Fortum have signed a Framework Cooperation Agreement (FCA) to jointly explore collaboration opportunities for small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) and large power plant deployment in Finland and Sweden. The FCA has been signed on the occasion…