CEA Starts New Studies On Nuclear For Space Exploration CEA (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux énergies alternatives, ENS Corporate Member) is going to start new feasibility studies on nuclear propulsion in space on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA). Nuclear propulsion, with its propulsive efficiency far superior to that of the chemical engines…
Belgium Confirms The Extension Of NPPs Operations By 10 Years On 29th June 2023, ENGIE (ENS Corporate Member) and the Belgian Government signed an agreement specifying the terms of the extension of the nuclear reactors Doel-4 and Tihange-3. This agreement incorporates the non-binding agreement in principle signed on 9th January 2023 and specifies the following…
Framatome And EDF Cooperate To Test EATF In French Reactor Framatome and EDF (both ENS Corporate Members) signed a collaboration agreement to test its enhanced accident-tolerant fuel (EATF) technology in an operating nuclear power plant in France. As part of its PROtect EATF programme, Framatome will manufacture and deliver four lead fuel assemblies (LFAs) that…
IAEA Positively Concluded Two Missions To Croatia And Belgium During the last month, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) successfully concluded two more missions to Europe. Delegations to Croatia and Belgium, made by international, independent experts and IAEA staff, provided advice and reviews on different aspects linked to nuclear and radiation safety, and radioactive waste management in…
EU Selected A Consortium To Secure VVER Fuel Supply in Europe A consortium led by Westinghouse (ENS Corporate Member) was selected by the European Union (EU) to develop and deliver a secure nuclear fuel supply to Russian-designed pressurized water reactors VVER, operating in Eastern Europe and Ukraine. The APIS project (Accelerated Program for Implementation of Secure VVER fuel…
Ansaldo Restates Its Support To Romanian Nuclear Projects A fruitful institutional visit took place last week at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant, the only NPP in Romania, to strengthen the nuclear cooperation between Italian companies (among them Ansaldo Nucleare, ENS Corporate Member) and the Romanian operator Nuclearelectrica. Nuclearelectrica, following the visit to Cernavoda-1, presented its…
MARIA Research Reactor To Be Modernised By 2027 On 20th June 2023, the Council of Ministers of Poland adopted a resolution on the MARIA nuclear research reactor modernisation programme, so as to enable its operation beyond 2027. The MARIA reactor is currently the only and unique research facility of this type in Poland and in…
PSI Leads New Research To Fight Metastatic Prostate Cancer Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (ENS Corporate Member, PSI) are developing a new drug that could increase the survival chances of patients with metastatic prostate cancer. The drug, studied by a research consortium involving PSI, the University Hospital Basel and ETH Zurich, is now being…
Westinghouse Signed MoU For Potential New Reactors In Slovakia Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) announced the signing of memorandums of understanding (MOU) with Slovak state-owned nuclear company JAVYS on the potential deployment of AP1000 reactors and AP300 small modular reactors (SMR). The MOUs signed yesterday, 17th July 2023, create a framework for the two…
IAEA Gave Positive Conclusion to ARTEMIS Mission in Lithuania An Integrated Review Service for Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Management, Decommissioning and Remediation (ARTEMIS) review team concluded a ten-day mission to Lithuania on 25 July. The review was carried out at the request of the Lithuanian government. ARTEMIS reviews provide independent expert assessments, which can cover…