CEA Creates Two Nuclear Start-Ups For SMR Development CEA, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (ENS Corporate Member) announced the creation of two nuclear start-ups, Hexana and Stellaria, which will focus on the development of different technologies for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). Hexana aims to develop an SMR featuring a sodium-cooled fast neutron…
CEA and Blue Capsule Cooperate To Decarbonise Industry CEA (France’s Alternative Energies & Atomic Energy Commission, ENS Corporate Member) and Blue Capsule, a spin-off of CEA based in Aix-en-Provence, signed a partnership agreement to extend the support to fields such as equipment and components, materials, calculation codes and TRISO-based fuel. Blue Capsule is developing a…
Tractebel To Support HEXANA In Developing Its SMR Tractebel (ENS Corporate Member) signed a new partnership to support the French start-up HEXANA in developing its design of a Small Modular Reactor (SMR). HEXANA, a spin-off from CEA (ENS Corporate Member), aims to develop an SMR featuring a sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor, integrated with a high-temperature storage device.…
CEA and Calogena To Explore SMR Solution for District Heating at Cadarache Site CEA (ENS Corporate Member) and Calogena, a nuclear startup subsidiary of the Gorgé industrial group, signed a letter of intent to start feasibility studies on the installation of a pilot small modular reactor (SMR) at the CEA’s Cadarache research centre. Calogena is…
EDF Creates FINABe Advisory Board to Support Financing of New Nuclear Projects During the recent Nuclear Energy Summit 2026 in Paris, EDF (ENS Corporate Member) announced the creation of its international advisory board FINABe (Financing and Investing in Nuclear – Advisory Board EDF), dedicated to facilitating the financing and investment of new nuclear projects worldwide.…
CEA, Institut Curie and Thales Partner to Build World-First FLASH Radiotherapy Platform CEA (ENS Corporate Member), Institut Curie and Thales have recently announced a partnership to design and install a unique Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) FLASH radiotherapy irradiator at Institut Curie’s Orsay site, as part of the FRATHEA project (Flash RAdiation THerapy Electron Acceleration),…
EDF Announces Investments For New Manufacturing Facility in France EDF (ENS Corporate Member), through its subsidiary Arabelle Solutions, has announced an investment of nearly €100 million to build a new factory in Chalon-sur-Saône, France, which will supply equipment for France’s future construction programme of six EPR2 reactors, as well as eight additional potential EPR2 reactors,…