“What can I do to help improve patients’ lives?” Interview with Katya Popova, Researcher at the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia Exciting recent developments in nuclear medicine provide effective cancer treatment in an ever more targeted way with minimal side effects. Today we talk with Katya Popova, Ph.D. in Genetics, and working…
EDF Partners With Ansaldo On SMR Development ENS Corporate Members EDF and Ansaldo Nucleare, together with Ansaldo Energia and Edison, announced the signature of a Letter of Intention to explore the potential industrial cooperation for the development of nuclear power, and specifically small modular reactors (SMRs), in Europe. The aim of the agreement is to…
Urenco And USNC To Cooperate On Advanced Reactor Deployment Urenco USA (US branch of Urenco, ENS Corporate Member) and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) announced last 1st March an enrichment services supply agreement as part of the fuel supply programme for USNC’s Micro-Modular™ Reactor (MMR®). Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation will purchase enriched uranium products from…
ANVS Granted The Construction Licence For The PALLAS Reactor On 15th February 2023, the Dutch regulator Nuclear and Radiation Protection Authority (ANVS) granted the Nuclear Energy Act licence for the construction of the PALLAS reactor. The licence becomes valid on 31 March pending any appeals. After a long preliminary process during which all safety documentation…
SCK CEN And IRE Starts The Construction Of RECUMO Facility SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member) and IRE – Institut National des Radioéléments inaugurated the construction of the RECUMO facility. The joint project represents the structural solution for the management of all of the highly radioactive residues stored at the IRE’s site in Fleurus (Belgium) which…
VTT Invests To Develop District Heating Reactor In Finland The Finnish VTT Technical Research Centre announced a 5 million euros investment in the next stage of the development work of its nuclear energy concept (LDR-50) and multiplies the size of the research team in the next 2 years. The Centre declared to aim at building…
Mo-99 Ready To Be Produced At Darlington NPP The Darlington Nuclear Power Plant, located in Canada and operated by Ontario Power Generation (OPG), is now ready to produce life-saving Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) isotopes, Laurentis Energy Partners and BWXT Medical Ltd announced last week. Thanks to the installation and initial commissioning of an innovative isotope system made…
Fermi Energia Chose GE Hitachi For The First SMR In Estonia The Estonian nuclear energy company Fermi Energia announced the selection of GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 as the technology for the first planned Small Modular Reactor (SMR) in Estonia. The BWRX-300 is a 300 MW water-cooled, natural circulation SMR with passive safety systems that leverages the design and licensing basis…
Polish Universities Launch New Courses To Support The Country’s Nuclear Programme Six Polish universities, the energy firm PKN Orlen and the country’s Ministry of Education have signed a letter of intent for the roll-out of new nuclear energy-related courses to begin in the coming academic year. The project aims at educating and training the future…
GEH Signed Contract For The First SMR In North America GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH – ENS Corporate Member), Ontario Power Generation (OPG), SNC-Lavalin and Aecon have signed a contract for the deployment of a BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at OPG’s Darlington New Nuclear Project site. This is the first commercial contract for a…