“Nuclear Waste Is An Opportunity” – Associazione Italiana Nucleare Early this year, Italy’s state-owned nuclear waste management company Sogin has published a list of 67 potential sites for a national radwaste storage facility. The list identifies areas whose characteristics meet localisation criteria defined by the National Inspectorate for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ISIN) and…
“Nuclear power in the near future of the energy transition” – AIN Webinar This is a report on the last AIN (Associazione Italiana Nucleare) webinar, written by the Italian Nuclear Association and translated by ENS. The webinar “Nuclear power in the near future of the energy transition”, organised by the Italian Nuclear Association (AIN), took…
AIN-YG Position Paper To Support The National Radwaste Repository The Young Generation (YG) of the Italian Nuclear Association (AIN) published a Position Paper promoting its standing about the selection procedure for the location and construction of the future National Radioactive Waste Repository and the annexed Technological Park ( DN-PT). The YG gathers all the under-40s…
Ansaldo Nucleare To Implement The Italian Divertor Tokamak Test Facility Ansaldo Nucleare (ENS Corporate Member) has won a 21 million EUR contract for the management of multidisciplinary technical-managerial support services aimed at implementing the Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) Facility. The agreement provides for technical-managerial implementation support related to activities of Architectural Engineer, Specialized Engineering and…
Microreactors To Power Moonbases, A New Study Starts In Italy Designing a nuclear microreactor to power moonbases and support further space colonisation – this is the mission of the cooperation agreement signed last December by ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development) and the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI – Italian…
Ansaldo Nucleare Strengthens Cooperation With Italian Universities Ansaldo Nucleare (ENS Corporate Member) will cooperate with CIRTEN, the Consortium of Italian Universities involved in nuclear science and technology research activities, by supporting doctoral scholarships in collaboration with Sapienza University of Rome, Politecnico di Milano and University of Pisa. The PhD scholarships will be funded under the…
IAEA Successfully Accomplished ARTEMIS Mission to Italy An Integrated Review Service for Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Management, Decommissioning and Remediation (ARTEMIS) review team concluded a ten-day mission to Italy on 10 October. The review was carried out at the request and hosted by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (‘MASE’). The International Atomic Energy…
Framatome, Edison and PoliMi Partner For R&T In Nuclear Energy Last week, Framatome (ENS Corporate Member), Edison, and Politecnico di Milano announced the signing of a cooperation agreement for scientific and technological research and training in the field of nuclear energy. The parties will combine their respective technical knowledge and expertise to jointly develop research, development…
EDF and Ansaldo Join A Partnership To Decarbonise Steel Industry This week, EDF, Ansaldo Nucleare (ENS Corporate Members), Ansaldo Energia, Edison, and Federacciai announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at promoting cooperation in the use of nuclear energy to boost the competitiveness and decarbonisation of the Italian steel industry. The signatories of…
Protection Solutions Joins ENS As A New Corporate Member Following the approval of the General Assembly of ENS, we are glad to announce that Protection Solutions Srl has joined the European Nuclear Society as a new Corporate Member, effective 26th June 2024. Protection Solutions is an Italian company based in Naples, and it has been…