Westinghouse and EDF To Collaborate To Produce Cobalt-60 Radioisotope During the last World Nuclear Exhibition, Westinghouse Electric Company and EDF (both ENS Corporate Members) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to produce Cobalt-60 radioisotope in select Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) owned and operated by EDF in France. Cobalt-60 plays a critical role in the safety of medical…
Framatome and Rosatom Signed A Long-Term Cooperation Agreement The World Nuclear Exhibition is one of the largest nuclear industry events, serving to highlight its achievements and bring together key market players. WNE 2021 welcomed more than 700 company representatives from 65 countries. The edition recently held in Paris has been a great opportunity for many…
HFR 60th Anniversary And The Rising Demand For Radiopharmaceuticals The demand for medical treatments is rising sharply, partly due to the increased incidence of cancer. In the past year, 115,000 new cases of cancer have been diagnosed in the Netherlands, 13,000 of which prostate cancer. Consequently, NRG|PALLAS is seeing an increase in the demand for…
L3Harris Awarded For Innovative Molten Salt Reactor Simulator L3Harris Technologies (ENS Corporate Member) has been awarded the 2021 Innovation Award for a first-of-a-kind simulator by the Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI), the country’s leading nuclear supply chain trade association. L3Harris delivered the innovative simulator to Terrestrial Energy to support its Generation IV Integral Molten…
Fennovoima Is A New ENS Corporate Member Following the unanimous approval of the General Assembly of ENS, we are glad to announce that Fennovoima became a new effective Corporate Member of the European Nuclear Society. Fennovoima is a nuclear energy company established to meet the energy needs of Finnish enterprises. Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant…
Ansaldo Nucleare to Build the ATHENA Experimental Facility in Romania The consortium including Ansaldo Nucleare (ENS Corporate Member) and Reinvent Energy (Romania), has been awarded a contract worth approximately €20 million for the design, procurement, installation, and commissioning service of the ATHENA experimental plant. ATHENA – Advanced Thermo-Hydraulics Experiment for Nuclear Application will be a…
Westinghouse and Energoatom Sign Contract For First AP1000 In Ukraine One more recent news highlights the commitment and the interest of Ukraine in the deployment of new nuclear reactors in the country, to boost the decarbonisation of the Ukrainian energy mix and to support an effective energy transition. Following the previous exclusive agreement to bring Westinghouse AP1000 reactors to multiple…
COP26 Position Paper – Net Zero Needs Nuclear Nuclear for Climate is a grassroots initiative gathering nuclear professionals and scientists from over 150 associations with the goal of opening a dialogue with policymakers and the public about the necessity of including nuclear energy among the carbon-free solutions to climate change. The mission is to accelerate…
Save Our Climate – Acknowledge that Net Zero Needs Nuclear at COP26 Nuclear for Climate started this petition calling on all negotiators and policy makers who are involved at COP26 to take a scientific and technology-neutral approach to energy policy and financing which can promote sustainable collaboration between nuclear and renewables. Sign this petition! Save…
Over 100 Societies and NGOs Support “Net Zero Needs Nuclear” Nuclear for Climate is a grassroots initiative gathering nuclear professionals and scientists from over 150 associations with the goal of opening a dialogue with policymakers and the public about the necessity of including nuclear energy among the carbon-free solutions to climate change. In 2021 the ‘Net Zero Needs Nuclear’…