Nuclear energy will power Google, Amazon, and Microsoft’s server farms! How? And what’s the story behind it? Important developments in nuclear energy – big international tech companies are turning to small modular reactors, investing in SMR technology The last few weeks have been extremely busy for international nuclear news. One after another, big technology companies…
Urenco and TU Delft Support New Nuclear Talents Urenco (ENS Corporate Member) and Dutch university TU Delft are teaming up to develop new generations of nuclear scientists. Urenco is supporting the Delft Excellent Laboratory Facilities for Innovation and Nuclear Education (DELFINE) programme for three years to increase the pool of nuclear talent who can work…
Framatome Will Supply Fuel to Hungary’s VVER Reactors On 25 October, Framatome and MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd. (ENS Corporate Members) announced the signing of a major contract for the long-term supply of nuclear fuel to the Hungarian Paks VVER reactors from 2027. The contract ensuring the fuel supply diversification of Hungary is based…
Dr Chiara Favaretto wins the ENS High Scientific Council PhD Award 2024 The ENS High Scientific Council brings together 25 scientists from 19 countries. For the 2024 edition of the ENS HSC PhD Award, the Council received twelve nominations from ENS member Societies: namely the Belgian, Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swiss, UK…
Framatome To Study Medical Radioisotopes Production At Argentinian NPPs Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) and Nucleoeléctrica Argentina have signed an agreement to conduct a pre-feasibility study on installing systems for producing short-lived radioisotopes, such as Lutetium-177, at the nuclear power plants operated by the Argentine company: Atucha I, Atucha II, and Embalse. The study is expected…
One in Two Italians in Favour of Nuclear Energy, Poll Finds Almost one Italian out of two is in favour of nuclear energy and its inclusion in the country’s future energy mix. This is the result of a recent opinion poll, conducted by SWG and presented at the VI edition of the Intelligence Week conference…
EDF Announces Life Extensions for Four UK Nuclear Power Plants EDF (ENS Corporate Member) announced the lifetime extension of four nuclear power plants in the United Kingdom, so as to generate for longer in a boost to the country’s energy security and clean power targets. The four plants, all operating Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor technologies,…
Tractebel To Support Steady Energy Developing LDR-50 SMR Tractebel (ENS Corporate Member) signed a contract with Finnish technology developer Steady Energy to provide engineering services to develop Steady Energy’s LDR-50 SMR, aimed at providing clean district heating and industrial steam. Steady Energy has already struck agreements for 15 reactors in Finland and is expanding to…
Bertin Technologies Expands By Acquiring VF Nuclear Bertin Technologies (ENS Corporate Member) announced the acquisition of Czech company VF Nuclear, a manufacturer of radiation protection and monitoring systems. Founded in 1992 and based in Cerna Hora near Brno, VF Nuclear is a company at the cutting edge of technology and services in the field of radiation protection and radiological measurement. The company designs, develops, produces, installs and maintains high-performance, highly reliable radiation monitoring systems, capable of withstanding harsh operating conditions.…
Westinghouse To Continue Developing Space Microreactor Concept Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) announced that NASA, working with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has selected the company to continue the development of a space microreactor design through the Fission Surface Power (FSP) project. The FSP project is focused on developing concept designs for small,…