SCK CEN Annual Report 2019 Is Out 2019 was a year characterised by many milestones for SCK CEN & its partners. Just to list some of them, SCK CEN has decided to increase the number of operating days for the BR2 research reactor from 160 to 210 per year, guaranteeing an increased supply of medical…
SCK CEN Radioisotopes Production Marks A Great Record Despite Pandemic In the field of radioisotopes production, SCK CEN efficiently overcame the challenges and limitations obliged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, SCK CEN’s research reactor BR2 even produced more radioisotopes in 2020 than in 2019. More than 9 million diagnoses and 20,000 treatments have been provided…
A Calendar Full Of Events For SCK CEN Radiobiology Unit A calendar full of events is waiting for the SCK CEN Radiobiology Unity these first months of 2021. Here the list of these interesting events and lectures: – Nobel Prize lectures Medicine and physiology Nobel Prize: “Hepatitis C virus” by Stefan Bourgeois, ZNA), 25th January,…
SCK CEN And IBA Cooperate To Enable The Production Of Actinium-225 SCK CEN – Belgian Nuclear Research Center (ENS Corporate Member) and IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A., EURONEXT), the world leader in particle accelerator technology, announced a strategic R&D partnership to enable the production of Actinium-225 (225Ac), a novel radioisotope which has significant potential in…
SCK CEN Celebrates HADES Laboratory’s 40th Anniversary On 27th April, the Belgian research centre SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member) celebrated the 40th anniversary of its HADES underground laboratory. The construction of the laboratory at 225 metres below ground level started in 1980. Here, scientists perform research into the mechanical, chemical and microbiological characteristics of clay…
SCK CEN Receives Government Funding To Lead SMR Research Belgium’s SCK CEN nuclear research centre (ENS Corporate Member) will receive a budget of €100 million from the Federal Government to conduct research into small modular reactors (SMRs). In 1952, SCK CEN was created to promote nuclear energy in Belgium and launch the Belgian atomic age.…
BR2 Research Reactor Will Run With LEU In 2026 SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member) announced that the BR2 research reactor will switch to low-enriched uranium (LEU) in 2026. Then BR2 will be the world’s first research reactor with high-performance fuel on low enriched uranium. As SCK CEN said, the change to LEU will help to…
A New Consortium For Deploying Lead-Cooled SMRs On 8 November, five companies leading research and innovation in heavy liquid metal technology joined forces to boost the implementation and the industrial deployment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) using Lead Fast Reactor Technology. Ansaldo Nucleare, SCK CEN, Westinghouse (ENS Corporate Members), ENEA and RATEN-ICN signed a Memorandum…