Euratom Supply Agency Is A New ENS Member A wonderful 2021, rich in successes and achievements, is close to ending, but it’s not yet over! Today we are glad to announce that Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) became the 30th Member of the European Nuclear Society. The mission of ESA is to maintain regular and equitable supply of…
Ensuring The Future – Outlook on Medical Radioisotopes and Uranium Supply Chains in Europe Interview with Euratom Supply Agency Director General Agnieszka Kazmierczak Medical radioisotopes are a crucial tool in beating cancer and other diseases, offering several and innovative solutions in terms of diagnostics and treatments. Despite this key role, the whole production and supply…
“Diversification and Security of Supply” ESA Annual Report 2021 Is Out The Euratom Supply Agency (ESA, ENS Member) published online its Annual Report 2021. In this report, ESA presents its achievements for 2021, offering then an overview of the nuclear fuel world market and the main developments in the EU, and the analysis of the…
NRG And Curium Sign Contract For Production of Mo-99 NRG (ENS Corporate Member) and Curium have signed a multi-year contract for the production of molybdenum-99, the starting material for technetium-99m (Tc-99m). Tc-99m is the most used isotope in nuclear medicine for diagnosing life-threatening diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, lung and brain disorders and cancer. With…
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…
EU Selected A Consortium To Secure VVER Fuel Supply in Europe A consortium led by Westinghouse (ENS Corporate Member) was selected by the European Union (EU) to develop and deliver a secure nuclear fuel supply to Russian-designed pressurized water reactors VVER, operating in Eastern Europe and Ukraine. The APIS project (Accelerated Program for Implementation of Secure VVER fuel…
Westinghouse Supports Slovakia’s Nuclear Fuel Supply Diversification Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) signed a long-term agreement with Slovenské elektrárne to license and supply VVER-440 fuel assemblies to its nuclear power plants in Bohunice and Mochovce, Slovakia. According to IAEA PRIS, in 2022 more than 59% of the electricity produced in Slovakia was generated by…
Westinghouse and Energoatom, A Week Full Of Achievements A week rich in milestones and agreements for Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) and Ukraine’s state operator Energoatom. On 11 September 2023, for the first time, Westinghouse fuel was loaded into a VVER-440 reactor at the Rivne nuclear power plant. The supply of fuel assemblies for the…
Urenco To Cooperate With Bechtel To Support Energy Security Last week, Urenco (ENS Corporate Member) inaugurated a new partnership with the global construction company Bechtel for the provision of front-end engineering services to support the expansion of Urenco’s Tails Management Facility (TMF) in the UK so it is capable of processing greater volumes of the…
Urenco To Expand Its Enrichment Capacity At Almelo Site Urenco (ENS Corporate Member) announced new investments to expand enrichment capacity at its site in the Netherlands, which are approved under the company’s capacity programme to strengthen the nuclear fuel supply chain worldwide. As Urenco says, the capacity programme is a long-term plan to meet increasing…