BR2 Research Reactor Sets A New Production Record, Helping 13 Million Patients in 2025 The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member) announced that the production of medical radioisotopes at its BR2 research reactor supported 13 million patients worldwide in 2025, setting a new record in the facility’s history. “It shows that we…
SCK CEN Received Terbium-161 Chloride Supply from TerThera SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member) received Terbium-161 (Tb-161) Chloride from the Dutch company TerThera, the world’s largest producer of this radioisotope, in the framework of the ongoing collaboration initiated in 2023 to ensure its stable supply. Terbium-161 is an extremely promising isotope for targeted cancer therapy because…
A New Euratom Project To Diversify Nuclear Fuel Supply A new Innovation Action called SAVE, funded under the Euratom Research and Training Programme is a significant step forward in Europe’s efforts towards nuclear fuel diversification. The project will work with €10 million in EU contribution. Led by Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) and gathering 17 partners from…
Westinghouse Supplies Bulgaria with First VVER-1000 Fuel Reload Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) delivered the first reload of VVER-1000 fuel assemblies to the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), marking a key fuel diversification milestone in Bulgaria. The loading of the new fuel into Unit 5 was celebrated on 29th May, at an event attended…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…