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Canada’s nuclear labs to collaborate with particle accelerator centre
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) are to collaborate with particle accelerator centre TRIUMF on nuclear and materials science and technology. A memorandum of understanding (MOU)...
NASA and DARPA to develop nuclear rocket engines
NASA and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are to collaborate on development of advanced nuclear thermal propulsion technology for rocket engines. NASA and...
Rosatom begins construction of radiopharmaceuticals plant
Rosatom has begun construction of a new plant for the production of medical isotope products at the Karpov Scientific Research Institute of Physics & Chemistry in Obninsk, Kaluga...
Reactor vessel installed at Russia’s MBIR research facility
The reactor pressure vessel has been installed at Russia’s MBIR research reactor.
US NorthStar pushes forward with non-uranium isotope production
US-based NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes is pressing ahead with developing non-uranium-based production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) using its recently completed Accelerator...
CNNC achieves mass production of germanium isotopes
China Nuclear Energy Industry Corporation (CNEIC), which is part of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), has for the first time achieved independent and mass production...
KAERI to supply fuel for Polish research reactor
The Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on mutual cooperation for nuclear fuel demonstration with Poland’s National Centre...
UK tests borehole sealing technology
The UK’s Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has sealed existing boreholes at Rosemanowes Quarry, Cornwall, as part of a vital research project for the safe and permanent disposal of...
Japanese-Polish cooperation continues on high-temperature reactor technology
The President of the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Koguchi Masanori, and the Director of Poland’s National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Professor Krzysztof...
Atomexpo attracts 65 countries
The XII International Forum Atomexpo-2022 was held in Sochi (Russia) on November 21-22, attracting the heads of key companies in the global nuclear industry, government...
IAEA focuses on access to water at COP27
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organised an event on 14 November at its Atoms4Climate pavilion – on the sidelines of COP27 meeting in Egypt – to discuss...
US report looks at innovations to meet climate goals
The US Administration has issued a new report, “US Innovation to Meet 2050 Climate Goals: Assessing Initial R&D Opportunities,” setting out initial priorities that will enable it to...
Westinghouse receives UK grant to develop advanced nuclear fuel
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company said on 26 October it had been awarded a grant from the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to support development...
Funding allocated for Idaho National Lab improvement
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that the US Administration has approved $150 million in funding under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act for...
US Southern Company and TerraPower build world’s largest chloride salt system
US Southern Company Services (SCS) and TerraPower recently built and installed a new test facility at TerraPower’s laboratory in Everett, Washington, according to the US Department...
Laurentis Energy supports Synthos and SMRs in Poland
Canada’s Laurentis Energy Partners and Polish energy company, Synthos Green Energy, have signed a Master Services Agreement (MSA) to support the development and deployment of...
US GAIN vouchers awarded for advanced reactors and used fuel recycling
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy’s (NE’s) Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative has awarded vouchers to three businesses to...
New nuclear medicine facility for Belgium’s University Hospital Leuven
Belgium’s Tractebel (part of French energy company Engie), along with its partner, Modulo Architects, has been awarded a new contract by the University Hospital of Leuven and the...
Poland and Romania to co-operate on deployment of NuScale SMR
Polish copper and silver producer KGHM Polska Miedz and Romanian nuclear power plant operator Nuclearelectrica have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) during an Economic Forum...
