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Belgian government awards funding for SMRs
Belgium’s nuclear research centre, SCK CEN is to research small modular reactors (SMR)s in cooperation with international partners, SCK CEN has said. To this end, it will receive a...
Companies partner to promote microreactor research in Canada
McMaster University, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), and Global First Power (GFP) have announced a new partnership to advance research in small modular reactors (SMRs) for...
Wyoming to Partner with Idaho National Laboratory on advanced energy
The US State of Wyoming on 4 May signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Batelle Energy Alliance, the operating contractor of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to collaborate...
DARPA seeks proposals for nuclear thermal rocket
US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking proposals for Phases 2 and 3 of the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) programme for the...
Argonne National Lab to test liquid metal fast reactors
The US Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) said on 10 May that it had added new capabilities to support testing of liquid metal fast reactors. The Thermal Hydraulic Experimental...
OPG and TVA to promote SMR development
Two of North America's leading nuclear utilities have unveiled a partnership to develop advanced nuclear technology as an integral part of a clean energy future and creating a...
Kairos launches advanced nuclear development consortium
US-based Kairos Power said on 20 April it had assembled leading North American utilities and generating companies to launch an advanced nuclear development consortium named Kairos...
First African Association of Radiopharmacy established
Specialists from twenty-one countries in Africa have for the first time formed an African Association of Radiopharmacy (AfrAR) to strengthen their capacities and better meet...
SNC-Lavalin to support development of CNL research facility
Candu Energy has won a mandate to deliver specialised engineering and design services to Eclipse Automation, in support of the development of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ new...
CEA, Framatome and Naval Group to study nuclear propulsion
France’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Framatome and Naval Group have signed a six-year framework agreement for studies and experiments on materials used in nuclear propulsion.
China expresses interest in Argentine technology for nuclear medicine
During the past year, China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) and the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute (SNERDI), have contacted Argentina’s INVAP...
Radiopharm and TerraPower to supply Actinium-225
Australia’s Radiopharm Theranostics and US-based TerraPower have announced an agreement to advance the next generation of radiopharmaceutical therapies for cancer treatment.
US DOE establishes Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the establishment of the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, a new DOE office that aims to help deliver the administration’s...
USNC and Framatome awarded vouchers for advanced nuclear technologies
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy said the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) had awarded vouchers to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation...
US DOE Awards $8.5 million for promising nuclear technologies
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $8.5 million to help commercialise promising advanced nuclear technologies.
Rosatom seeks to develop small NPPs with hydrogen batteries
Polet-Service, commissioned by a subsidiary of Rosatom, is to undertake research on a power supply for remote Arctic territories using low-power nuclear power plants with...
Seaborg completes experiments to optimise its molten salt reactor design
The Danish nuclear reactor company Seaborg Technologies is currently completing important experiments in collaboration with both experts from Neutron and Muon Source (ISIS) at Oxford...
ANSTO collaboration aims to progress Australia's move towards a hydrogen economy
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, (ANSTO) said on 25 August that it is collaborating on a project funded with an Australian Research Council linkage grant...
Kaeri establishes automatic isotope production system for Zr-89
The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (Kaeri) announced on 3 August that it has built a system that automatically produces two types of zirconium-89 (Zr-89), a radioactive...
