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First reserves announced for Patterson Lake South 18 April 2019
A prefeasibility study for Fission Uranium Corp's Patterson Lake South uranium property includes the first announcement of mineral reserves for the site in Canada's Athabasca Basin.
Uranium producers await US presidential decision 18 April 2019
The US Department of Commerce on 15 April submitted to the White House the results of an investigation into the effects of uranium imports on US national security. US President Donald Trump now has up to 90 days to decide whether to act on the DOC's findings and recommendations, which have not been made public.
South Korea starts up second APR-1400 18 April 2019
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power has started up its new Shin Kori 4 reactor and plans to connect it to the electricity grid at the end of this month. It is the second APR-1400 design unit to start up of a planned global fleet of at least 10.
Entergy agrees to sell Indian Point 17 April 2019
Entergy Corp has agreed to sell the Indian Point Energy Center to a subsidiary of Holtec International following the shut-down of the final reactor at the site, which is planned for 2021. Holtec-SNC Lavalin joint venture Comprehensive Decommissioning Inc will decommission the plant on an accelerated timescale.
GNS announces storage cask order 17 April 2019
Germany's PreussenElektra has placed an order for 12 CASTOR used fuel transport and storage casks with GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service. The supplier said the deal was worth "well over" EUR20 million (USD22.6 million).

22Mar2019: Look back at NUGENIA Forum 2019

The NUGENIA Forum 2019 was held on 13-15 March 2019 at Cité Universitaire, in Paris. During three days, more than 260 participants from 90 organisations exchanged on “Innovation for existing Gen II & III nuclear power plants”.

NUGENIA president, Michel Maschi (EDF) officially opened the Forum by welcoming the audience and presenting the association. As innovation can have different meanings, six successive keynote speeches were given on the first day plenary sessions to…

08Mar2019

INSIDER Project, Mid-Term Workshop

When: 20-22 May 2019
Where: Bilbao, Spain

Launched in June 2017, INSIDER aims to develop and validate a new and improved integrated characterisation methodology and strategy during nuclear decommissioning and dismantling operations (D&D) of nuclear power plants, post accidental land remediation or nuclear facilities under constrained environments.

Hosted by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), the INSIDER mid-term workshop will highlight the first results of the research carried out in INSIDER and focus on “Step…

26Feb2019

1st Tritium School by the TRANSAT project

When: 25-28 March 2019
Where: Ljubljana, Slovenia

The first Tritium School organised by the TRANSAT project will comprise two days of lectures by guest speakers, followed by two days of contributed talks and a poster session. Both researchers and students working on experiments or theory are strongly encouraged to participate.

Topics

Tritium management
Tritium migration
Tritium waste
Tritium inventory and control
Radiotoxicity/ecotoxicity
Epidemiology of Tritium
Tritium dosimetry

==> Find out more information HERE

==> Register HERE

25Feb2019

ESFR-SMART workshop – “Instrumentation for the safety of liquid metal facilities”

When: 10-12 April 2019
Where: Dresden, Germany

Organised in the framework of the ESFR-SMART project, the “instrumentation for the safety of liquid metal facilities” workshop is dedicated to topics covering coolant technology, facility design, data analysis and code validation with respect to the 4th Generation ESNII fast reactor demonstrators cooled with liquid metals. A special…

25Feb2019: FISA & EURADWASTE 2019

Co-organised together with the Ministry of Research and Innovation and the Institute for Nuclear Research from Romania, under the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2019, the FISA2019 and EURADWASTE’19 Conferences will take place in Pitesti (Romania), from 4-7 June 2019.

FISA 2019 and EURADWASTE ‘19 will engage with all relevant stakeholders: research and training organisations, academia, industry, technology platforms, European fora and European civil society, and International Organisations to…

22Feb2019: ESFR-SMART: Course on “Deterministic modelling of nuclear systems”

Mark your calendar for the “Deterministic modelling of nuclear systems” course organised in the framework of the ESFR-SMART project, in Gothenburg (Sweden), from 9-13 September 2019!

This 5-day course is dedicated to topics covering neutron transport, fluid dynamics and heat transfer. It can be followed either in-person classes or fully online and aims at presenting the main algorithms in the computer codes used by the industry and in academia for the macroscopic modelling of nuclear systems. The…

12Feb2019

Global & Top Fuel 2019

When: 22-26 September 2019
Where: The Westin, Seattle, WA, USA

TopFuel is the preeminent international meeting on new developments in LWR fuel performance held every year, alternating between Asia, Europe and the US.

Global is the leading international meeting on the nuclear fuel cycle held every other year, alternating between Asia, Europe and the US.

Bringing these two meetings together will give managers, scientists and engineers an opportunity to share ideas and enter into mutually beneficial…

04Feb2019: ANNETTE February 2019 newsletter

In this issue is presented an updated list of courses adding new information on pre-existing and new courses.

Click HERE to access to the February 2019 ANNETTE Newsletter!

25Jan2019

SAFIR 2018 Final Seminar/Webinar

When: 21-22 March 2019
Where: Hanaholmen Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre

What is SAFIR2018?

SAFIR2018 is a Finnish research programme on nuclear power plant safety that started in 2015. Results achieved in the research projects of the programme will be presented in the final seminar as oral and poster presentations. Each poster will also be presented in a short oral presentation. The seminar also includes invited presentations and a panel discussion.

==> More information about SAFIR2018 HERE

SAFIR2018 Final seminar will also be arranged…

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25Jan2019

NUGENIA – ENEN Awards 2019

NUGENIA Forum 2019 will be the occasion to hand Young Generation Awards to selected Master’s students or PhD and post-docs candidates planning to pursue a career in the nuclear field. The awards are offered by the NUGENIA and ENEN Associations with the joint aim to promote interactions between the established nuclear R&D and industrial actors and the young generation of engineers and…

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