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Austria fails to turn neighbours against nuclear power 17 January 2020
Austria failed to dent the Visegrád Group of countries' enthusiasm for nuclear power as a solution to climate change during their meeting in Prague yesterday. This was evident during a press conference held after the V4 and Austria summit by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and the Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak prime ministers, Andrej Babiš, Vik […]
Second injunction keeps Ikata reactor offline 17 January 2020
The Hiroshima High Court today imposed a temporary injunction on the operation of unit 3 of the Ikata nuclear power plant in Japan's Ehime Prefecture, currently in a maintenance outage. Operator Shikoku Electric Power Company said it will appeal the decision, the second injunction to be imposed on the unit since it was restarted in 2016.
IAEA chief highlights political commitment to nuclear security 16 January 2020
Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has pledged to build on the political impetus seen in international cooperation in nuclear security in recent years. "It is vital that we remain ahead of the curve in guarding against nuclear terrorism," he told delegates at an event in Vienna yesterday.
India plans to build new sodium plant 16 January 2020
A foundation stone laying ceremony at the Baroda heavy water plant in India has marked the inauguration of a new facility that will allow the country to produce high purity sodium metal on an industrial scale. India up to now has imported the material, which is used in fast breeder reactors. […]
Orano achieves industry first in used fuel transfer 16 January 2020
Orano TN has completed the first transfer and storage of used fuel canisters with a higher than usual heat load using its Extended Optimised Storage dry storage system. The use of EOS, which is licensed by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for heat loads of up to 50 kW per canister, means used fuel can be transferred to secure dry storage after a shorter […]

20Dec2019: SNETP FORUM 2020 – Towards innovative R&D in civil nuclear fission

The SNETP Forum 2020 will take place on 22-24 April 2020 in Rome, Italy. It is organised by SNETP, its 3 pillars NUGENIA, ESNII and NC2I in collaboration with EERA-JPNM. The Forum will start with a plenary session on 22 April afternoon, followed by 8 technical sessions on the second day. The final plenary session of the third day will be the occasion to wrap up the content of the…

19Dec2019: Foratom welcomes taxonomy agreement and urges level playing field for nuclear

“Europe’s nuclear energy industry has welcomed an agreement between the European council, parliament and commission on new criteria to determine whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable and the fact that it does not blacklist nuclear energy.

“To ensure a level-playing field, Foratom believes that the same criteria should be applied equally to all power producing technologies,” a statement said.

The European parliament confirmed on Tuesday that negotiators had reached an agreement on the legislation. The so-called “taxonomy” stipulates that a…

18Dec2019: ANNETTE December 2019 newsletter

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

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12Dec2019: DigiDecom – ELINDER 2020

The DigiDecom-ELINDER 2020 innovative training course on Nuclear Decommissioning is the first event of an annual series. The course will be hosted by IFE, a designated IAEA Collaborating Centre, in Halden, Norway on 23-27 March 2020. The training course will include informative lectures from international experts and will also have a high focus on interactive sessions using advanced digital technologies.

Learn how to take advantage of exciting key technologies like virtual & mixed reality, robotics, AI and serious…

02Dec2019: COP25 – The European parliament has adopted a resolution

“The European parliament has adopted a resolution on the 2019 UN climate change conference (COP25) in Madrid that recognises the role nuclear energy can play in meeting climate objectives as a zero-greenhouse gas emissions source. It said that nuclear energy can ensure a significant share of electricity production in Europe, but in view of waste it also requires a “medium and long-term strategy that takes into account technological advances” to improve its sustainability.

The parliament also approved a resolution declaring a climate and environmental…

14Nov2019

HTR 2020 – Call for papers

When: 6-8 October 2020
Where: Yogyakarta, Indonesia

The International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology is the sole international conference focusing on high-temperature gas-cooled reactors and process heat application technology.

HTR 2020 provides a comprehensive networking and exchange forum for professionals in R&D and in industry as well as for decision makers from governments, utilities, end-user industries and vendors. Attendees will obtain the latest results and information on new orientations and perspectives.

Topics:

National research programmes and industrial projects
Industrial applications and markets
Fuel and waste
Materials, components and…

07Nov2019: ANNETTE November 2019 newsletter

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

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06Nov2019: SNETP governance

As provided in the new SNETP statutes voted on 22 May 2019, the General Assembly of SNETP is in charge of electing its President, Vice-President (VP) and the members of the Governing Board (GB) (article 8).

According to the statutes (Article 9, 12), the President & Vice President represent the association vis-à-vis third parties and can make legally bound decisions by signature of at least one of them. There are nineteen members of the Governing including three representatives appointed by…

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16Sep2019

[PLEASE SIGN] Petition to include nuclear in the EU sustainable finance taxonomy

This petition has been set up by Energy for Humanity’s Kirsty Gogan, THINK ATOM’s Rauli Partanen, Eric Ingersoll from Energy Options Network and Staffan Qvist, author of A Bright Future.

“Currently, practically no nation is on track in doing its share on stopping climate change at 1.5, 2 or even 3 degrees C. What we have been doing is clearly not enough. We need all the options on the table, and more. For the last decade…

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09Sep2019

ANNETTE September 2019 newsletter

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

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