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Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Eric Wiebes has said that more nuclear power may join solar and wind in the Dutch energy mix after 2030, in particular small modular reactors (SMR) with a capacity of up to 400MW.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 29 September 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnetherlands-pushes-for-more-nuclear-8153490
NRG said this is the first irradiation of its kind since research carried out in the US in the 1960s.
Irradiation tests are a crucial step in the development of molten salt reactor technology, which NRG said is promising in terms of both safety and economy, while having the potential to avoid the release of long-living radioactive waste in severe accident scenarios.
NRG said completing the test means it can now examine the irradiated salt more closely in its labs. “This means we’ll really be able to see how the salt responds to irradiation in the reactor,” a statement said.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 19 September 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/nrg-completes-key-irradiation-test-at-petten-9-3-2019
Shine Medical Isotopes yesterday broke ground on its first medical isotope production facility in Janesville, Wisconsin. Commercial production of isotopes, including molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), is scheduled to begin in 2021.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 10 May 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ground-broken-for-US-medical-isotope-facility
Dutch Institute NRG in Petten began irradiation experiments in August to investigate the safe operation of molten salt reactors (MSRs). NRG said on its website that MSRs had the potential for increased passive safety and decreasing the production of long-living radioactive waste compared with existing NPPs, which use enriched uranium as the fuel and water at high pressure as the coolant.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 06 September 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnrg-begins-experiments-with-molten-salt-reactor-tech-5918682