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A small-angle neutron scattering instrument (SANS) has been delivered to the Argentine Neutron Beam Laboratory (LAHN - Laboratorio Argentino de Haces de Neutrones) at the Ezeiza Atomic Centre. Argentina’s National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA - Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica) said the SANS was donated by the German Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) institute following the closure of the BER-II reactor in 2019. The instrument, which is 33 metres long when assembled, was delivered to the site in eight containers. The detection tube alone, which works in a high vacuum, is 16 metres long and 1.5 metres in diameter.

Date: Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsargentinas-neutron-beam-laboratory-receives-equipment-from-closed-german-reactor-11439104

BR2 is one of the most powerful research reactors in the world contributing significantly to the global supply of medical radioisotopes and testing nuclear innovations. Since it began operating in 1962, it has been fuelled by highly enriched uranium (HEU), considered a nuclear proliferation risk. Belgium’s nuclear research centre, SCK-CEN, plans to replace this with low-enriched uranium (LEU).

Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelgiums-br2-research-reactor-to-use-low-enriched-uranium-fuel-10714503

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment for Research Reactors (INSARR) team said Belgium had strengthened safety at its BR2 research reactor but also found the need for further safety enhancements. The seven-day visit to (BR2 was conducted at the request of the Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC). The team comprised five experts from Argentina, Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the USA, as well as three IAEA officials.

Date: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-notes-strengthened-safety-measures-at-belgiums-br2-reactor-10673357

Belgium has strengthened safety at its BR2 research reactor by improving training, maintenance, ageing management and the safety of experiments, according to an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts. The team also found the need for further safety enhancements to the reactor's organisational structure and operating rules and procedures.

Date: Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-sees-enhanced-safety-at-Belgian-research-reac

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi said on 9 April that Iran's nuclear technology is 'irreversible' and research in the field will not be tied to other's requests. He was speaking at a ceremony revealing nine nuclear achievements as part of the National Day of Nuclear Technology, where he visited the exhibition of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI).

Date: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-announces-new-nuclear-developments-9617425

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on 10 April unveiled 133 new nuclear achievements in the provinces of Tehran, Markazi, Isfahan, Alborz and Qom to mark the 15th anniversary of the National Nuclear Technology Day. In a ceremony held via videoconference he gave the order for Iranian scientists to begin injecting uranium hexafluoride gas to a pilot cascade of 164 new generation IR6 centrifuges at the Natanz enrichment facility. He also announced that Iran has started mechanical testing of IR-9 centrifuges and launched an assembly line for their production.  

Date: Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-unveils-nuclear-achievements-as-talks-continue-in-vienna-8663463

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of nuclear safety experts completed a mission on 14 November to review aspects of safety at Belgium’s Research Reactor 2 (BR2). The mission was requested by Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) and focused on ageing management and continued safe operation.

Date: Monday, 20 November 2017
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-reviews-safety-at-belgiums-br2-reactor-5981297