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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.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- 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).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- 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.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- 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.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 14 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-sees-enhanced-safety-at-Belgian-research-reac