Worries about radioactive contamination will soon be a thing of the past for a coastal community where aircraft components containing radium were disposed of after the second world war

Nowadays, there are more than seventy small modular reactors (SMR) designs around the world on different stages of development and implementation. Most of the SMR designs adopt advanced or inherent safety features and are deployable either as a single or multi-module plant.

Fission products from the PSI-SINQ gas-jet facility, as operated by LRC, were used to reveal the separation of relevant radionuclides from radioactively contaminated water.

Bel V is currently actively working on the preparation of the post-operational phase of the life of the Belgian NPPs. This phase directly follows the definitive shutdown and aims in a time period of approximately 5 years at evacuating the spent fuels and the operational waste from the units, and at preparing the dismantling activities.

In recent years, the growth of interest is observed with regard to perspective technologies of thermonuclear fusion, as to alternative energy sources, the operation of which does not cause carbon dioxide emission to the atmosphere.

At PSI, young scientists from experimental and modelling labs are working hand in hand in order to better understand the effect of hydrogen on the mechanical properties of zirconium alloys.

The 27th annual meeting of the Forum of Nuclear Safety Authorities of the Countries Operating VVER Type Reactors (VVER Forum) took place from November 30 to December 2, 2021, via videoconference.

The Department of Radiation Safety and Security at PSI proposes an additional use to the common surgical face.

Rostechnadzor issued operating licenses to FSUE Atomflot for operation of the nuclear-powered icebreaker Siberia that had completed trial trip in the Baltic Sea. The License was issued on the basis of safety analysis review for the icebreaker operation carried out by SEC NRS, the scientific and technical support organization for Rostechnadzor.

The first meeting of the Management Board of the Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) was held via videoconference on January 13, 2022.

In accordance with a number of state contracts the Russian Federation constructs several dozens of NPP units abroad and produces nuclear fuel for them. Besides, the Russian Federation implements spent nuclear fuel (SNF) reprocessing services for some of these NPP units.

First prize to an UNIBO-ENEA-IRSN team for safety studies of SMR severe accidents, second prize to a PSI team for the use of the surgical mask as an emergency dosimeter, at the EUROSAFE Forum in Paris-Montrouge.

To reduce SNF cask failure risk in the ISFSF building areas, where SNF cask could be lifted more than 30 cm, special design shock absorbers are installed. The main function of these shock absorbers is to reduce the dynamic loads to a fully loaded SNF cask (weight 77 - 89 t) in case of dropping and prevent or minimise the possibility to lose the tightness of the SNF cask and release of radioactive materials from SNF rod(s). Evaluation of the shock absorbers capability to withstand the dynamic load in case of an accident was performed.

RATEN ICN was designated as IAEA International Centre based on Research Reactors for the “Education and Training” and for “Joint Research and Development (R&D) Projects” fields, joining the Network of other 6 well-known institutes from the USA, France, Belgium, Korea and Russia.

Scientists of Lithuanian Energy Institute have recently collaborated with colleagues from other European TSOs and ETSON partners in research activities – BARCO and ETSON-SAMHYCO-NET benchmarks.