The Government amended Appendix 2 to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 314 “Some Issues of Economic Activities under Martial Law”. Now a declarative principle is introduced for obtaining the right to use radiation sources for the needs of hospitals. Due to the consequences of russia’s full-scale invasion of the territory of […]
Zaporizhzhia NPP (ZNPP) is the largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine and Europe, which has 6 VVER power units with a total capacity of 6000 MW. The construction of ZNPP started in 1981, the first unit was commissioned in 1984, the sixth – in 1996. In addition, in 1996, the construction of a training center […]
russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine, which was accompanied by numerous acts of nuclear terrorism, set the reconditions for a review of the main areas of international cooperation in the nuclear field. The issue of securing mankind from the reckless actions of the aggressor, by combining forces and finding a single correct solution to contain nuclear […]
The current environment in which the energy sector has to operate makes not only operating organisations but also technology developers adapt to new realities. As never before, the safety of nuclear facilities depends not only on design features, but also on external factors, because together with the invasion of the russian federation in Ukraine and […]
By 2030, Ukraine has committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 65% from the 1990 levels. These goals were approved by the Government in the Updated Nationally Determined Contribution of Ukraine under the Paris Agreement in July 2021. This indicator is planned to be achieved over the next eight years, particularly, by upgrading energy and […]
On 13 December, the U.S. Department of Energy and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration announced achieving a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. LLNL’s experiment surpassed the fusion threshold by delivering 2.05 megajoules (MJ) of energy to the target, resulting in 3.15 MJ of fusion energy output, […]
The European patent was granted to scientists from the National Centre for Nuclear Research in Poland for manufacturing uranium targets using 3D printing. This will contribute to the production of molybdenum-99 radioisotope needed for current diagnostics. The patent application was financially supported by the Foundation for Polish Science, and the project itself was implemented by […]
The UK’s First Light Fusion plans to build a 60 MW pilot power plant based on its unique projectile fusion technology to prove the integrated engineering for electricity generation and the production of tritium, which will facilitate the faster deployment of commercial fusion power. The proposed pilot plant is expected to cost about USD 570 […]
NuScale Power and Shell Global Solutions have signed a collaboration agreement to develop and assess a concept for an economically optimized Integrated Energy System (IES) for hydrogen production using electricity and process heat from a NuScale VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) power plant. The project will also involve researchers from the Idaho National Laboratory, Utah […]
On 16 November 2022, SSTC NRS experts as crew members of the RanidSONNI mobile radiological laboratory conducted radiological survey in the Nemishaieve territorial community within the SURVEY project. The survey was carried out with the aim of detecting radioactive contamination and radioactive materials that could be taken by the occupiers beyond the exclusion zone in […]
In the period from 8 to 11 November 2022, SSTC NRS experts as crew members of the RanidSONNI mobile radiological laboratory conducted radiological survey on the territory of the Makariv territorial community. The survey was carried out with the aim of detecting radioactive contamination and radioactive materials that could be brought by the occupiers beyond […]
A research team headed by Dr. Jung-Soo, Chief Researcher of the Pusan Mechanical Engineering Research Center of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials developed a simulator that allows operators to simulate underwater laser and plasma cutting and work with equipment in conditions similar to the actual NPP decommissioning environment, by virtualizing the remote nuclear […]
