Netherlands rss

Isotope reactor steps up to the plate

Regulation and Safety

02 May 2013

BR2 top view reference (SCK-CEN) 74x48Belgium's BR2 reactor is to run an additional production cycle to guarantee supplies of vital medical isotopes while the Netherlands' HFR reactor remains out of action due to unforeseen problems.

Mixed news on Netherlands new build

New Nuclear

23 January 2012

Borssele (EPZ)Dutch utility Delta has announced that it has postponed making a decision on whether to build a second reactor at the existing Borssele site by two to three years. Meanwhile the government has approved the construction of a replacement for the Petten research reactor.

Economics key to secure isotope supplies

Regulation and Safety

04 May 2011

Producers, governments and other participants in the global supply chain of molybdenum-99 must act to address an unstable economic structure that is threatening long-term security of supply of the vital medical radioisotope, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency has warned.

Industrial accident at centrifuge plant

Regulation and Safety

04 April 2013

Two men lost their lives after an accident at the Enrichment Technology manufacturing plant in the Netherlands at Almelo on 29 March. The non-nuclear facility makes and maintains equipment for uranium enrichment.

Dutch nuclear plant to be 30% German-owned

Corporate

17 May 2011

Borssele (EPZ)Dutch municipally owned utility Delta is to own 70% of the Netherlands' Borssele nuclear power plant after reaching an agreement over plant ownership with RWE Group of Germany. RWE will own 30%.

Conditions laid out for Netherlands nuclear

Nuclear Policies

18 February 2011

Dutch lawmakers have outlined the requirements for any new nuclear plants with the goal of approving one before 2015.