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Cabinet supports new reactor PALLAS
The Cabinet views the realisation of the new PALLAS reactor positively. This was announced earlier today by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. An important condition for further progress on the...[more]
Now online: the jubilee film Forward Thinking with interactive timeline
The film is about pioneering, collaboration and innovation, and produced to mark the 50th anniversary of the Petten HFR and site agreement. It was first shown at the anniversary symposium on 22 November last, in the presence of...[more]
Registration deadline has been extended until November 16
Wednesday, November 9, at 21.48hr it was exactly 50 years ago that the first nuclear fission reaction took place in the High Flux Reactor in Petten, the first reactor being built in the Netherlands. Mid October you...[more]
Research reactor Petten exactly 50 years in operation
Petten, 8 November 2011 – Tomorrow, Wednesday 9 November at exactly 21:48 PM, the High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten (the Netherlands) will be in operation half a century. It was at this exact time, fifty years ago, that the first...[more]
NRG starts 1000th isotope production cycle for the treatment of pancreatic and intestinal cancer.
Today the High Flux Reactor in[more]
Annual report online
2010 was an eventful year, in which we prepared NRG for the future. The repair of the High Flux Reactor was completed and plans for the building of the PALLAS reactor were firmed up. Market trends were dominated by the financial...[more]
NRG wins Safety Award at Borssele nuclear power station
NRG’s In-service Inspections[more]
Climate adaptation of elec- tricity sector could cost EU €15-19 billion per year
A recent study[more]
Recycling nuclear waste research starts in High Flux Reactor
at the High Flux Reactor (HFR)[more]
European reactor operators are joining forces for new European nuclear research areas
Major position paper signed CEA, SCK.CEN and NRG signed a major position paper for the establishment of the 'European Research Area of Experimental Reactors' (ERAER). This paper stresses the importance of cooperation and...[more]
NRG puts Petten High Flux Reactor back into operation
This afternoon, NRG brought the High Flux Reactor (HFR) back on-line after carrying out repairs on a cooling water pipe. This signals the resumption of the production of crucial medical isotopes and nuclear research activities. [more]
NRG and North Holland Province combine forces for realisation of PALLAS
The Nuclear Research and consultancy Group (NRG) and the Province of North Holland are advancing together to achieve the realisation of the new PALLAS research reactor in Petten, North Holland. This ambition was recently clinched...[more]
High Flux Reactor powered down and repairs begun
This morning at 08:00 the High Flux Reactor in Petten was taken out of service and the first activities to repair the reactor’s cooling water pipework were started. The planned restart of the reactor is in the second half of...[more]
NRG extends PALLAS preparatory phase
NRG has extended the preparatory phase of the new research reactor PALLAS. The expectation now, is to make the final choice for the vendor by the end of 2010. [more]
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