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NRG reactor fully operational again
NRG restarted the Petten reactor today. A power level of 45 MW was achieved by 5 o’clock this morning. ‘The first medical isotopes for nuclear medicine will be delivered to hospitals within two weeks,’ said Ronald Schram,...[more]
NRG prepares for re-start of reactor
NRG expects to make the High Flux Reaction (HFR) operational again within a few weeks. “We think that we can restart the HFR around 11 June,” says Ronald Schram, Director of the Irradiation & Development business unit...[more]
News Update 5 Reactor Petten – May 8 2013
NRG has decided not to re-start the HFR before the beginning of June 2013. NRG is working continuously to achieve a safe and reliable solution to resolve the deviation in the cooling water system. When NRG does put the reactor...[more]
News Update 4 Reactor Petten – April 26 2013
NRG has decided not to re-start the HFR before the half of May 2013. NRG is working continuously to achieve a safe and reliable solution to resolve the deviation in the cooling water system. When NRG does put the reactor into...[more]
News Update 3 Reactor Petten
NRG has decided not to re-start the HFR before the beginning of May 2013. NRG is working continuously to achieve a safe and reliable solution to resolve the deviation in the cooling water system. When NRG does put the reactor...[more]
NRG starts decontaminating groundwater
NRG has started the first phase of decontaminating the groundwater around the High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten, with approval of the competent authorities. A start has been made with pumping up the groundwater in the so-called...[more]
News update 2: Reactor Petten
NRG is working continuously to achieve a safe and reliable solution to resolve the deviation in the cooling water system. When NRG does put the reactor into operation again it will give its customers timely information about...[more]
News update 1: Reactor Petten
NRG has decided not to re-start in the first quarter of 2013. NRG is taking the time needed to find a safe and reliable solution for repairing the anomaly in the cooling water system. NRG sees it as its responsibility to do...[more]
NRG Inspection team accredited
On 7 January the NRG In-Service Inspections team received an ISO/IEC 17025 certificate from the Accreditation Council. This quality and integrity accreditation is the most important ISO standard for laboratory inspections....[more]
Launch of collaboration between Argonne National Laboratory and NRG
Advanced reliable methods to analyse the cooling of fuel elements In Amsterdam on 11 December a three-year collaboration between America and Europe was launched under the umbrella of I-NERI (International Nuclear Energy Research...[more]
Closer inspection of the reactor in Petten
While preparing for the start-up of the reactor during the planned maintenance stop which started on 11 November 2012, NRG discovered an abnormality in the cooling water system of the reactor. Consequently, the start-up of the...[more]
NRG identifies source of tritium
Increased tritium concentrations in the groundwater around the High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten originated from a damaged pipeline in of one of the reactor's auxiliary systems. This was the result of an intensive investigation...[more]
Niels Unger new General Director of NRG
Niels Unger (47) will become General Director of Nuclear Research and consultancy Group (NRG) in Petten on 1 November 2012. He is following on from Victor Wichers who carried out this role as interim. In his last position, Niels...[more]
October 16: Information meeting, disposing radioactive waste
An information meeting on disposing radioactive waste is being organised by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation on Tuesday October 16, 2012. The Ministry issued the final order for this on September 24,...[more]
NRG at Offshore Energy event - October 23 & 24, 2012
Production of oil and gas often also implies production of radioactive scales and sludges. Once dissolved in the fluid or gas down in the earth's crust, the naturally occurring radioactive substances settle out upstream in the...[more]
Victor Wichers acting General Director NRG
Victor Wichers, Business Unit Director of Safety & Power, will be the acting General Manager for NRG. He will be succeeding Rob Stol, who bid farewell to NRG on Tuesday, September 25th. A permanent General Manager for NRG...[more]
Research into new production method for medical isotopes started
Press Release Research into new production method for medical isotopes started This week in the reactor at Petten a test irradiation started for producing medical isotopes with low-enriched uranium as raw material. At the...[more]
Now online: Annual Report 2011 – positive result in year full of contrasts
The NRG Annual Report 2011 went online today. The document reports a positive operating result of 2.5M € million and gives an account of NRG’s activities in a year of enormous contrasts. On the one hand, we were confronted with...[more]
PALLAS starts nature study
Petten, 11 April 2012 PALLAS starts nature studyThis spring, a nature study is being launched at the Petten research centre (OLP), which accommodates the companies ECN and NRG among others. This study aims to highlight the...[more]
Nuclear installations in Petten can withstand extreme conditions
Petten, 6 March 2012 – The nuclear installations in Petten can withstand extreme conditions including flooding events and earthquakes, or a combination of both. This is shown by the results of an in-depth stress test that were...[more]
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