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  • General Assembly 2020 & Evening Lecture – “EU Green Deal: From Myths to Reality?”

    Videoconference , Belgium

    General Assembly Agenda: Report of the Chairman Report of the Secretary Report of the YG Chairman Report of the Treasurer: Approval of the accounts 2019 Approval of the budget 2020 (& situation today) Approval of the budget 2021 Other topics. Please log in ( https://bnsorg.be/login/ ) with your BNS member account to get the presentation. ... Read more

  • Nuclear Café – Applications of Machine Learning to Nuclear Safeguards

    Videoconference , Belgium

    Nuclear safeguards were established since the 1950’s to ensure that nuclear materials and nuclear technology are used only for peaceful purposes. Inspections are carried out regularly in nuclear facilities by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Member States that are signatories of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. This presentation will offer an overview of applications where ... Read more

  • Scientific Contest 2020

    Videoconference , Belgium

    This year, the BNS-YG joins forces with the Belgian Nuclear Research Center SCK•CEN and the Belgian Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials ONDRAF/NIRAS to offer to the young generation a renewed Nuclear Scientific Contest. Awards will be granted by these 3 institutions for the best original works related to nuclear science in its ... Read more

  • Evening Lecture – The hydrogen economy and the role of nuclear energy, including current fleet and SMRs

    Videoconference , Belgium

    The presentation will describe the current hydrogen industry with the main production technologies and applications, and the future hydrogen economy that is key to support the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. Then a focus will be made on the possibilities offered by nuclear energy for the production of hydrogen both using existing nuclear and hydrogen ... Read more

  • Evening Lecture – ITER Primary cooling circuit

    Videoconference , Belgium

    The ITER project seeks to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of nuclear fusion power on a scale suitable for power production. To this end, a Tokamak is being built in Cadarache, France, by a consortium of 7 partners: China, EU, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, USA. The target is to realize 500 MW of fusion ... Read more

  • The rise of nuclear technologies 2.0 – Why this time it’s different?

    Videoconference , Belgium

    We often forget it, but it is the access to an abundant and cheap energy source that skyrocketed our civilization into a new era. An era of possibilities. An era were strawberries in winter and instantaneous planetary communication are just the norm. A daydream? Almost. One glitch in the picture: we are 7+ billion living ... Read more

  • Evening Lecture – Lessons learned from the Astrid project

    Videoconference , Belgium

    In the frame of the ASTRID project led by CEA, Framatome, as reactor designer, has been involved since 2010 in the design of the ASTRID SFR demonstrator (600 MWe) with a large scope covering the reactor itself and the whole nuclear island definition. ASTRID is an advanced SFR that intends to cope with GEN IV ... Read more

  • ENS Event – 35 years after the Chernobyl accident: from past to future

    As members of the Belgian Nuclear Society, registration to this ENS event is free of charge. This event will take place on 27/04/2021 from 12h00 to 14h00 Brussels Time (Corresponding to 13-15 Ukrainian time) Link for registration: https://ens.eventsair.com/from-past-to-future/registration/Site/Register ( https://ens.eventsair.com/from-past-to-future/registration/Site/Register )