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
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
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
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
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
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 )
After an introduction by the ENS President Pr Emilio Minguez, Emilia Janisz will recall the ENS mission and give a brief overview of Position Papers by the ENS High Scientific Council. She will explain the role and actions of ENS at European and wider international level, inter alia the interactions and collaborations with the European ... Read more
JSC “Afrikantov OKBM” of ROSATOM State Corporation is a chief designer and manufacturer of small water-cooled reactors for ice-breakers. On the basis of a long-standing experience of icebreakers operation, OKBM has developed the reactor units of RITM series for SMRs that satisfy the highest performance standards and safety requirements. The lecture will explore a new-generation ... Read more
Concept Key stakeholders of the Belgian energy sector and experts with broad vision will be invited to provide their analysis of the impacts of the Belgian nuclear phase-out in 2025. Each panellist will first explain, from their point of view and level of responsibility, what the nuclear phase-out will have as consequences in their domain of competences. Their analysis ... Read more
Each year, the Young Generation of the Belgian Nuclear Society organizes for its members an international visit to notable nuclear facilities. This year, a group of 23 passionate members went to Chernobyl and Kiev, Ukraine from October 15 to 18! We discovered the iconic Exclusion Zone and entered Chernobyl Reactor 3, passing through the Golden ... Read more
