• Scientific Contest 2017

    Avenue Ariane 7 1200 Brussels, Belgium

    On Thursday, February 23, the BNS-YG (Belgian Nuclear Society Young Generation) Scientific Contest took place at Tractebel head office. In total, 15 manuscripts have been received. This year, the BNS-YG ... Read more

  • General Assembly 2017 I

    Boulevard Simon Bolivar 34-36 1000 Brussels, Belgium

    Agenda: BNS and BNS-YG activities in 2017; Approval of the financial reporting of 2016 and budget for 2017; Position paper on nuclear energy.

  • Evening Lecture – Thorium fuel

    Boulevard Simon Bolivar 34-36 1000 Brussels, Belgium

    Thorium has recently been presented in the press as “the green future of nuclear” and it might seem as if thorium based fuel cycles are a recent breakthrough that remained ... Read more

  • Evening Lecture – Molten Salt Reactor

    Rue de l'Industrie 43 1400 Nivelles, Belgium

    Molten Salt Reactors (MSR) have gained worldwide interest in recent years due their appealing characteristics with respect to safety and resource utilisation. In this reactor type the fuel is a ... Read more

  • Workshop – From nuclear data to a reliable estimate of spent fuel decay heat

    Nuclear spent fuel continues to emit heat for hundreds of years challenging both intermediate and final disposal. A reliable estimate of this decay heat is of utmost importance for both the design and safe operation of the repositories. Combining state-of-the-art nuclear data, particle transport codes and uncertainty propagation tools, one can develop a procedure to ... Read more