The Netherlands’ new government is expected to decide on the financing of the new Pallas research reactor planned for Petten in the first quarter of 2022, Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group (NRG) said.
NRG said the basic design of the new reactor, which will replace the 60-year-old high-flux reactor (HFR) at the site, is almost complete, after which the project will be ready for the construction phase.
In 2012, the Dutch government and the province of Noord-Holland decided that the HFR, which is operated by NRG, should be replaced to ensure the supply of medical isotopes and the continuation of nuclear research.
NRG said the basic design of the new reactor, which will replace the 60-year-old high-flux reactor (HFR) at the site, is almost complete, after which the project will be ready for the construction phase.
In 2012, the Dutch government and the province of Noord-Holland decided that the HFR, which is operated by NRG, should be replaced to ensure the supply of medical isotopes and the continuation of nuclear research.
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