Federaal minister van Energie Mathieu Bihet (MR) denkt niet dat de kernreactoren Doel 3 en Tihange 2 definitief buiten gebruik zijn. Dat heeft hij gezegd in de commissie Energie in de Kamer. Bihet gaa...

Kernenergie is nooit een kerntaak van de Belgische overheid geweest. Het is twijfelachtig of het dat anno 2026 wel kan zijn, schrijft Siegfried Evens, postdoctoraal onderzoeker aan de KU Leuven en de ...

This paper explores the historical formation of nuclear engineering expertise and education in the United States and Sweden between the 1950s and 1970s. It investigates how the definition of nuclea...

Engie may need €3 billion more for nuclear dismantling provisions, a figure the company calls unacceptable.

An edited collection that takes a deep dive into the complex interactions between nuclear energy and water.Splitting atoms is a water-intensive business. T

Starting in 1970, this article studies how Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was built. It follows the station’s operational history until 1982. During that year, reactor block one suffered a torn reactor...

Recently my new article about nuclear Ukraine was published. In this article, I am using a technocratic culture perspective to analyse what was going on at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant before that fateful night in April 1986, when reactor block four exploded.

An edited collection that takes a deep dive into the complex interactions between nuclear energy and water.Splitting atoms is a water-intensive business. T

Splitting atoms is a water-intensive business. To operate efficiently and safely, a standard nuclear reactor needs around 50 cubic meters (13,000 gallons) of...

Splitting atoms is a water-intensive business. To operate efficiently and safely, a standard nuclear reactor needs around 50 cubic meters (13,000 gallons) of...

UN’s former chief weapons inspector, who was sure Iraq didn’t have a nuclear arsenal, speaks about the situation in Iran

The Commission's estimates rely on two conditions: that project won’t face delays, and that part of the existing fleet remains in operation for longer.

The NUCLEARWATERS project continues to deliver essential research results. This was showcased on Friday 3 May, when Siegfried Evens, a doctoral student in the project, successfully defended his PhD…