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ÚJV Řež and KHNP Partnership: Advancing Pink Hydrogen Production
On Monday, 7 July, ÚJV Řež concluded a further strategic partnership with the Korean company KHNP. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Řež by Tomáš Novotný, Chief Financial Officer of ÚJV Řež, and Jan Wandrol, Director of the Integrity and Technical Engineering Division, together with Young-gon Kong, Vice President of the H2 & Smart Business Department at KHNP.
British Ambassador and Rolls-Royce SMR Strategy Director Visit Řež Facility
On Wednesday, 7 May, we were visited by His Excellency Matthew Robert Field, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He was accompanied to our site in Řež by representatives of the Embassy, as well as by Alan Woods, Director of Strategy and Business at Rolls-Royce SMR.
THS-15 – a Major Contribution to Advanced Nuclear Safety and SMRs
There are several unconventional facilities at the ÚJV Řež site, but the THS-15 thermohydraulic test facility is unique worldwide. This experimental installation, simulating the full-scale dimensions of a reactor pressure vessel, was designed and manufactured in Řež to verify procedures for ensuring reactor vessel integrity in the event of hypothetical severe accidents involving…
Advancing Nuclear Power Plant Safety in Europe: Successful Completion of the APAL Project
After four productive years, the international APAL project (Advanced PTS Analysis for LTO – Advanced Pressure-Temperature Shock Analyses to Ensure the Safe Long-Term Operation of Nuclear Units), funded by the EU, has come to an end. The project, coordinated by ÚJV Řež through Vladislav Pištora from the Division of Integrity and Technical Engineering, culminated in a three-day final…
Virtual Test Specimens and AI: Transforming Non-Destructive Testing
At the EPRI NDE TechWeek 2024 Conference in the USA, our colleague Daniel Dopjera presented the possibilities offered by MVM1, a specialised software for creating virtual test specimens. This method of generating artificial weld defects in industrial operations offers significant benefits for power plant operators and for the training of personnel responsible for inspecting weld…
Delivering Advanced Containment Pre-Stressing Cable to Rivne Nuclear Power Plant
ÚJV Řež succeeded in a demanding technological contract for the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
Corrosion Study to Validate Container Performance for Deep Geological Repositories
Since 2017, we have been significantly involved in a large-scale experimental programme at the Bukov Underground Research Facility, operated by the state-run Radioactive Waste Repository Authority (SÚRAO).
ÚJV Řež spearheading the revolution in quality control of radiopharmaceuticals
At the PET centre Brno, the world’s first „micro-lab“ specifically dedicated to radiopharmaceutical quality control - QC1 - has been installed.
The signing of the Memorandum strengthens the cooperation with Framatome. The topic will be research and development for nuclear energy.
During the WNE PARIS 2023, representatives of the ÚJV Řež/NRI and Research Center Řež signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation with the French company Framatome.
ÚJV Řež (NRI) has hosted the last meeting of the Halden Reactor Project
The last meeting of the participants of the international Halden Reactor Project (HRP) took place on 21 and 22 September in Řež under the leadership of Jan Klouzal and colleagues from his Nuclear Safety and Reliability Division.