• WasteLots of industries produce radioactive waste. We know that nuclear plants produce it, but some unexpected companies also produce radioactive waste. Take offshor...
• EnergyNuclear fission is an important source of energy. Globally, around ten percent of all electricity comes from nuclear plants. In Europe, this is around a quarte...
• HealthNuclear technology is very important for our health. Using radioactivity and radiation to treat various types of cancer increases our chances of survival. Medic...
• InnovationThere is a great deal of innovation taking place in the nuclear industry. Researchers are continuously looking for better fuels for power plants, more efficient...
• People from the industryNuclear Netherlands unites the most important nuclear companies and organisations in the Netherlands: EPZ, COVRA, NRG, PALLAS, Reactor Instituut Delft, Urenco and SHINE.
• RadiationWilhelm Röntgen (1845-1923) discovered active radiation at the end of the nineteenth century. His name lives on in medicine as the inventor of the radiograph o...
• TechnologyTwo kinds of uranium are found in nature: non-fissile uranium-238 and, to a much lesser extent, fissile uranium-235. The numbers 235 and 238 represent the numbe...
• Safety and securityBy safety, we mean that working with radioactive systems and materials must be safe. We ensure that this work is always performed in a controlled way without h...