Plans to build a new research reactor in the Netherlands have taken a significant step forward with a licence for construction officially entering into force.
On 15 February 2023, the nuclear regulator, the Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS), granted a licence under the Nuclear Energy Act for construction of the Pallas reactor, which will replace the ageing high-flux reactor (HFR) at Petten in the province of Noord-Holland. Pallas had submitted the application in June 2022.
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