The Netherlands nuclear regulator, Autoriteit Nucleaire Veiligheid en Stralingsbescherming (ANVS) has said that the PALLAS Reactor Preparation Foundation (PALLAS) has applied for a license for a new research reactor in Petten (municipality of Schagen, North Holland) for medical isotopes. “These isotopes are used in, among other things, for the treatment of cancer. The application contains the required information and is now being processed,” ANVS said. PALLAS also applied for a Water Act permit from Rijkswaterstaat. Ageing research reactors worldwide increase the risk of unplanned halts to production. Such a problem at the existing aged reactors including at PALLAS, led to a global shortage of medical isotopes from 2007-2011. In order to secure the supply of medical isotopes on a global scale, the Dutch government has decided to replace the High Flux Reactor.

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Dutch regulator receives licence application for PALLAS reactor

Source: NUCLEAR ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL