Nuclear power 2.0: The future of reactor technology The development of reactor technology began with the first reactor design lines developed in the 1950s, mainly for power generation and military applications. Early designs included pressurised water reactors (PWRs), boiling water reactors (BWRs) and gas-cooled reactors. In parallel, specific construction lines were developed to improve fuel utilisation, Read more
iMAGINE - Can we save ourselves the final repository? Germany is at a crossroads, on the one hand with regard to a possible future for nuclear energy, and on the other hand with regard to the final disposal of residual waste and the associated site selection process. The massive postponement of the standard setting, communicated some time ago, to 2046 at the earliest, opens up new opportunities to test technologies that could possibly be used in the future. Read more
Opening the black box - Modern AI approaches in the nuclear industry We are at a particular point in AI history where we are seeing more and more milestones being achieved by AI in less and less time. This exponential development, in terms of the potential of AI systems, goes hand in hand with an increasing Read more
Online lecture on the topic "In search of love and likes" on 12 December 2024 | 11:30 - 13:00 Public relations makes sense. What is a matter of course for big brands such as Apple, Amazon or Audi often seems to be doubted by nuclear companies, at least since the German nuclear phase-out. Internal cost pressure and the Read more
Registration The registration fee for KTG members is € 169 net* for non-members € 199 plus VAT * For KTG members the 19 % VAT will be waived Overnight stay Waldhotel A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Waldhotel Stuttgart conference hotel at a price of € 170 for a single room and € 185 for a double room. Please Read more
29th International QUENCH Workshop The 29th International QUENCH Workshop will be held at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruhe, Germany), Campus North, from 19 to 21 November 2024. Accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) materials have been under development worldwide since Fukushima. As part of the QUENCH programme at KIT, ATF cladding tubes are tested under the conditions of Read more
KTG Retreat 2024 A network with energy On 11 October 2024, the Executive Board and Advisory Board of Kerntechnische Gesellschaft e.V. met at Framatome in Erlangen, not only to talk about the future of the association, but above all about what we can do to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. In times, Read more
Virtual Event "Radioactive waste - a European overview" on 26 April 2024 | 16:00 - 18:00 Radioactive waste has been a hotly debated topic in Europe for years. This lecture will get to the bottom of some myths about the topic. What is radioactive waste actually? What is currently happening with radioactive waste? Read more
In itself, it's a good thing that the two federal ministers Lemke and Habeck are once again addressing the issue of nuclear energy. The occasion: the first anniversary of the shutdown of the last nuclear power plants in Germany on 15 April 2023, but KTG is unlikely to be happy after reading the following lines. Because in the opinion of Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke Read more
On 22 March 2024, one day after the Nuclear Energy Summit 2024 of the IAEA and the Belgian EU Council Presidency, the EU Commission and the European nuclear industry association nucleareurope held a dissemination event on the European Industrial Alliance on SMRs. As part of the target of a 90 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions by 2040, the EU's Read more
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