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Annual Report 2001 NRG
| Author | NRG |
| Date | 2002 |
| Classification | 1.01.8.50/82 (PETTEN RESEARCH LOCATION - NRG/ECN/RCN - GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
NRG in 2001 2001 was a challenging as well as a successful year for NRG. NRG succeeded in acquiring a new site licence under the Dutch Nuclear Power Act for all its facilities. Our international position in the European Research Area led to more than 60 contracts in the Fifth Framework Programme. All our activities are performed to ISO 9001 quality standards. 2001 was also a year of innovations. Many new products, techniques and computer programs were developed and tested, several of which are highlighted in this annual report. Working at the cutting edge of nuclear medicine development, NRG prepared a number of new radioisotopes in the High Flux Reactor. 'Medical Valley' Petten plays a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of patients throughout Europe and elsewhere in the world. This use of nuclear technologies for medical purposes is also important for the perception of nuclear technologies in society. In line with our mission much attention is given to communication with the public. NRG participated in several TV documentaries on nuclear research and technology. Our website www.nrg-nl.com plays an increasingly important role in meeting the growing demand for information about nuclear technologies. The number of website visitors has risen sharply: 35,000 hits in 1999; 150,000 in 2000 and 250,000 in 2001. After the events in New York on 11 September the monthly opening of the High Flux Reactor to the public was discontinued. It is our intention to resume these much-appreciated open days as soon as conditions allow. Mission Statement NRG provides expertise and services in support of the safe, ecologically sound and efficient use of nuclear technologies in energy production, radiation protection and nuclear medicine. NRG also applies spin-off technologies for the non-nuclear market. In 2001 one of the reports published by NRG was entitled 'The Role of Nuclear Energy in Establishing Sustainable Energy Paths'. This independent study discusses the major facts and arguments about nuclear energy and its potential role in establishing sustainable energy paths. The report assesses to what extent energy supply portfolios including nuclear energy are more or less sustainable than those excluding nuclear technology. With this study NRG contributes to the open discussion on the role of nuclear energy in the coming decades, in the Netherlands as well as in other countries. The report is published on the NRG website.
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