Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group
Encyclopedia
Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) is a Dutch
institute
that performs nuclear
research
for the government
and private companies. It is the most important producer of radionuclide
s in Europe
and maintains and operates the Petten nuclear reactor
.
The institute also offers services to medical, chemical, oil
, and gas
companies.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
institute
Institute
An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose. Often it is a research organization created to do research on specific topics...
that performs nuclear
Nuclear engineering
Nuclear engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of the breakdown as well as the fusion of atomic nuclei and/or the application of other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear physics...
research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
for the government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
and private companies. It is the most important producer of radionuclide
Radionuclide
A radionuclide is an atom with an unstable nucleus, which is a nucleus characterized by excess energy available to be imparted either to a newly created radiation particle within the nucleus or to an atomic electron. The radionuclide, in this process, undergoes radioactive decay, and emits gamma...
s in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and maintains and operates the Petten nuclear reactor
Petten nuclear reactor
The Petten nuclear reactors are nuclear research reactors in Petten, Netherlands. There are two reactors on the premises of the Petten research centre: a high flux reactor and a low flux reactor....
.
The institute also offers services to medical, chemical, oil
Oil
An oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and does not mix with water but may mix with other oils and organic solvents. This general definition includes vegetable oils, volatile essential oils, petrochemical oils, and synthetic oils....
, and gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
companies.
See also
- Energy Research Centre of the NetherlandsEnergy Research Centre of the NetherlandsThe Energy research Centre of the Netherlands is the largest energy research institute in the Netherlands and has a strong international position. ECN develops knowledge and technology with and for the market that enables a transition to a sustainable energy system. The head office is located in...
- Institute for EnergyInstitute for EnergyThe Institute for Energy or IE, located in Petten, the Netherlands, is one of the seven institutes of the Joint Research Centre , a Directorate-General of the European Commission ....
(IE) - EURATOM