The mission of the Euratom Supply Agency is to maintain regular and equitable supply of nuclear materials (ores, source material and special fissile material) for all users in the European Atomic Energy Community.
The strategic objective is the security of supply of nuclear materials, particularly nuclear fuel, for power and non-power uses, by means of the common supply policy.
Meeting of the Observatory on the Supply of Medical Radioisotopes took place on 23 September 2025
The most recent plenary meeting of the Observatory was held on 23 September in Gréoux-les-Bains (France), hosted by the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA Cadarache). Since 2013, the Observatory is run by the Euratom Supply Agency and its meetings are co-chaired by the Nuclear Medicine Europe (NMEU).
The Observatory reviewed the global research reactor scheduling for the remainder of 2025 and 2026. DG ENER provided an update on the latest developments related to the creation of a European Radioisotope Valley initiative in the context of the SAMIRA action plan.
The meeting also provided an opportunity to hear about CEA research on nuclear medicine and the Research Institute for Nuclear Systems for Low-Carbon Energy Production (IRESNE) activities dedicated to developing low-carbon energy through nuclear fission.
The meeting heard presentations on the project to produce Lutetium-177 medical radioisotope in Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant in Romania and the update on the European Prep-HALEU research project, aiming to build HALEU capacity in the EU.
The European Medicines Agency presented its ongoing initiatives to tackle vulnerabilities in the supply chain of radiopharmaceuticals in the EU. DGs JRC and RTD also presented their activities related to medical radioisotopes.
NMEU, the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also presented their activities related to the medical radioisotopes.
Following the meeting, a technical visit to the currently constructed Jules Horowitz Material Test Reactor (JHR) was held.
The Euratom Supply Agency 2024 Annual Report was published
The ESA 2024 Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of the European Union's nuclear fuel market and highlights key trends, challenges and strategic developments in the context of the current evolving landscape.
The report also outlines the Agency's 2024 key activities and a series of recommendations to provide orientation to market actors to maintain a stable and secure nuclear fuel supply.
ESA Advisory Committee meeting took place on 3 and 4 June 2025
The Euratom Supply Agency’s Advisory Committee came together for an in-person meeting on 3 and 4 June 2025 in Luxembourg.
In the general context of an increasingly complex security of supply landscape, the Committee discussed the crucial topic of nuclear material and fuel supply security, in the light of the recent Commission ‘Roadmap on ending Russian energy imports’ and the REPowerEU Action plan. Another issue the Committee reviewed was the security of supply for small and advanced modular reactors. It specifically looked at the work undertaken by the European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors and agreed on the future ESA and Committee activities on this matter.
The Committee also reviewed and provided feedback on the draft ESA Annual Report 2024, gave its positive opinion on the ESA 2024 Annual Activity Report and expressed its approval of the ESA Annual Accounts for 2024, including the financial and budgetary statements.
Finally, the Committee elected Ad Louter and Ondřej Sýkora as Vice-Chairpersons for the remainder of the current mandate (until May 2026).
