The ANVS intends to renew the licence granted to Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) for work involving radioactive materials and equipment. The university uses radiation sources for research and education. The new licence also applies to 4 other organisations based on the TU/e campus. The renewed licence allows the licence holders to add a cyclotron to Groene Loper 3, among other things. The renewed licence also better fits current legislation. The draft licence specifies how licence holders should handle radiation sources and radioactive substances safely. Comments on the draft licence can be submitted until 14 January 2026.
Scientific research and experiments
The university campus offers a range of Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes. The university needs to use ionising (radioactive) radiation for a number of courses and research projects. In addition, TU/e conducts scientific research and produces radioactive substances for cancer medicines. The university already holds permission for this.
Better compliance with current legislation
The licence needs to be updated because it is out of date. The new licence better fits current legislation.
Second cyclotron for the production of radioactive substances
Changes in the licence are also required in order for them to better fit the current developments at TU/e Campus. This includes in the field of research, education and production of radioactive substances. One example of an important change is the addition of a second cyclotron. Cyclotrons create radioactive substances with which hospitals can detect or treat illnesses. The university requires a renewed licence for the expansion with a second cyclotron.
More accelerators for scientific research
In addition, the university is aiming to add more accelerators for scientific research. The TU/e Campus would, for example, like to carry out more research into nuclear fusion. In order to do so, the university requires a renewed licence.
Expanding a licence for 4 organisations
The renewed licence will also apply to 4 organisations operating on the TU/e campus with which the TU collaborates. For example, Fontys uses TU/e equipment for its courses on campus.
Safe for people and the environment
After reviewing the licence application, we have determined that TU/e and the other organisations are taking necessary steps to guarantee the safety of people and the environment. Only qualified and trained personnel may handle the radioactive substances and devices. The licence application shows that TU/e and the 4 organisations will ensure that this happens.
Responses may be submitted until 14 January 2026
You can review the draft licence (in Dutch) for TU/E until 14 January 2026. If you have any views on this draft licence you wish to present, you may do so by submitting a statement of opinion.
There are three ways to respond:
- By email: send an email to Postbus.Aanvragenenmelden@anvs.nl and put ‘Statement of view concerning draft licence for TU/e’ in the subject line of your email.
- In writing: send a letter to the ANVS, Statement of View concerning draft licence for TU/e, P.O. Box 16001, 2500 BA, The Hague.
- By telephone: call the Information Desk for Nuclear Energy Act licences at +31 88 489 05 00. Available from Monday to Friday between 8.30 and 17.00.
We will respond to these statements of view once we have made a final decision on the TU/e licence application. We will include your statements of opinion and our response to them in our final decision on the licence. This decision will also be published on our website. If you have submitted a statement of opinion, you will receive a link to the definitive licence if you have requested one.
Would you like to find out more?
Please read the official announcement in the Government Gazette.