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India’s dual track approach to nuclear new-build India is to construct a fleet of domestically-designed reactors, along with VVERs imported from Russia and EPRs from France, Saurav Jha reports
Pipe repair at Bugey The decision by EDF to repair, rather than replace, leaking pipework at its Bugey nuclear power plant in France has proved hugely beneficial both practically and financially
Nuclear energy to play key role in Russia’s Arctic development The 6th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) held in Vladivostock in September saw a number of key agreements signed, which indicated a key role for nuclear energy in Russia’s plans...
Canada gives one for the team As Natural Resource Canada’s nuclear director, Diane Cameron helped chart the country’s nuclear roadmap and brought the technology into the climate change conversation. Ahead of her...
Using robots to clear the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo Cavendish Nuclear and Sellafield have embraced robots in handling legacy intermediate level waste at the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo
Retrofitting obsolete alarm annunciators When it comes to industrial alarm annunciators, many facilities suffer from issues relating to obsolescence management. As many former alarm system manufacturers are no longer...
LongOps robotics NEI learns more about LongOps, the new international programme for robotics in nuclear decommissioning and fusion.
Innovation snakes its way into the core of nuclear culture Duke Energy explains how it is embracing innovation by using drones, robots and virtual reality to improve worker safety and plant reliability.
Phasing out nuclear power in Taiwan With the recent closure of Kuosheng 1, Jeremy Wilcox examines the broader effect of Taiwan’s planned nuclear phaseout on the energy landscape in that country.
Does Japan offer rich pickings for SMRs? Japan is pushing to lead the way on advanced and small modular reactors. The country has put it high on the list of its economic and societal reform plans. But whilst the desire to be...
Virtual reality in the nuclear industry The nuclear industry is embracing virtual reality technology to optimise its operations and improve safety, as a recent white paper from Tecknotrove Systems explains.
Driving digital transformation Digitalisation makes nuclear power cheaper and safer, and creates engineering jobs, according to experts speaking at a recent industry webinar. Rumyana Vakarelska reports.
All change at the UK’s LLWR Through its management of the UK’s Low Level Waste Repository and the National Low Level Waste Programme, an Amentum-led joint venture helped to reduce disposal costs, open new...
Go big or go small? Applying “The Rule of 50”: Volume reduction and waste minimisation vs. shipment for direct disposal. By Michael Brisbin Miller
Spotlight on the SonicSMR project UK-based business Laser Additive Solutions Ltd is leading a government- funded innovation project to develop high-quality additive manufacturing techniques for civil nuclear...
Hearings raise a jobs question: nuclear or tourism? Public hearings during the development consent process for Sizewell C have useful lessons for follow-on plants, Janet Wood reports
Chernobyl’s IFS-2 milestone On 26 April 2021, thirty-five years from the day the accident struck Chernobyl, Ukraine made history by opening the site’s interim storage facility (ISF-2) for spent nuclear fuel,...
Upgrading Browns Ferry 2 The latest outage at the Browns Ferry 2 BWR included the largest scope of turbine deck work since original construction, as well as new fuel innovations.
The light at the end of the tunnel In May 2001, the proposal to construct a high-level waste repository at Eurajoki near Finland’s Olkiluoto nuclear plant was approved by lawmakers.
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