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Europe continues fusion reactor funding
The ITER experimental fusion reactor has secured funding to take it to the operational level. Sean Ottewell reports.Following the European Parliament's endorsement of the EU budget for the next seven...
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Managing motor and generator repairs at nuclear power stations
In the nuclear energy industry more than most, safety is paramount and the design and specification used for equipment involved in nuclear generating plants are governed by a series of stringent...
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Decommissioning dominates
Investments in the nuclear power industry are dominated by decommissioning, refuelling and safety projects, reports Eugene McCarthyThe United Kingdom Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has selected the...
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Sellafield expert given institute role
Rebecca Weston, a senior member of the decommissioning team at Europe’s most complex nuclear site, will carry out her new position on the Board of Trustees with the Nuclear Institute (NI), alongside...
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Emergency pump units for nuclear power plant
Following the Fukushimanuclear disaster in 2011, safety regulations at many nuclear plants have been considerably tightened, this has led to an increased demand for fire fighting pump systems.These...
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Radiation risk reduced
The company responsible for safely cleaning up the Sellafield site in Cumbria, UK, has passed a significant milestone, after pumping two million litres of liquid out of one of the world’s oldest...
View ArticleBelgian nuclear regulator warns of global risk as cracks found in nuclear...
Following the discovery of thousands of additional cracks in critical components of two Belgian nuclear reactors, the Director-General of the Belgian nuclear regulator of the Federal Agency for Nuclear...
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Managing motor and generator repairs at nuclear power stations
In the nuclear energy industry more than most, safety is paramount and the design and specification used for equipment involved in nuclear generating plants are governed by a series of stringent...
View ArticleNuclear global capacity must more than double by 2050
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) new Nuclear Energy Technology Roadmap says nuclear energy allows countries to build scalable, efficient and long-term power sources that can serve as a base to...
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Decommissioning dominates
Investments in the nuclear power industry are dominated by decommissioning, refuelling and safety projectsThe United Kingdom Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has selected the Cavendish Fluor...
View ArticleICAPP 2015
The International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants takes place 3rd-6th May 2015 in Nice, France.For the 2015 event, two new workshops addressing current and future challenges of nuclear...
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Contaminated equipment recovered from nuclear fuel storage pond
Sellafield Ltd removes 100 tonnes of contaminated equipment from world’s biggest open-air nuclear storeNuclear experts at Sellafield in the UK have successfully removed one hundred tonnes of...
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Managing motor and generator repairs at nuclear power stations
In the nuclear energy industry more than most, safety is paramount and the design and specification used for equipment involved in nuclear generating plants are governed by a series of stringent...
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Mini submarines recover medical isotopes
Mini submarines are being used to recover medical isotopes dating back to the 1950s, from storage ponds at Europe’s most complex nuclear site.There are literally hundreds of different nuclear fuels and...
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£50m contract for storage of historic nuclear waste
Sellafield Ltd, the company responsible for delivering decommissioning of the UK’s nuclear legacy has announced that Metalcraft has been awarded a contract potentially valued at £50 million, for the...
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£50m contract for storage of historic nuclear waste
Sellafield Ltd, the company responsible for delivering decommissioning of the UK’s nuclear legacy has announced that Metalcraft has been awarded a contract potentially valued at £50 million, for the...
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Fabrication orders for nuclear power industry
ECS has won five steel fabrication contacts for customers within the nuclear power industry. Following on from a move to new, larger premises and successful certification under BS EN 1090 for CE...
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Power station electrical package
Balfour Beatty Bailey, a joint venture of Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, and NG Bailey, has been appointed as preferred bidder for the UK’s £460m Hinkley Point C power station...
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Tracking zoom lens
Resolve Optics is a developer of specialist tracking zoom lenses for a broad spectum of applications including nuclear surveillance.Different applications require different solutions. Nuclear...
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Sensor mimics bats to detect dangerous structural cracks
An ultrasound sensor for detecting dangerous cracks in structures such as aircraft engines, oil and gas pipelines and nuclear plants has been developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde–...
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