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UK electricity market reform Tony Roulstone explains the complex status of progress towards a new environmentally-balanced electricity...
Developing the FLEX plan All US nuclear power plants have used a four-step process to develop diverse, flexible strategies to protect against extended loss of power resulting from beyond design basis...
Reshaping the IAEA Milestone process The IAEA milestones process remains a major guide for countries, and especially newcomer countries, entering into a nuclear programme. However, it should be revised to take into...
Evaluating the shale gas challenge A probabilistic comparison of the investment risks of nuclear power and natural gas-based electricity generating plants has been carried out using a total-lifecycle power plant...
The great SMR race The global race for commercialization of small modular reactors remains wide open. There are around 15 serious contenders for deployment in the coming two decades, including designs...
Powering deep space exploration A bench test of part of a simple reactor with only six components was successfully completed in September 2012. The test, part of a slimmed-down research project, aims to create a...
Reporting on Fukushima A survey of two Belgian newspapers shows that around half of the articles published in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident focused on domestic or international...
Editor by night Regulator by day, Chris Englefield, has launched a free quarterly e-journal that aims to help the professional development of his peers around the world. He spoke to Caroline Peachey...
Shortage of qualified EU nuclear personnel A comparison of the supply of nuclear experts by the nuclear education and training infrastructure in EU-27 and the demand by the nuclear energy sector of the EU has been carried...
Fears from Fukushima A task group of the International Commission on Radiological Protection reported on radiological protection issues arising from the Fukushima disaster in October 2012. ICRP said that...
