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Power for the people
14 December, 2016
The US generates more nuclear power than any other country in the North American region with 99 plants currently operational. In this country focus industry analysis provider GlobalData provides an insight into the market.

Project Decom
14 December, 2016
Joe Smetanka, managing director of the Hematite Decommissioning Project for Westinghouse Electric Company, discusses the project, the challenges it posed and how the company worked to address them.

History in the making
14 December, 2016
Now seven decades on from the 1946 Atomic Energy Control Act, Canada’s safety regulator has summed up its work in today’s world, including finishing post-Fukushima actions and major power plant life extensions. Corrina Thomson reports.

Moving forward
14 December, 2016
The transportation of nuclear products has been going on for many years. But as Andrew Tunnicliffe reports it continues to face a variety of challenges today as the world evolves.

Record breaker, but for how long?
14 December, 2016
Avoiding the headlines is the aim for most of us but when they come for the right reasons then it’s not such a bad thing. The UK’s Heysham nuclear power facility made headline news – in the nuclear world – for a staggering amount of days of continuos operation. But as Penny Hitchin reports, that record could be short-lived.

Chain reactions
13 December, 2016
The products and services procured during the build and lifetime of a nuclear plant are many and varied, and highly regulated. Ensuring a trusted and secure supply chain is essential as Fine Tubes’ and Superior Tube’s Brian Mercer explains.

Flow of knowledge
13 December, 2016
Water chemistry in nuclear plants is a key area of recent focus in research and discussions internationally reports Patrick Reynolds.

Then and now
13 December, 2016
The IAEA’s latest report on research reactors is focused on the TRIGA type, reviewing their past and future. Patrick Reynolds delves into the report and shares his thoughts.

Russia – a few world firsts
17 November, 2016
In late September the International Atomic Energy Agency held its 60th General Conference in Vienna. Judith Perera attended the event, grabbing time with energy leaders from Russia. She tells NEI of her time out there and the latest on Russian developments.

Engaging with BIM
17 November, 2016
The use of BIM is growing in a range of activities in the international nuclear sector as Patrick Reynolds reported in the last edition of NEI. He talks to BIM specialists to find out how they are providing practical assistance to the nuclear industry.

Simulating the future
17 November, 2016
Rumyana Vakarelska discusses how the experience of Fukushima has led the country’s power generators to introduce more training programmes based around simulators and asks whether they are the silver bullet in emergency response preparedness.

Shifting landscapes
17 November, 2016
Safety must not just to be maintained, there needs to be a conscious effort to improve it and to learn from the lessons of the past. The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) reported in 2013 on what could be taken from the Fukushima Daiichi accident and, as a result, reactors were made safer. This year, the NEA has published an extension to the report which is analysed by David Flin.

21st century fusion: space and time
17 November, 2016
Nuclear fusion has, for many years, been the next big thing for power generation. However Dr David Kingham, CEO at Tokamak Energy, reveals it’s inching closer with significant technological developments.

A long and winding road?
17 November, 2016
Following the recent decision by the UK government to approve Hinkley Point C Rumyana Vakarelska lifts the lid on the challenges the project still faces.

Living in harmony
17 November, 2016
The World Nuclear Association held its 41st Annual Symposium in London on 14th-16th September 2016. The timing of this was very appropriate, with the announcement by the UK government that it would proceed with the Hinkley Point C project coming during the course of the event. David Flin reports from the symposium.

Under pressure
04 November, 2016
The RPV of a PWR has to contain an immense amount of energy and radioactivity and the fracture toughness of the pressure vessel materials degrades with irradiation of fast neutrons. This has the potential for a catastrophe as Saleem A. Ansari, S. Nayyar Ali, Inayat Ali, Mansoor Akhtar of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission explain.

Polishing the future
30 October, 2016
Political will and a clear financing structure for the Polish nuclear programme will be needed if the 6000MW of new nuclear capacity, planned for the country, is not to be delayed beyond 2030, the new date when the first of the new reactors are expected to become operational. Rumyana Vakarelska explains.

Deep with data
29 October, 2016
Big data and IT are set to boost services to nuclear projects and asset management through ‘BIM’ in UK. Patrick Reynolds reports on the strategies being employed to support this innovative approach to plant design.

The three Rs
27 October, 2016
With sustainability and environmentally conscious business practices now the norm in most industrial fields, news of recycling materials is nothing new. But in the nuclear sector recycling isn’t simple. However, reusing materials from now decommissioned plants is becoming more popular. Penny Hitchin looks at the practice and some of the challenges that have had to be addressed.

Clearing up the toys
26 October, 2016
New nuclear construction has to convince the general public that it has a solid and robust plan for dealing with waste disposal. The most effective way of demonstrating that something can be done is to do it, successfully. Consequently, new nuclear construction depends largely upon the successful decommissioning of retiring facilities. NEI spoke with Gordon Dover, vice president and director of project integration at Washington Closure Hanford.



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