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Overcoming obsolescence
24 December, 2019
The UK is embarking on a renaissance of its nuclear infrastructure. But for the foreseeable future, the technology of an earlier generation will continue to underpin its civil sector. Peter Langan explains how operators overcome the challenge of obsolescence.

Get your priorities right
18 December, 2019
Managing data transmission in the instrumentation and control system to give priority data directly related to the security function reduces the load on the main channels and improves the speed and reliability of the system. This approach has been successfully applied. Wu Youguang, Ma Quan, Liu Mingming, Zhang Zipeng and Zhang Yu report.

Keep your finger on the Pulse
18 December, 2019
A new partnership hopes to improve both the technologies and the methods used for condition monitoring in nuclear facilities, say Romain Desgeorge and Hash Hashemian.

Loviisa goes virtual
12 December, 2019
Finnish utility Fortum has developed a fully dynamic and interactive virtual reality control room for training operators at Loviisa, Caroline Peachey reports.

Developing the DN30
10 December, 2019
The DN30 package is used for the transport of enriched uranium hexafluoride. Franz Hilbert, Maik Hennebach and Yara van Wijk discuss design developments for higher enrichments and reprocessed uranium.

Mobile measurements
04 December, 2019
EDF Energy is using a novel mobile gamma spectroscopy application to protect the public, as Keith Pearce learns.

The tide is turning
03 December, 2019
As the global nuclear industry gathered in London in September for the 2019 World Nuclear Symposium climate change, innovation and the outlook for uranium were all on the agenda, NEI reports.

RASIMS, a vital nuclear component
27 November, 2019
With the launch of the IAEA’s Radiation Safety Information Management System Version 2.0, Andrew Tunnicliffe takes a looks at what the system is and why it’s an important component to the safe and secure management of radioactive materials across the nuclear industry.

UK looks to fusion
26 November, 2019
Nuclear fusion research is taking a step forward in the UK with new government funding and plans to launch a dedicated fusion energy research facility next year.

Mirroring reality
20 November, 2019
Immersive media or technologies that attempt to create or imitate the physical world through digital simulation are becoming increasingly common in the nuclear sphere. Now a new product aims to reflect reality without the need for headsets.

A CEMinal moment
19 November, 2019
Is the world ready to let nuclear help with the heavy lifting to mitigate climate change? On the cusp of the IAEA’s international climate change conference, 7-11 October, Jacquie Hoornweg reports on recent events in Canada that provide cautious optimism.

PUR-1 goes fully digital
14 November, 2019
At Purdue University in Indiana, Reactor Number One (PUR-1) has been licensed by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission as the first entirely digital nuclear reactor instrumentation and control system in the USA.

Pulsed fusion progress
13 November, 2019
UK-based First Light Fusion is on track to demonstrate pulsed fusion later this year, as NEI learns.

Daily grind foiled at Chapelcross
06 November, 2019
Workers at the Chapelcross nuclear power station in Scotland are using foil coffee bags to package some streams of radioactive waste.

Improving models for dry storage
06 November, 2019
Collaborative research hopes to provide a more realistic understanding of cladding and cask temperatures for better spent fuel management, Aladar Csontos explains.

Micro Modular Reactor moves forward in Canada
30 October, 2019
The first example of Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation’s advanced micro modular reactor (MMR) technology is getting closer to becoming reality as an initial unit remains on track for construction at Chalk River Laboratories, Ontario, Canada. Francesco Venneri introduces the design.

Delay and decay
30 October, 2019
Saurav Jha looks at India’s approach to radioactive waste management.

Completing the TMF
23 October, 2019
Construction of a new multi-million-pound tails management facility has been completed in Capenhurst, UK. Caroline Peachey reports.

A role for zirconium
23 October, 2019
Zirconium has an important role in the nuclear sector. Keven Harlow looks at the development of the material and its applications.

Holding it together
17 October, 2019
As the nuclear industry enters its next stage of growth, bolting solutions will become more important in reducing exposure, says Boltight.