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Inspecting Chinese AP1000s The AP1000 has significant differences from existing PWRs in China, including in the layout and structure of key components. Yong Nie, Zhaoyu Cheng, Jiafan Cai, Lifeng Zhou and...
Improving televisual inspections Darren Wood and Clément Skopinski explain how a new 3D visual inspection technique, to be tested in a nuclear reactor this year, can improve detection of surface defects by leveraging...
The importance of know-how Financing is causing real difficulties for new nuclear build, as the recent cancellation of Horizon’s UK programme has shown. Tony Roulstone examines evidence showing how...
What’s next for Leningrad? Russia’s first RBMK reactor, Leningrad 1, retired at the end of 2018. Judith Perera examines the reactor decommissioning plans and strategies for managing the irradiated graphite in...
Digital transformation Nuclear power plants are facing pressures that could jeopardise their viability. Paul Lalovich says adopting digital technology presents opportunities for a new business model,...
Next stop Pevek As Russia’s Akademik Lomonsov floating nuclear power plant enters the final stages of commissioning, we look at the operational and safety considerations as well as broader...
Renewal by annealing Balakovo 1 recently became the first VVER-1000 unit to complete reactor pressure vessel annealing, which is expected to increase the operating lifetime of the unit by at least 15...
Contract considerations Nuclear new-build projects are, by their nature, difficult to deliver. Daniel Garton and Chris Duncan examine issues that need to be addressed in construction contracts for nuclear plants.
African progress Anthony Stott from the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Infrastructure Development Section talks to NEI about nuclear developments in Africa.
Improving xenon monitoring Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is working with medical isotope production facilities around the world in a project that could help ensure the continued effectiveness of...
Concrete progress at Akkuyu Caroline Peachey reports from Akkuyu, the construction site of Turkey’s first nuclear plant, and the first in the world to be developed under the build-own-operate model.
Easing the burden Michael McMahon and Dan Collier outline the benefits of NAC Reporter for nuclear material control and accounting.
Uzbekistan’s nuclear aspirations Uzbekistan is planning to build its first nuclear power plant with assistance from Russia. Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov, director general of Uzatom speaks to NEI about these plans.
Look North: Small is beautiful Rumyana Vakarelska reports from the Nordic Nuclear Forum, where small modular reactors were a focus of discussion.
Beyond the copper surface Before emplacement in a deep geological repository, Canada, Finland and Sweden all plan to encapsulate their spent fuel in copper canisters. Kristina Gillin drills into the...
Eyeing LWR opportunities Building on capabilities developed to supply systems and components for domestic PHWRs, India’s nuclear supply chain is now looking to enter the market for light water reactors....
The hot spot locator Decontaminating an area containing nuclear waste is complicated due to the intangible nature of radiation. But the use radiation imaging systems can help, as Innovative Physics...
South Ukraine’s filtration first South Ukraine 1 has become the first reactor in Ukraine to meet the country’s post-Fukushima requirements with the installation of a dry filtration system. Zoran Vujic offers an...
I&C upgrade ends in success at Loviisa Rolls-Royce has successfully installed and commissioned new digital I&C systems at the Loviisa nuclear plant in Finland. Mika Lehtonen and Yann Challamel look back on the...
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