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Putting our heads together
11 December, 2009
With over 50 Russian VVER reactors in operation, reactor pressure vessel embrittlement is, and will continue to be, an important issue. As experts in this field begin to retire, a pilot project aims summarise their knowledge and experience before it is lost. By Ulrik von Estorff and Milan Brumovsky

David Fishlock: 9 August 1932-18 September 2009
24 November, 2009

Let’s get on with it
13 November, 2009
Plans to build new nuclear power plants in the UK gives us an incentive to clear up old reactor sites and to re-evaluate the country’s current decommissioning plans. We have the technical capability to decommission nuclear reactors today – why wait? By David Bradbury, George Elder and Susan Hewish

Enough for today
03 November, 2009
The current margin of available conversion supply may not be adequate to overcome another extended disruption at any of the converters. By Julian Steyn

A view to 2030
03 November, 2009
A new European forecast predicts 70GW of nuclear new build by 2030, even after wide-ranging uprating and PLEX, to meet expected demand. By Jacques Leclercq, with Guy Bettoun and Jacques David

Tube views
27 August, 2009
NDE methods continue to be refined for India's reactor fleet. For its BWRs, a test of different UT methodologies shows a clear favourite; for its PHWRs, a recent method for detecting tricky hydride blisters is successful. By Paritosh Nanekar and Bijoy Kumar Shah

Tube views
03 July, 2009
NDE methods continue to be refined for India's reactor fleet. For its BWRs, a test of different UT methodologies shows a clear favourite; for its PHWRs, a recent method for detecting tricky hydride blisters is successful. By Paritosh Nanekar and Bijoy Kumar Shah

Vattenfall opts out of UK nuclear market, for now
04 June, 2009

Dilute and disperse
29 May, 2009
Efforts to introduce European nuclear safety standards have been watered down to the extent that they will make no difference. By Antony Froggatt

Pebble bed reactor – safety in perspective
29 May, 2009
Dr Albert Koster, PBMR (Pty) senior consultant, nuclear safety, replies directly to criticisms of the PBMR reactor in NEI’s March 2009 issue.

EdF & BE: generating options
20 February, 2009
Earlier this year, EdF’s long-awaited acquisition of the British Energy was completed. But what was the company’s rationale behind the £12.5 billion takeover of the UK nuclear generator? By Lawrence Haar and Laura Haar

Japanese consortium buys in to Uranium One
17 February, 2009



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