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The female network
02 December, 2014
A year ago two young nuclear executives set up the first UK branch of Women in Nuclear, with a goal to improve the industry’s gender diversity. The response has been overwhelming. Will Dalrymple interviews Rebecca Holyhead and Miranda Kirschel

Looking beyond the operator
26 November, 2014
Understanding human error seems to remain the final frontier for safety professionals, and is an ongoing challenge for the technical community. But it is not only those on the front line that are to blame. By David Mosey.

Evaluating the safety of new fuel types. Part 2: accident & storage conditions
29 October, 2014
Determining the overall safety level for a new nuclear fuel is not trivial because it involves balancing a host of attributes in several operating scenarios. Currently, there is no focussed, peer-reviewed guidance to help perform such assessments. The work described here, based on a report by the World Nuclear Association’s Fuel Technology Working Group, is intended to be a starting point for formal safety assessment. By Julian Kelly

Evaluating the safety of new fuel types. Part 1: normal conditions
27 October, 2014
Determining the overall safety level for a new nuclear fuel is not trivial because it involves balancing a host of attributes in several operating scenarios. Currently, there is no focussed, peer-reviewed guidance to help perform such assessments. The work described here, based on a report by the World Nuclear Association’s Fuel Technology Working Group, is intended to be a starting point for formal safety assessment. By Julian Kelly

New facilities are on the horizon
06 October, 2014
With a number of major contract changes and facility shut-downs, the conversion industry is in transition. By Eileen Supko and Thomas Meade

What didn’t happen
26 September, 2014
Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster uses the nuclear accident of 11 March 2011 as a convenient excuse to present a lengthy attack on the American nuclear community and its regulators. By Leslie Corrice

Passive safety: staying on track
25 September, 2014
Joseph Somsel looks at the unintended consequences of passive safety systems for Casey Jones and the Cannonball Express. The industry should consider the lessons from this famous accident as it looks to adopt passive safety systems in new reactor designs.

Coming of age in 2014
24 September, 2014
With the start-up of the first large PWR, and first criticality expected at an indigenously-designed fast reactor, 2014 is set to be a milestone year for nuclear power in India. But what does the future hold for the country’s ambitious three-stage programme? By Saurav Jha

Book review - Radiation and Risk: Expert Perspectives
01 September, 2014
A new collection of summary papers may overreach the abilities of its intended audience. By Chris Englefield

A peer review for long term operation
28 August, 2014
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s activities for safe long-term operation includes establishment of safety standards and related documents, fostering information exchange, and establishing databases and provision of a Safety Aspects of Long Term Operation peer review service. Issues derived from 19 SALTO missions and two LTO modules of OSART (Operational Safety Review Team) missions conducted during the period of 2005 to March 2014 are also analysed here. By Robert Krivanek

EU assistance to Ukraine in the last ten years
14 August, 2014
After the Chernobyl nuclear accident and particularly after independence in 1991, Ukraine received significant technical assistance from the European Union. Radioactive waste management, spent fuel management, decommissioning and remediation assistance are summarized here. By B. Batandjieva-Metcalf, B. Farrar, P. Daures and E. Maier

A holistic, people-centred view of quality
29 July, 2014
The AUTANOVE project aims to create a new emergency power supply for Axpo’s Beznau 1&2 in Switzerland. A three-level competence model of the individual worker is proposed to explain how quality can be managed at the team level. By Cyrus Arsiwalla

Dispelling a certain mythology
25 July, 2014
Despite a few important errors and omissions, a new book about nuclear accidents is important and well-written. By David Mosey

Canada’s uncertain nuclear future
06 June, 2014
Three meetings in May and September 2013 brought together Canadian nuclear stakeholders to discuss the opportunities and challenges that sector leaders will face over the next 20 to 25 years.

Chinese reactor design evolution
22 May, 2014
An in-depth review of development of nuclear power reactors in China.

Characterization of radioactive contamination using geostatistics
07 May, 2014
Before nuclear facilities are dismantled, and contaminated sites remediated, their initial radiological state must be characterized. Combining historical information, non-destructive measurements and lab analysis results, the statistical method of geostatistics allows all available data for 2D or 3D contamination mapping to be integrated and enhanced, and helps quantify estimation uncertainties. By Yvon Desnoyers and Didier Dubot

iMechE Marie
17 March, 2014
Doosan Power Systems engineer Marie Carruthers has been named one of the youngest-ever fellows of the UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Will Dalrymple speaks to her about her work and balancing the demands of a career with being a young mother.

Halden research reactor: 54 years young
11 February, 2014
Norway’s Halden Reactor Project has been on a world tour pitching its next three-year research programme to its 20 international members. I was there for its UK stop in late October. By Will Dalrymple

Book review: Nuclear Energy Leadership
10 February, 2014
Filled with clear and illuminating examples of lessons learned by US nuclear operators, this book is a recommended read for management at nuclear power plants around the world. By Joseph Somsel

Videoscopes for inspecting interiors
28 January, 2014
Although their image quality may not equal that of rigid borescopes, video endoscopes are powerful tools for a variety of inspection jobs where the working area is inaccessible or hidden.



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