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Seeking the next-generation fuel
23 December, 1999
The Alliance fuel design is the result of a joint strategy by Framatome/Fragema and Framatome Cogema Fuel. They wanted to develop a fuel product that will meet operator needs from the middle of the next decade.
Life management at Loviisa
23 December, 1999
Fortum now hopes that the Loviisa plants can meet a 45-year lifetime.
Kola’s simulator passes its final tests
23 December, 1999
The training simulator donated by Finland to Kola has passed its final acceptance tests. It was developed by Fortum Engineering and financed by Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Surfing for spares
23 December, 1999
Traditionally, searching for spare parts involves going to dealers, a vertical process. The Internet offers the possibility of companies trading spares between them and sparesFinder.com aims to develop the potential of this horizontal approach.
A new user-centred approach to preparing safety cases
23 December, 1999
During the mid 1990s BNFL, in consultation with the UK’s nuclear regulator, began a wide ranging review to consider how best to improve the safety cases for its non-reactor plants, particularly those at its vast Sellafield site. The result is a new type of safety case, called the Continued Operation Safety Report (COSR), which provides a novel approach to preparing and presenting a safety case designed to make it more useful to the operator as well as to demonstrate that the plant is fit to operate.
UK celebrates 40 years of regulation
23 December, 1999
The UK’s Nuclear Installations Inspectorate celebrated its 40th birthday in an unusual way – by inviting stakeholders, including some of its fiercest critics, to a special anniversary conference. By allowing different interests to criticise its performance without being defensive, the NII demonstrated that it was truly there to listen.
Using system-medium-operated gate valves at Oskarshamn 1
23 December, 1999
The replacement main steam isolation valves at Oskarshamn are more reliable and easier to maintain than conventionally operated versions.
Eddy’s talent for inspection
23 December, 1999
Westinghouse has developed new eddy current tube inspection processes to meet modern demands for speed and accuracy. The ST98 Steam Generator Inspection and Repair Management System is now the state of the art.
How will the High Flux Reactor enter the third millennium?
30 November, 1999
HFR is housed at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and its position at the centre of Europe has contributed to its success. However, there are many new challenges ahead.
ISOE studies show local effect on dose management
29 October, 1999
Occupational exposure data in the ISOE database makes it possible to study doses related to tasks in the plants. In recent studies, doses related to insulation jobs and to refuelling have been examined, and show that practices are influenced by other reactors in the country, as well as other reactors of the same type. by Stefan Mundigl & Ted Lazo
In praise of being ordinary
29 October, 1999
Nuclear decommissioning is not “dangerous and exciting”. It is familiar.
Decommissioning in the Russian Federation:
29 October, 1999
As part of a TACIS project, Munich based TÜV Energie Consult was commissioned to support Russian regulators on decommissioning the country’s nuclear power stations. In a working group together with Gosatomnadzor, a strategy has been developed to address the challenges. by GERHARD RIEGG
Decommissioning: a rapidly maturing market
29 October, 1999
The frenetic activity at the American Nuclear Society conference on decommissioning, decontamination and reutilisation reflects the rapid growth in demand and the emergence of new technologies in this field. by Nolan Fell
Trojan: all wrapped up neatly
29 October, 1999
In Trojan’s original decommissioning plan the reactor vessel and internals were to be dismantled and disposed of in several packages. Disposal in a single piece turned out to be safer and more efficient.
A glass act
29 October, 1999
The successful vitrification of high level waste (HLW) at the West Valley Demonstration Project near Buffalo in New York State is a great achievement. The process developed by Westinghouse subsidiary West Valley Nuclear Services Company represents the state-of-the-art in waste treatment.
Taking toll at Tokai Mura
29 October, 1999
Uncertainty remains over what exactly happened at Tokai Mura, but a picture is beginning to come into focus.
Framatome extends its reach
29 October, 1999
A human approach to the study of plutonium
29 October, 1999
In a human experiment designed to study the metabolic pathways of plutonium, two scientists inhaled nitrates of plutonium; its movement through the men is closely monitored. by DICK KOVAN
Using risk as an inspection tool
30 September, 1999
Recollection reveals that in practice, assessing risk has always been an important part of maintenance planning. Now, in both Europe and the USA, risk-based in-service inspection is being formalised and converted into a useful tool.
Life extension: theory into practice
30 September, 1999
Delegates to NEI’s series of PLIM+PLEX conferences used to talk about planning: now they can also bring experience of real projects that are extending the lives of reactors. And now that many reactors are selling power into a deregulated market, an extra day on a reactor lifetime adds all-important dollars to the owner’s bottom line.
