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Nuclear reactors at sea
29 November, 2000
Decommissioning nuclear powered submarines and ships should not be regarded as a legacy. It will become more widespread and must be done routinely as part of our way of life. By Gulian Crommelin, retired captain of the Royal Netherlands Navy

The future is changing
29 November, 2000
The Energy Information Administration's "International Energy Outlook 2002" report presents international energy projections through 2020. In the reference case, world nuclear capacity is expected to rise from 350GWe in 2000 to 363GWe in 2010 before falling to 359GWe in 2020.

Managing assets - a global issue
29 November, 2000
Utility executives around the world are choosing different ways to manage their nuclear assets. Some are extending the lifetimes of their current plants, while others are building new reactors.By: Stuart Price

Two steps forward, one step back
29 November, 2000
A review of the main events in the nuclear industry worldwide since June 2001.

Nuclear education and staffing: cause for concern?
29 November, 2000
Staffing is likely to be a concern for nuclear operators very soon, and the industry must take steps to deal with the problem, says a new report from the OECD .

I&C has an international flavour at Paks
29 November, 2000
The new I&C systems at Paks replaced ageing Hungarian and Russian systems, and had to be able to use the data acquisition systems that had been installed over the plant’s lifetime

Full marks for Forsmark’s welds
29 November, 2000
Forsmark had been suffering from regular cracks in the nozzles to the reactor pressure vessel as a result of the use of Inconel 182 as a weld filler material.

STAR performance at Brown’s Ferry
29 November, 2000
At Brown’s Ferry, asking for employee input and making use of experience has helped the plant increase its competitiveness. The result has been increased generation, higher capacity factors, and record refuelling outages.

Broadening the role of reactors
29 November, 2000
Naturally safe, efficient, easy to operate, ultimately simple, and small. These are the objectives of the Nereus project, which plans to examine designs for reactors suitable for the non-utility environment.

Decommissioning UTR-10
29 November, 2000
Duke Engineering and Services (DE&S), describe the decommissioning of the research reactor at Iowa State University.

Maple – a multipurpose reactor
29 November, 2000
Two 10MWt Maple reactors have been built at AECL’s Chalk River Laboratories in Canada. The reactors have been licensed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, and will begin commercial operation in 2001.

Generating a nuclear future at PBNC2000
29 November, 2000
Optimism about the future of the industry is growing. At the Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference 2000, the tone was one of looking towards the future. In all areas, the industry is starting to see signs of positive growth and development.

Cost effective plant life management
30 October, 2000
The COMSY software has been developed as a tool for use in ageing and service life management of mechanical components in power plants. This software helps to reduce costs of plant operation.

Looking after the land
30 October, 2000
When talking about asset management, few realise that the land upon which a plant is based can also be seen as an asset. Ringhals has preserved the land that surrounds its plant in Sweden in a public relations exercise that keeps the station on good terms with its neighbours.

A year in waste
30 October, 2000
The Uranium Institute reports the considerable progress made in the past year in radioactive waste management around the world.

New route to deal with Chernobyl’s waste
30 October, 2000
The best way to approach the waste remaining inside the destroyed reactor at Chernobyl may be from underneath, according to a Russian proposal.

Turning up the heat on waste
30 October, 2000
Modern incinerating equipment can reduce the hazards of treating radioactive waste.

Russia offers a home to the world’s spent fuel
30 October, 2000
Russia is pushing ahead with its plans to import and process the world's spent fuel. The project would import 20,000t of fuel over 10-15 years could raise up to $21 billion.

Radiation protection at Dukovany
30 October, 2000
After fifteen years of operation, the Dukovany PWR in the Czech Republic (4x440 MWe) is one of the world's top performers in radiation safety.

Dominion sets new records
30 October, 2000
Dominion Energy’s North Anna 1 and Surry 1 units were refuelled during the first quarter of 2000 in outages that were scheduled back-to-back. Both outages set record low personnel radiation records.



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