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Education that works
03 November, 2002
One of the key issues facing the nuclear industry is that of recruitment. In particular, it is imperative that students be attracted into the industry to provide the next generation. The American Nuclear Society is carrying out a programme aimed at middle- and high-school students. By Paul Williams
Making change effective
03 November, 2002
IT systems are available to support change, but too many systems do not deliver enough business benefit. By Bill Doig and Rory Quigley
Forsmark asks critical questions about its I&C
03 November, 2002
By 1995 it was clear that Forsmark's analogue I&C equipment would need to be replaced before 2005. But the plant needed a strategy to achieve integrated modernisation, to ensure it did not end up with a fragmented I&C architecture. By Johan Hallén, Ingemar Rydahl and Lennart Kloow
Sharing the waste burden
03 November, 2002
Is it reasonable, from a safety or economic point of view, if all countries with even small nuclear programmes have to invest in a national geological repository? By Charles McCombie and Neil Chapman
Around the fuel cycle
03 November, 2002
The consistently low costs of natural uranium and the higher costs of fabricating MOX fuel elements has made the use of MOX in light water reactors less attractive. The Internationale Länderkommission Kerntechnik (ILK) carried out a study comparing the radiological impact of the nuclear fuel cycle using direct disposal with single, complete reprocessing of spent uranium fuel elements.
A new German radiation protection ordinance
03 November, 2002
In 2001, the new German Ordinance for the implementation of the Euratom Guidelines was published. It adapts the European Directive to German legislation, covering the general principles, but giving more details in many fields of radiation protection. By W Pfeffer and G Weimer
A vision of the future of radiological protection
03 November, 2002
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the OECD has produced an expert group report entitled The Way Forward in Radiological Protection, to provide a new, broadly understood and accepted system of radiological protection.
An update on EU doses
03 November, 2002
A new report commissioned by the EC examines the radiological impact of the European Union's nuclear facilities on the population. The data is compromised, however, by variations in data reporting.
Cracks expand for Tepco
03 November, 2002
Tepco has admitted that it concealed the results of negative inspections on its BWRs.
Where do we go from here?
03 November, 2002
The four-yearly European Nuclear Conference took place on 7-9 October in Lille, France. The success of the industry's most ambitious meeting is closely linked to the future of the European Nuclear Society.
The long and short of it
03 October, 2002
Careful planning pays off during outages at Olkiluoto.
Nuclear and EU accession
03 October, 2002
Of the countries currently jostling for entry into the EU, a number have nuclear reactors that do not conform to western safety standards. By Mark Richards and Georgia Quick
Mastering concurrency
03 October, 2002
Correctly implementing concurrency in computer software is vital for accurate computational modelling, and for the safety and reliability of embedded control systems. By Jim Moores
Using a lifetime of data
03 October, 2002
In each phase of a plant's life cycle a set of engineering data becomes history. Using IT to track it and retrieve it where necessary pays dividends. By Paul Daynes
Material effects: HTR irradiation examined
03 October, 2002
Results from the study of irradiation effects on advanced ceramic and metallic materials and on the development of in-core instrumentation for high-temperature reactors.
Coming down to Earth
03 October, 2002
The 200kWe uranium nitride fuelled lithium cooled fast reactor "RAPID-L", originally conceived of as a power source for Lunar colonies, can be operated unmanned without refuelling for up to ten years. By Mitsuru Kambe, Hirokazu Tsunoda, Kaichiro Mishima and Takamichi Iwamura
Small reactors return
03 October, 2002
There is a revival of interest in small and simpler nuclear units for generating electricity and process heat, driven by a desire to reduce capital costs and to provide off-grid power. The World Nuclear Association has produced a report summarising the current state of development of modern small reactors.
AP1000: set to compete
03 October, 2002
For the past 20 years, the once vibrant commercial nuclear generation market has been void of significant and sustained orders for new plants. This global slowdown in new nuclear plants may be over. By C Keith Paulson
Past, present and future - Don't close Kozloduy
03 September, 2002
As the shutdown date for Kozloduy 1 and 2 approaches, nuclear engineering consultant Iordan Iordanov makes a case for preserving the units.
Modularised MSR upgrade
03 September, 2002
Duane Arnold has undergone an extensive life extension and uprating programme to increase capacity by 16%. To minimise component installation time, the moisture separator components were modularised and installed as four completely pre-assembled sections. By Eric Sorenson, Chester Sullivan, Abraham Yarden and Clement Tam
