Cumbria: Making waste safe, sooner
As director of Sites and Operations at the UK’s Nuclear Waste Services, Mike Pigott has a pivotal role, leading, directing, and controlling all activities on the nuclear-licensed Low Level Waste...
View ArticleFramatome boosts blasting operations
People often say that in their business, there is no room for error. When talking about the operations at Framatome’s Pump & Motor Service Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA, that phrase has never...
View ArticleNuclear’s pursuit of synfuels
Governments are increasingly recognising that net zero solutions must be found and implemented urgently in order to meet global decarbonisation targets. Despite the impressive growth of renewables,...
View ArticleCommercialising fusion technology
The UK’s Fusion Centre at UKAEA is “in good health” a recent government assessment concluded. It said the organisation “has effective leadership and mechanisms in place to ensure a high standard of...
View ArticleBreaking down the ILW category
The UK could make lifetime savings of £300-450m (US$373-560) in 2020 terms if it sorted so-called intermediate level waste (ILW) and diverted less hazardous waste to a near-surface facility instead of...
View ArticleThe case for a nuclear Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan faces a growing electrical power deficit, largely due to aging thermal power facilities from the Soviet era that desperately require replacement. At the same time, the country has set an...
View ArticleINL’s microreactor: A MARVEL machine
Led by Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the Microreactor Applications Research Validation and EvaLuation (MARVEL) project is a liquid-metal cooled microreactor with a rated peak capacity of 100 kWth....
View ArticleAudits and the waste data trail
Nuclear governance comprises a complex web of obligations from the local to national, bilateral, regional and international levels applied at each stage of the nuclear fuel cycle. It is a system...
View ArticleUniversity of Michigan launches Global Fusion Forum initiative
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View ArticleRussia progresses with BN-1200M sodium-cooled fast reactor development
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View ArticleSMRs and the transport challenge
With around 80 designs of small modular and advanced reactors on the drawing board there is clearly an abundance of creativity across the nuclear industry. That could spark a new nuclear era, bringing...
View ArticleTraining, motivation and retention
Many businesses across the UK struggle with staff retention, even while the demand for new employees continues to rise. A recent report released by the UK’s Office for National Statistics revealed that...
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Idaho National Laboratory’s future focus
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View ArticleUKAEA renews engineering design services framework for fusion development
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View ArticleTraining, motivation and retention
Many businesses across the UK struggle with staff retention, even while the demand for new employees continues to rise. A recent report released by the UK’s Office for National Statistics revealed that...
View ArticleThe RITM-200N reactor as a terrestrial unit
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View ArticleCopenhagen Atomics: the story so far
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View ArticleNANO: Microreactors with big ambitions
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