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Cover image: Ågesta team in the reactor hall (Photo: John Guthed) News


4 Lead News Startup for Olkiluoto 3; Chinese new-build milestones; more.


4-10 Roundup


From the archive 13 A star on earth John Lindberg looks back to the first D-T operations at the Joint European Torus.


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14 The issue of spent fuel As impetus for new nuclear grows, is there a more pressing need to manage spent fuel?


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20 Aiming for excellence A new operating model is being rolled out by the World Association of Nuclear Operators in 2022.


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23 Moving towards a closed cycle Judith Perera examines the different national and technological approaches to reprocessing.


30 A waste-burning stable salt reactor How waste from CANDU reactors can be turned into nuclear fuel for the Stable Salt Reactor.


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Borehole disposal: an option in Europe? Radiation monitoring with drones. Review of fusion developments in 2021.


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Classified 57 Classified listings


Contacts 58 Contact us!


45 33 | S Uranium


cover story


Cutting control rods Control rods from Sweden’s Ågesta have been cut, packaged and transported to interim storage.


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Decontamination & decommissioning


special report


Market movements Has unrest in Kazakhstan, the world’s largest uranium producer, affected prices?


40 Opportunities beyond Hinkely C Business in the South West UK could benefit from decades of decommissioning work.


Radwaste management


45 Robotics for radwaste The Virero project is developing a robotic handling system to categorise and sort waste.


Instrumentation & control


51 Driving for digital I&C What are the challenges as plants transition from analogue to digital instrumentation and control?


Fusion


54 India’s nuclear fusion capabilities From its domestic tokamaks to involvement with ITER, Saurav Jha examines India’s fusion R&D.


Events


56 What’s on? A list of exhibitions, conferences, webinars and digital events.


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