CONTENTS | Supply chain Volume 71 | No. 860


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16 | New build


cover story


Advances in AM Framatome’s Advanced & Additive Manufacturing Center aims to create a nuclear turning point.


32 | Fusion


special report


Closing the circle A UK decommissioning fund is investing in new build. Is this a virtuous nuclear circle?.


30 Funding fusion milestones The private investment being ploughed into fusion development is yielding results.


Waste management


34 Spent fuel solutions Examining the release of iodine-129 offers insights into long-term SNF management.


Training & recruitment


36 New technology, new training New nuclear technologies place new training requirements on the industry.


Commentary


38 Generative AI as a catalyst How AI-driven innovation is solving the bottlenecks stalling the next nuclear generation.


Events


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


Cover image: Use of additive manufacturing is growing across the nuclear sector. Source: Getty Images


News


6 Lead News First concrete has been poured for unit 1 of Hungary’s Paks-II expansion project.


7-13 Roundup


Opinion 14 The world needs you, Japan Is it time for Japanese reactor vendors to step up to the plate, again?


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20 Integrating advanced NDE Integrating NDE within established maintenance programmes is key to better plant performance.


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22 Robotics, maintenance and site security The use of robotics in site security and maintenance shows what is possible.


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26 IAEA flags leading SMR projects The IAEA’s latest SMR catalogue gives an up-to-date snap shot of reactor development.


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Contacts 42 Contact us!


Classified 43 Classified listings


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