CONTENTS | Nuclear markets Volume 69 | No. 837


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16 | Fuel & fuel cycle


cover story


Baseload or more? Nuclear has clear strengths but it has to be more than baseload to win business in the future.


44 | Nuclear markets


special report


Uranium price signals The continued upward pressure on uranium prices reveals the deep market and geopolitical drivers.


30 Data centre partnerships A new report argues that matching data centres with SMRs could usher in another industrial age.


Packaging & Transport


34 Moving HALEU Designing a next generation HALEU transport package takes engineering innovation.


Decommissioning


36 SMELD aims for more metals recovery Research aims to more effectively sort molten metals to extract the radioactive elements.


Reactor design


4o Power in small packages The eVinci microreactor is a 5 MWe package that is expected to deliver a lot of market punch.


Nuclear regulation


49 UK beefing up design assessment The UK is preparing to beef up capacity to handle assessment of new nuclear technologies.


Events Cover image: Nuclear needs a new business model beyond baseload News


7 Lead News Fuel loading has begun at the 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam.


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Opinion 14 SMRs – a catalyst for change There is no technology development more important to the future of the nuclear industry.


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SMRs and Advanced reactors


22 Hot fuel assembly analysis of ALFRED A thermal-hydraulic model of the hot fuel assembly of the advanced ALFRED reactor.


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28 VNS tooling up Partnering with a supplier to adapt off-the-shelf software is accelerating development timelines.


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24 IAEA backing up women in nuclear An event, entitled “For More Women in Nuclear” was recently held at the IAEA HQ. NEI was there.


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Condition monitoring Improving performance Decontamination & decommissioning


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


Classified 54 Classified listings


Contacts 54 Contact us!


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