CONTENTS | S Plant life management S Cooling Volume 68 | No. 826
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cover story
Learning by doing OPG’s Darlington reactor replacement is ahead of time and on budget. How it was done?
16 | Decommissioning
special report
Water for new build Arrangements around water supplies and discharges are critical for the UK’s planned EPR programme.
34 Meeting the decommissioning challenge As the industry gets set for a major ramp up, experience is more important than ever.
Reactor design
36 The next step in molten salt evolution MoltexFLEX is the latest application of the stable salt reactor (SSR) design.
NDE and testing
40 Using neutrons from fusion Cost-effective energy from fusion remains elusive but commercial fusion is already here to stay.
Events
44 What’s on? A list of exhibitions, conferences, webinars and digital events.
Contacts 46 Contact us!
Classified 46 Classified listings
Cover image: Darlington NPP is replacing all four CANDU reactors News
7 Lead News Germany closes its last three NPPs, Olkiluoto 3 begins operations, China sets fusion record.
7-13 Roundup Follow us on social media: @neimagazine
Opinion 14 The great break-up With the German shutdown it is the end of an era and an opportunity of a fresh new start.
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New build
20 Franco-British nuclear collaboration The special relationship will be critical to developing the skills necessary for new build.
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30 Will 2023 be the year of energy metals? There’s a boom in exploration for so-called ‘energy metals’ including uranium.
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28 Siting a geological disposal facility Getting community buy-in from the get go and the geological disposal solution.
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