CONTENTS | S Radwaste management S CANDU and SMRs Volume 67 | No. 816


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cover story


A new way for waste Alternative ways of managing waste might finally resolve the nuclear industry’s Achilles’ Heel.


16 | Decommissioning


special report


SNC-Lavalin With its international ambitions, SNC- Lavalin is looking to SMRs to forge new global markets.


28 D&D conference report All the highlights from NEi’s second Decommissioning and Decontamination event.


Asset management


31 Cracking under pressure Stress Corrosion Cracking is impacting EDF’s reactor fleet at the worst possible time.


Transport


22 Security, SMRs and advanced reactors Advanced reactors might be pre-fuelled for delivery. If so, security needs consideration.


Reactor technology


36 Dual fluid reinvented High efficiency is a key benefit claimed from a new dual fluid reactor design.


Events


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


Cover image: A new way of looking at nuclear waste disposal News


7 Lead News Fuel loading has begun at unit 3 of the Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE.


7-12 Roundup Follow us on social media: @neimagazine


From the archive 13 Burn, baby, burn In 1982 the focus was on improving fuel burn up rates. What have 40 years of work achieved?


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Opinion


14 An energy democracy or chaos? Is the vision of a soft energy path turning out to be a bad dream after all?


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26 New nuclear for the Netherlands With new funding and a different perspective on energy security, does nuclear now beckon?


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18 Onward to smarter waste Funding from the US DOE is helping to pioneer novel approaches to waste management.


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