CONTENTS | Balance of plant Volume 69 | No. 843
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26 | Plant life management
cover story
Arabelle new lengths The two Arabelle steam turbine trains at Hinkley Point C feature 1.8m-long last stage blades.
16 | Interview
special report
Making nuclear fates Political and social considerations may actually outweigh economic and technical factors.
36 Dr Alexander Bychkov Dr Alexander Bychkov, talks to NEI about developments in the global nuclear sector.
Simulation
40 Simulation and scaling up The proliferation of new reactor concepts raises the question of how simulation can help.
Nuclear transport
44 Ruling the waves? In shipping, nuclear could transform the industry in the same way coal and oil replaced the sail.
Events
49 What’s on? A list of exhibitions, conferences, webinars and digital events.
Classified 50 Classified listings
Contacts 50 Contact us!
Cover image: HPC’s steam turbines feature giant blades News
7 Lead News The fourth unit of the Barakah NPP has begun commercial operations, marking its full delivery.
7-12 Roundup
Opinion 14 Left brain versus right brain There are two types of nuclear people with wildly differing views on the sector’s greatest challenge.
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22 Autonomous waste transport Sellafield wants to use autonomous transport to make daily movements of waste around the site.
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30 Shifting human-computer interactions New advances in Large Language Models have the potential to overcome key challenges.
Asset management
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34 Birchwood: Evolution of a nuclear hub A remarkable journey brings Birchwood Park to a cutting-edge nuclear technology hub.
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