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38 | S Conference report
cover story
Yakutia progresses The project to build a small modular reactor (SMR) in northeast Russia is gathering pace.
14 | Power plant performance
special report
Reports from Vienna September saw some 1600 delegates gather in person or virtually for this year’s IAEA general conference.
26 How does nuclear measure up? A new report, published ahead of COP26 examines nuclear plant performance.
Instrumentation & control
28 Benefits of DVR How data validation and reconciliation can help identify errors and predict instrument failures.
Simulation
30 ELVEES: a simulator as a design tool The Early Launch of Validation via an Evolving Engineering Simulator can help during design.
32 Super simulation A US initiative is working to carry out full-core multi-physics simulations supercomputers.
Radiation monitoring & ALARA
34 Robots for assay of radwaste The use of robotic waste assay systems, with a focus on a recent project at Bohunice in Slovakia.
Cover image: Visualisation of Russian SMR (Credit: Rosatom) Events News
4 Lead News Taxonomy debate intensifies; fuel loaded at Shin-Hanul 1; Canadian SMR developments.
4-10 Roundup
From the archive 11 The leukaemia link Reflections on a 2011 report that explored the link between nuclear plants and leukaemia.
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12 Responding to soaring gas prices Jeremy Gordon believes the recent surge in gas prices in Europe reinforces the need for nuclear.
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16 Monitoring systems for EDGs How monitoring systems for emergency diesels can be used to boost nuclear plant performance.
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22 Introducing a digital QMS Rosatom explains how it has implemented a digital quality management system.
21 UK programme goes digital The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is using digital tools to manage assets across its 17 sites.
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