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Hi Newsletter Volume.1 Issue.3
Headlining January / February 2011: 1- From Petro Chemicals to Energy: - Sheffield’s Famous Tinsley Cooling Towers Demolish in 2- ENERGY & POWER: - The Application - Egypt MOEE - El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant 3- ENERGY & POWER RESOURCE: - Examples of the Operating Nuclear Power Plants - Most Recent OIL Reserves 4- DECSA A BRAND YOU CAN TRUST: - DECSA – HAMMAM Cooling ...
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An examination of nuclear power plants event reporting in the context of knowledge management
Challenges to the safety of operating nuclear power plants due to ageing, power uprates, modernisations and a generational exchange in the workforce put a strong focus on knowledge. Both the nuclear regulators and the nuclear plant operators need to learn more about knowledge management in order to better manage knowledge. This paper aims to promote implementation of knowledge management by ...
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Human resource development for the new NPP in Armenia
Armenia is the only country in the Caucasus region that has been operating nuclear power plants for over 30 years. Qualified specialists exist at the Armenia Nuclear Power Plant, the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Centre, and other institutes, but further developments are needed to address emerging issues and challenges in view of the decision for ...
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System analysis of possible variants in the development of atomic energy of Russia in the first half of the 21st century
Results of system analysis of possible variants in the development of atomic energy in Russia, based on a mathematical simulation of fuel and energy industries, are given. A main objective of the presented researches is forming a model of the atomic energy industry as a complex of technological and economic characteristics, which are important for the estimation of perspectives for different ...
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Fuzzy logic based fault diagnosis of a PWR nuclear power plant
Proper and timely fault diagnosis is of premier importance to guarantee the safe and reliable operation of Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs). If faults occur in NPPs, it is very difficult for a human operator to perform routine tasks, such as distinguishing normal from abnormal conditions and predicting future states, etc. In this paper, a fuzzy inference system is adopted for the diagnosis of abrupt ...
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Knowledge management at ELETRONUCLEAR
ELETRONUCLEAR, a state-owned company responsible for design, construction, ownership and operation of nuclear power plants in Brazil, is applying systematic measures to preserve its essential technological know-how. A special project called 'Determination of Technological Know-How of ELETRONUCLEAR' was established in January 2001 for this purpose. The extent and location of the existing know-how ...
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Evaluation of the programme for long–term operation for safety requirements during operational safety
The programme for long–term operation (LTO) in the nuclear power plant (NPP) installations is one of the essential nuclear safety concerns. It may be defined as an operation beyond an established time frame set forth by, for example, licence term, design, standards, licence and/or regulations, which has been justified by safety assessment, with consideration given to life–limiting processes and ...
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Nuclear education and knowledge management in the Czech Republic
As a nuclear energy user, the Czech Republic needs a number of nuclear specialists for the operation of Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) and the Research and Development (R&D) of new nuclear devices. They are educated in few technical universities and the educational institutions of industrial companies. A main role is played in nuclear education by the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical ...
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A new world governance for nuclear safety after Fukushima?
Over several decades of operation of nuclear power plants, the world nuclear community has built progressively an international regime to govern the safety of such plants. Starting from a time when nuclear safety was generally considered as an exclusive domestic responsibility, the evolution in this direction has been slow and uneven. Accidents have had to serve as a catalyst to mitigate the ...
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Environmental impact of radioactive releases due to Trino Vercellese Nuclear Power Plant decommissioning
As a consequence of the decision to cease operating the Italian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) at Trino Vercellese, the environmental impact of its decommissioning has been evaluated. The radioactive releases from the NPP are very small and it is indeed very difficult to determine the critical group. The effective doses to representative members of the critical group are extremely low and well below ...
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Environmental impact resulting from a fire at a spent nuclear fuel storage facility
Nuclear power reactors have created a significant quantity of used or spent nuclear fuel elements that contain some remaining nuclear fuel and by products of the fission process that are highly radioactive. Lack of a secure central repository or other permanent disposal process for spent nuclear fuel elements has resulted in long term storage of these elements in spent fuel pools at operating ...
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Risk management of knowledge loss in nuclear industry organisations
Maintaining nuclear competencies in the nuclear industry and nuclear regulatory authorities will be one of the most critical challenges in the near future. As many nuclear experts around the world are approaching retirement, the potential exists for the loss of a substantial amount of critical nuclear knowledge and corporate memory. The loss of such employees, many of whom literally designed, ...
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Best practices in the utilization and dissemination of operating experience at nuclear power plants
Background Few events occur today that reveal a completely new cause or failure mechanism. Although not clear during an event, most investigations find that internal or external industry operating experience (OE) was available which, if used effectively, could have prevented the event. In fact, a station manager provided the following comments concerning a recent event at his station: “This ...
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Project - James Fisher Nuclear (JFN)
James Fisher Nuclear (JFN) supplies specialist engineering, manufacturing, and technical services for decommissioning nuclear facilities. Once nuclear facilities reach the end of their operational life, all nuclear materials, plants, and buildings must be removed and properly disposed of, a process known as “decommissioning”. When done correctly, decommissioning safely and ...
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Best practices in identifying, reporting and screening operating experience at nuclear power plants
Background Operating experience is a valuable source of information for learning and in the process improving the safety and reliability of nuclear power plants. One of the main elements of this process is the collection of event information in a systematic way that conforms with agreed reporting thresholds. The reported information than needs to be screened to ensure that all significant ...
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Nuclear safeguard protocol construction for nuclear power plants using analytic hierarchy process with zero-sum method
A nuclear safeguard protocol (NSP) is constructed for the nuclear material flow in the operation of nuclear power plants (NPPs). Secure plant operation is one of critical issues against the risk of possible terrorism. The basic event of the related incidents is quantified by the random sampling of the Monte-Carlo method incorporating a zero-sum method. The analytic hierarchy process is developed ...
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U.S. Nuclear Power in Decline
Nuclear power generation in the United States is falling. After increasing rapidly since the 1970s, electricity generation at U.S. nuclear plants began to grow more slowly in the early 2000s. It then plateaued between 2007 and 2010—before falling more than 4 percent over the last two years. Projections for 2013 show a further 1 percent drop. With reactors retiring early and proposed ...
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Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power
On May 5, 2012, Japan shut down its Tomari 3 nuclear reactor on the northern island of Hokkaido for inspection, marking the first time in over 40 years that the country had not a single nuclear power plant generating electricity. The March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown shattered public confidence in atomic energy, thus far making it politically ...
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The Desire for Dial Phones Syndrome: Subsidizing Conventional Energy
When I served as a U.S. Senate aide in the 1970’s and ran the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) in the 1980’s and 1990’s, I would constantly face the lament by oil state Democrats and corporate Republicans indignantly whining about federal and state government subsidies for energy efficiency and renewable energy. Now I strongly respond that nuclear energy received over ...
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On-line monitoring for improving performance of nuclear power plantspart 2: Process and componentcondition monitoring and diagnostics
The IAEA’s work in the area of nuclear power plant operating performance and life cycle management isaimed at enhancing the capability of Member States to utilize good engineering and management practicesdeveloped and transferred by the IAEA. In particular, the IAEA supports activities such as improving nuclearpower plant performance, plant life management, training, power uprating, ...
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