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UK Faces Welding Skills Shortage for Nuclear Future

7 May, 2013 16:40 CET  -   Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB)
ECITB Announce £4m Funding
In a bid to end the current shortage of welders in the engineering construction industry, the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has invested £4m of industry funding into welding training and development.

The £4m investment comes in support of a consortium of employers who will be involved in the up-coming Nuclear New Build programme. The companies, led by...

The Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident: two years on, the fallout c...

16 Apr, 2013 12:34 CET  -   Taylor & Francis
More than two years after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan, scientists are still trying to quantify the extent of the damage.
Of particular importance is determining just how much hazardous material escaped into the atmosphere from the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in the period following the disaster on 11 March 2011.
Scientists estimate a ‘source term’ (the types and...

Finland's nuclear safety programme targets continuity in the sector's research a...

21 Mar, 2013 12:30 CET  -   VTT Info
The aim of the national SAFIR2014 Research Programme on Nuclear Power Plant Safety is to guarantee the continuation of research and expertise in an area critical to Finland. One of the programme's principal tasks is to conduct high-level international nuclear safety research. Other key objectives are the maintenance of computational and experimental readiness and the development of research infrastructure.
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Record-high electricity generation

12 Feb, 2013 09:00 CET  -   Vattenfall
Despite a challenging year for the energy sector Vattenfall presents a stable 2012 full year underlying operating profit for comparable units. Vattenfall will continue to streamline its operations, strengthen its financial position while maintaining its focus on sustainability.
• Net sales for 2012 decreased by 7.6% to SEK 167,313 million (181,040). For comparable units sales increased by 2%.

• The underlying...
Silverdell Environmental Group
 

Silverdell PLC Sponsor Nuclear Industry Association Annual Dinner

28 Nov, 2012 10:17 CET  -   Simply Marcomms
Platinum Sponsor Silverdell PLC


Global Specialist Environmental Support Services business Silverdell PLC will be a platinum sponsor at the 2012 NIA/NI Annual Dinner on 6th December at the Grosvenor Hotel, London. This is THE premier event for the nuclear industry in the UK and brings together key players from across the UK nuclear...
Arc Energy's FaroArm in action
 

Arc Energy Improves Inspection Facilities by Measuring On The Move

21 Nov, 2012 12:00 CET  -   Arc Energy Resources
Welding engineering specialists Arc Energy Resources has invested in a Faro portable coordinate measuring arm (CMM), advancing the companies inspection facilities for its weld overlay cladding and fabrication services.
It enables the company to precisely measure the complex geometries often encountered in the valves, pumps, pipe work and fittings produced for the oil & gas, nuclear, renewable and related...

U.S. Nuclear Energy Industry Developing Regional Response Centers to Deliver Eme...

25 Oct, 2012 16:41 CET  -   Nuclear Energy Institute
Equipment-sharing program at Memphis, Phoenix locations augments industry protocol to pool safety equipment in event of emergencies
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 25, 2012—The nuclear energy industry is adding another layer of safety and public protection by developing regional centers for critical equipment that could be needed to maintain safety in the event of an extreme event at America’s nuclear energy facilities....
Argon Electronics LCD3 3 press release
 

Argon LCD3.3-SIM / M4E1 JCAD-SIM detector simulator aids CBRN response training

24 Oct, 2012 12:19 CET  -   Argon Electronics
Argon Electronics has launched the LCD3.3-SIM / M4E1 JCAD-SIM, a new detector simulator that enhances the efficiency and safety of CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) response training by responding to electronic...
Because they pose no risk to health, the electronic simulation sources can be set anywhere, including within public buildings, in less than ten minutes.  Training efficiency is...

Report: U.S. Firms at ‘Serious Disadvantage’ to Compete in Global Nuclear Energy...

1 Oct, 2012 19:03 CET  -   Nuclear Energy Institute
‘Billions of Dollars in Exports, Tens of Thousands of U.S. Jobs at Risk’
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 1, 2012—To the detriment of U.S. national security interests and the economy, U.S. energy companies and manufacturers face impediments in capitalizing on the enormous market opportunities presented by the global growth of nuclear energy, business and industry leaders said today in unveiling a new report on nuclear...

Americans’ Support for Nuclear Energy Solidifies, New National Survey Shows

19 Sep, 2012 21:33 CET  -   Nuclear Energy Institute
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 19, 2012—Americans continue to strongly support nuclear energy as an important technology to meet the nation’s future electricity demands, according to a new national survey.

In the telephone survey of 1,000 U.S. adults, 65 percent of respondents said they favor the use of nuclear energy as one of the ways to provide electricity in the United States, with 29 percent opposed. Those strongly...