In order to minimize the quantity of active materials that require long-term storage, arising during operation and after fusion power plant decommissioning, maximum use should be made of both recycling within the nuclear industry and clearance. For the latter, revised limits have recently been issued at the international level and in the U.S. and Europe. In this paper the implications for fusio...

Buried or inaccessible piping systems within Nuclear Power plants present a challenge in terms of overall inspection. Limited access and complex piping configurations restrict the type of indirect or direct NDE methodologies which can be applied by inspectors. Due to the complexity of buried and above-grade piping systems routed in and around these facilities, many plants have been forced to lo...

Healthcare has made great efforts to reduce preventable patient harm, from externally driven regulations to internally driven professionalism. Regulation has driven the majority of efforts to date, and has a necessary place in establishing accountability and minimum standards. Yet they need to be coupled with internally driven efforts. Among professional groups, internally-driven efforts that ...

This .paper reviews the design philosophy. and mechanical engineering behind the full commercial. development of a >heavy payload, hydraulic..robot-based, tool deployment manipulator ·with internal arterial services. The system has been developed specifically for construction and nuclear industry applications. The paper describes an evolutionary product development process, which has taken plac...

The principles and scope of the application of radioisotopes and ionising radiation in industry are reviewed as an introduction to nuclear methods of control in sugar milling and refining. Details of the South African usage of radioactive materials are given, indicating the absence of the sugar industry. The potential of the radiotracer technique is emphasised in the light of reported investiga...

Savannah River Site (SRS) operating contractors have continuously maintained excellence in the control of radiation exposures to both Site workers and the public in the surrounding area. In doing so, Site organizations and radiation protection officials have contributed significant advances to the nuclear industry in methods for controlling radiation exposures. These methods, developed and firs...

Early fault detection in nuclear industry is studied. Tools have been developed for control room operators and experts in an industrial project. SelfOrganizing Map (SOM) method has been used in combination with other methods. Decision support visualizations are introduced. The usability of methods have been tested and verified by constructing prototype systems. The use of SOM method in dynamic ...