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Summer Issue 2016 | amecfw.com<br />
The magazine for our global nuclear customers<br />
Customers<br />
EDF’s Andy Goddard<br />
on life extensions for<br />
the UK’s AGR fleet<br />
Page 10<br />
Performance People<br />
Amec Foster Wheeler is Nuclear corrosion<br />
uniquely placed for North expert honoured with<br />
Sea decommissioning top award<br />
Page 18<br />
Page 22<br />
CONTENTS<br />
NEWS<br />
SIAL trial marks growing role at Fukushima 03<br />
Radiating confidence in world-class facility 04<br />
Subs advice for MOD 04<br />
New CEO for Amec Foster Wheeler 04<br />
Putting it all together to make fusion happen 05<br />
Stepping stone to new world of energy 05<br />
20 years of support to ITER 05<br />
First UK member of ETSON 06<br />
Praise for key report on radioactive waste 06<br />
Agreement signed with Chinese reactor builder 06<br />
Statistics have extreme value for Candu operators 07<br />
Research contracts to tackle decom challenge 08<br />
US nuclear plants seek bold ways to cut costs 08<br />
Port Granby clean up gets under way 09<br />
07<br />
INTERVIEWS<br />
A win-win for EDF Energy and its suppliers 10<br />
On track – nuclear’s answer to the Olympics 12<br />
Tom’s the man to bring industry’s image up to date 14<br />
FEATURES<br />
Nuclear first on Wylfa’s last day 15<br />
Innovation that stops money going to waste 16<br />
Decommissioning: Nuclear and the North Sea 18<br />
Making Chernobyl safe 20<br />
Romania: land of opportunity 21<br />
PEOPLE<br />
Masters success for Clean Energy’s part-time students 22<br />
Medal honours David’s work on nuclear corrosion 22<br />
Nuclear exam success for HVEC team 23<br />
MELCOR is this year’s model for fusion 23<br />
ITER: FROM<br />
DREAM TO REALITY<br />
Amec Foster Wheeler steps up to new role at world’s most<br />
ambitious energy project<br />
Cover photo: ITER’s Assembly Building,<br />
where the largest tokamak components will<br />
be pre-assembled before their installation,<br />
towers over construction work on the<br />
Diagnostic Building. See page 5.<br />
Credit © ITER Organization,<br />
http://www.iter.org/<br />
10 14<br />
Editorial contacts<br />
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facebook.com/amecfw<br />
Steve Brauner<br />
e: stephen.brauner@amecfw.com<br />
t: +44 (0)1565 684462<br />
Karen Winward<br />
e: karen.winward@amecfw.com<br />
t: +44 (0)1565 683046<br />
If you would like an electronic copy of this magazine<br />
please email karen.winward@amecfw.com<br />
FACT: Amec Foster Wheeler delivered £715m of efficiency<br />
savings at Sellafield as part of the Nuclear Management<br />
Partners parent body organisation.