atw - International Journal for Nuclear Power | 05.2021
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Ever since its first issue in 1956, the atw – International Journal for Nuclear Power has been a publisher of specialist articles, background reports, interviews and news about developments and trends from all important sectors of nuclear energy, nuclear technology and the energy industry. Internationally current and competent, the professional journal atw is a valuable source of information.
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<strong>atw</strong> Vol. 66 (2021) | Issue 5 ı September<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
Issue 5<br />
2021<br />
September<br />
Contents<br />
Editorial<br />
Uranium Supply – Sustainable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
Inside <strong>Nuclear</strong> with NucNet<br />
Why Moscow Is Banking on Small Reactors to <strong>Power</strong> Economic<br />
Development in Remote Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6<br />
Mattia Baldoni<br />
Did you know? 7<br />
Cover:<br />
Verifying the diameter of uranium fuel pellets<br />
produced at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant<br />
(Courtesy of NAC Kazatomprom JSC).<br />
Calendar 8<br />
Feature | Research and Innovation<br />
Is Wind the Next <strong>Nuclear</strong>? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9<br />
Schalk Cloete<br />
Interview with Yves Desbazeille<br />
“Since the Beginning, FORATOM Has Advocated <strong>for</strong> the<br />
Taxonomy to Follow a Technology Neutral Approach.” . . . . . . . 14<br />
Operation and New Build<br />
Operating Experience from Ageing Events Occurred<br />
at <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Power</strong> Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
Antonio Ballesteros Avila and Miguel Peinador Veira<br />
At a Glance<br />
Ultra Safe <strong>Nuclear</strong> Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />
Fuel<br />
Westinghouse Fuel Design Advancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />
Derek Wenzel, Uffe Bergmann and Juan Casal<br />
Kazatomprom and the <strong>Nuclear</strong> Fuel Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
Mazhit Sharipov<br />
Site Spotlight<br />
<strong>Nuclear</strong> Expertise <strong>for</strong> Germany – Indispensable<br />
Even After the German <strong>Nuclear</strong> Phase-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />
<strong>Nuclear</strong> Competencies in Germany – a Legitimate Case<br />
Also After the <strong>Nuclear</strong> Phase-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38<br />
Decommissioning and Waste Management<br />
SSiC <strong>Nuclear</strong> Waste Canisters: Stability Considerations<br />
During Static and Dynamic Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br />
Yanan Zhao, Heinz Konietzky, Juergen Knorr and Albert Kerber<br />
Research and Innovation<br />
Improving Henry-Fauske Critical Flow Model<br />
in SPACE Code and Analysis of LOFT L9-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50<br />
BumSoo Youn<br />
Non-destructive Radioactive Tracer Technique<br />
in Evaluation of Photo- degraded Polystyrene Based<br />
<strong>Nuclear</strong> Grade Ion Exchange Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54<br />
Pravin U. Singare<br />
News 62<br />
<strong>Nuclear</strong> Today<br />
As Science Turns Up the Heat on Climate Change Sceptics,<br />
How Long Be<strong>for</strong>e the Nero-like <strong>Nuclear</strong> Deniers<br />
Must Change Their Tune? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
Imprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
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