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Welcome to the Focus on Nuclear technical article database, intended to provide specialized technical information for flow control and corrosion specialists in the nuclear power generation industry. Sourced from around the globe, this library of technical articles will be steadily expanded and regularly updated.
These papers – or abstracts from them – have been published in the magazine Focus on Nuclear Power Generation. For information about the magazine or how to subscribe, please click here. If you would like to submit a technical article for publication here or in the printed magazine, please contact the editor Joanne McIntyre at j.mcintyre@kci-world.com. - Hot wire narrow groove welding and cladding with nickel-based alloys
By Barbara K. Henon, Ph.D. Arc Machines, Inc. - Benefits of reducing seating area on valves in pure water systems
By Curt R. Dupill, US Nuclear Sales Manager, Automatic Valve Corporation & Timothy Calvert, Valve Maintenance Supervisor/Outage Planner, First Energy, Davis Besse NPS - Nuclear actuators and automation development
By John Gonzales, Nuclear Project Manager, Valve Automation, Emerson Process Managementdegrees - Significant improvement in mechanical sealing reliability
By Gerrit Heyninck, Support Engineer, Electrabel Doel & Gerard van Loenhout, Technical Service Engineer, Flowserve Corporation - Technical paper: Digital positioner technologies reduce risks at nuclear plants
By Jeff Troutner, Emerson Process Management, Fisher Division - A simple system for detecting and measuring gas voids in safety-related fluid systems
By Mr Herb Estrada & Mr Ernest M. Hauser, Cameron Measurement Systems Division, USA - Predictive Analytics in Equipment Reliability Programs
By Donald S. Doan, SmartSignal Corporation - Laser-generated ultrasound evaluation of wall-thinning in carbon steel elbows
By Do-Youn Kim, Seung-Joon Lee, Joon-Hyun Lee, Younho Cho, Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Korea & and Jan D Achenbach, Center for quality Engineering and failure prevention, Northwestern University, USA - Keeping counterfeit and fraudulent items out of the nuclear supply chain
By Marc Tannenbaum, Senior Project Manager, Electric Power Research Institute, USA - Narrow gap welding of heavy wall thickness materials in nuclear and fossil fuel industries
By Jean-Pierre Barthoux, Polysoude, France - Type tests of swing check valve A42 at ČKD Holding, a.s. Blansko
By Jaromir Kramný, MSA, a.s., Czech Republic - On-site valve overhaul helps major outage at nuclear power station
- Can nuclear energy become sustainable?
By James Chater - Checking and double checking paramount in nuclear power: An interview with Pat Brandt of Dominion
- Putting safety first and foremost: Interview with AOV Program Manager Marie Murphy
By David Sear - “The nuclear renaissance has created a very dynamic environment!”
By James Chater and Esther Aiking-Martensen - Actuator rebuilds, from teardown to inspection
- Equipment for current nuclear plant projects
By James Chater - Global Risks Report proposes development of international 'nuclear insurance fund'
Sources: World Economic Forum (weforum.org), World Nuclear News, SONE; Edited by Joe Machney - Upgrade of a Flowserve - Anchor/Darling Globe Valve
By Thomas Beaulieu, PE Flowserve Product Manager & Paul Collingsworth Senior System Engineer FPL Duane Arnold NPP - Challenges for Bruce Power Station
- Getting ready for the nuclear renaissance
by David Sear and Christian Borrmann - Valve selection and reliability improvement in the nuclear industry: Incorporating equipment reliability improvement processes
By Tim Scoggins, Ameren UE - Callaway Nuclear Plant, USA - The NICODEME contract: Trans-national access to large research infrastructure (TALI)
By Eric Sanchez and Jean-Francois Le-Rouzic, EDF Group, France - All in a day’s work at AECL in Canada
By Jemin Mahida - Electric actuators for use in nuclear power plants
By Michael Herbstritt, AUMA Riester GmbH & Co. KG, Germany - Study of the “Thermal-Binding” phenomenon: from experiment to numerical simulation
By David Hersant, EDF/MMC, France - Successful use of NozzleCheck valves in EdF nuclear plants: Paving the way for US applications
By Rob Gormley, Enertech, Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corporation, USA - Nickel alloy welding requirements for nuclear service
By Samuel D. Kiser, P.E. and Evan B. Hinshaw, P.E., Special Metals Welding Products Company, Newton, NC, USA and James R. Crum and Lewis E. Shoemaker, Huntington Alloys/Special Metals Corporation, Huntington, WV, USA - Waste not, want not: nuclear reprocessing and stainless steel
By James Chater - A history of nuclear power
By James Chater
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