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Power Together to Create Change Win UK Conference Honours Diversity Champions www.nuclearinst.com The professional journal of the Nuclear Institute Vol. 14 #2 u Mar/Apr 2018 u ISSN 1745 2058 Power together to create change WiN UK conference honours diversity champions RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT NI PLANS TECHNICAL FEATURES: MORE FOR u PACKAGED WASTE Best practice explored MEMBERS u BULK SLUDGE TRANSFER NI CEO puts growth Learnings from Sellafield u SPENT OXIDE FUEL plans into action Developing management strategies u NI renews diversity call u Faces of Professionalism u WNA on the World Bank u with confidence F4N Connect is your new gateway to UK suppliers you can trust to meet your specific needs for nuclear manufacturing. F4N Connect is an interactive showcase for companies which have demonstrated their ability to meet nuclear industry requirements through the Fit For Nuclear (F4N) programme. Delivered by the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, F4N is the UK’s independent Website now open benchmark for nuclear-ready manufacturers. for business The fully searchable database lets you identify companies you can trust to solve your manufacturing needs – from suppliers of nuclear-grade steels and forgings, to precision machinists, fabricators and specialist service providers. connect.f4n.namrc.co.uk namrc.co.uk 13 4 PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE 9 John Clarke: Eyes wide open 6-7 UK NEWS Where next on Euratom and the GDF consultations? 8 INTERNATIONAL NEWS Spotlight on Russia's new floating nuclear power plant 10 BRANCH AND MEDIA NEWS Networking and agenda-shaping updates 12 IN PERSON Michael Bray on YGN's vision 14 BECOME A CONTRIBUTOR A how-to guide 15-17 WOMEN IN NUCLEAR UK conference news 20-21 BETTER FOR MEMBERS 8 12 NI's CEO on the new look Nuclear Future and NI website 22 FACES OF NUCLEAR PROFESSIONALISM Inspirational real-life stories REGULARS 7 BY THE NUMBERS The nuclear skills gap 9 THE BIG PICTURE New chapter for Chalk River 18-19 FOCUS The WNA on why the World Bank is wrong on nuclear 23-58 TECHNICAL FEATURES Nuclear Future is published six Nuclear Future is published Nuclear Future Editorial Committee www.nuclearinst.com times a year by the Nuclear Institute and printed on behalf of the n Prof L Williams, Imperial College Nuclear Institute by: (Chairman) Vol. 14 #2 ◆ Mar/Apr 2018 ◆ ISSN 1745 2058 Nuclear Institute Century One Publishing n Dr S Zhi, Wood (Deputy Chairman) CK International House Alban Row, 27–31 Verulam Road, n B Colling, UK Atomic Energy Authority Power 1-6 Yarmouth Place St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 4DG (Technical Editor) together Mayfair, London, W1J 7BU T 01727 893 894 n D Barker, Aquila to create n Dr N Buttery, Consultant change T 020 3475 4701 E [email protected] n G Davies, Burges Salmon LLP WiN UK conference www.nuclearinst.com W www.centuryonepublishing.uk honours diversity n Reuben M Holmes (NNL) champions Publisher To subscribe to Nuclear Future (YGN representative) © Nuclear Institute 2018. 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Material contained in E [email protected] E [email protected] this publication may not be reproduced, in whole or part, without prior permission of the NI www.nuclearinst.com | 3 | March/April 2018 PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE Eyes wide open NI President John Clarke on taking a holistic view on waste management choices, and nuclear professionalism This edition of Nuclear and downstream of your particular role, Future continues the whether as an individual, a company or theme of radioactive the industry as a whole, there is the risk waste management that decisions taken in one area have and decommissioning unintended consequences for another. started in the last The same is true of the industry as a issue – a major topic whole. Pretty much all activities within of concern for this the industry involve the creation of new industry, as evidenced assets (power stations, waste treatment by our forthcoming plants, experimental facilities etc.), the Integrated Waste subsequent operation of those assets and Management their ultimate decommissioning and John Clarke event in April. disposal. Seeing this as an integrated Over the entire history of our whole, rather than a set of only loosely industry, key decisions (usually taken at related activities, aids the transfer of national or international level) have had learning and skill development and enormous impacts. From a fuel cycle minimises the risk of decisions taken in perspective, the early decision in the one area placing accidental burdens on UK to go for a closed cycle involving other parts. the reprocessing of spent fuel to recover For me, a key aspect of nuclear usable products for recycling into fresh professionalism is ensuring that we take fuel resulted in facilities and waste a holistic view and that we help and products completely different to those advise policymakers to do similarly. nations who adopted an open or once The one thing we know for certain is through cycle. that decisions taken today will have Nuclear professionalism is, of course, ramifications long into the future. Let’s essential throughout all parts of the make sure that, while we press on and fuel cycle. So too is an understanding make timely decisions, we have also of how it all fits together. Without thought them through and we can go understanding what happens upstream forward with our eyes open. “Without understanding what happens upstream and downstream of your particular role, whether as an individual, a company or the industry as a whole, there is the risk that decisions taken in one area have unintended consequences for another" March/April 2018 | 4 | UK Parliamentary committee seeks contigency plans The UK Government should put in place a “monitoring and UK parliament briefed on contingency scheme” to identify risks relating to delivering new nuclear stations and, in the event Euratom exit strategy new build is delayed, allow for additional low-carbon generation [email protected] Commission it will seek a close association to be contracted, a Committee with Euratom and to include Euratom in any on Climate Change report has The UK Government aims to maintain as many implementation period negotiated as part of the said. of the benefits as enjoyed from membership UK's wider exit discussions. Secondly, and at the —NucNet of the European Atomic Energy Community same time, it will put in place all the necessary (EAEC or Euratom) through a “close and measures to ensure the UK could operate as an effective association”, Greg Clark, Secretary independent and responsible nuclear state EDF expects 20% cost of State for Business, Energy and Industrial “from day one”. saving for Sizewell C Strategy, has told Parliament. The UK will exit Euratom at the same time FOUR PRINCIPLES EDF Energy is confident Hinkley as withdrawing from the EU on This strategy is based on four principles, Point C will come online in 29 March 2019. according to Clark. These include 2025 and that Sizewell C will aiming for continuity with current be 20% cheaper to build. This is PARLIAMENT relevant Euratom arrangements and according to the company's new In a written statement to the House of ensuring the UK maintains its leading CEO, Simone Rossi, who made Commons and the House of Lords, role in European nuclear research. In the statement in his first major Clark said: “Our plans are designed addition, the principles include ensuring speech since taking over at the to be robust so as to be prepared for a the nuclear industry in the UK has the helm of the company in Novem- number of different scenarios, including Greg Clark MP necessary skilled workforce covering ber last year. the unlikely outcome that there is no decommissioning, ongoing operation —World Nuclear News future agreement at all. Our number one priority of existing facilities and new build projects, and is continuity for the nuclear sector.” He added ensuring that on 29 March 2019, the UK has the that it was essential projects and investment are necessary measures in place to ensure the nuclear UK regulator clarifies not adversely affected by the UK's withdrawal industry can continue to operate. role for nuclear bill from the EU, and can “continue to operate with certainty”. @nuclearinst The UK's Office for Nuclear To achieve this outcome, the Government's Regulation (ONR) has clarified strategy is twofold, according to Clark. Firstly, n A longer version of this news article first two points in the impact assess- through negotiations with the European appeared on World Nuclear News ment of the Nuclear Safeguards Bill published last month by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
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