Short case studies of successful projects carried out by TWI for the Nuclear Sector of the Power Industry

• Safety and reliability
• Fabrication and repair
• Fuel, waste management and decommissioning
• Nuclear fusion

Safety and reliability

• On-site service at short notice
• Tubestress measures residual stresses in parts that other equipment cannot reach
• Improved design for heat exchanger
• TWI assist nuclear boiler repair
• TWI helps to verify the reliability of radiography
• Measuring complex geometries for residual stress

Fabrication and repair

• TWI assist nuclear boiler repair
• Electron beam welding of fuel bundles
• Measuring complex geometries for residual stress

Fuel, waste management and decommissioning

• Water jet cutting in explosive environments
• Reduced pressure EBW of copper canisters for SKB, Sweden
• Advanced welding techniques for sealing nuclear waste canisters for SKB, Sweden

Nuclear fusion

• Procedures for pioneering fusion project
• Reduced pressure EBW of Tokamak vacuum containment vessel
• Distortion in fusion reactor coil case

For further information, please contact: power@twi.co.uk