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
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