WNE 2018 got off to a good start yesterday with a full programme of events and lively conversations in the exhibition hall, topped

off by the presentation of trophies to the eight winners of our second WNE Awards. Congratulations to them, and to everyone who had a successful first day at the show.

Today promises to be just as interesting. Just like the dynamic industry WNE serves, the show

itself is continually evolving. In 2016, we launched the WNE Awards. An important feature we are introducing this year – which we believe will prove as successful as the awards – is our guided tours of the exhibition.

We know it can be a challenge to find and meet the right people at an event such as WNE, so we have identified some of our most innovative exhibitors to

‘fast-track’ your show experience. Those who sign up for a tour will get a brief introduction, in the space of about an hour, to 10 companies they may be interested in, and can follow up after the tour at their leisure.

There are four separate tours, focusing on Dismantling and Deconstruction (D&D) and Digitalisation. The tours are being run morning and afternoon today and tomorrow. I strongly recommend them to you.

A second new feature at this year’s show, one which we are very proud to present, is our lunchtime debates. There are two, one today and one tomorrow, and a few places remain.

Nuclear INvestmeNt Is vItal for fraNce

The importance of the nuclear energy industry to France, its economy and industrial future was reinforced as Bruno Le Maire, France’s economy and finance

minister, officially opened WNE yesterday.Le Maire said the country must continue to

invest in the sector in order to lead the global industry in skills and technology. “This is now the third-largest industrial sector in France with more than 220,000 direct jobs. We are investing in innovation. With €10bn invested in recent years we are showing the confidence the state has in the nuclear energy industry.”

The minister swept aside concerns that the sector was threatened by investment being directed toward renewable energies.

“France is in equilibrium,” he said. “We have a temperate climate, temperate politics and in our energy too we must have balance between renewable energies and nuclear energy. We rely on nuclear energy to develop while at the same time we need the growth in renewable energies.”

Le Maire said that France’s competitiveness relies on the efficiency and stability of nuclear energy. French energy costs 40% less than that of its European partner Germany, he said.

“We have to continue to look forward,” he said. “The investment in disruptive technologies should ensure France becomes the master of the storage of reactive materials. We should be a country of new technology, initiatives and working together with other countries.”

The need to work with developing nations in gaining access to nuclear power was a key message from Yukiya Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). “Energy

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What we’ve done for these debates is invite leading and influential people in the nuclear sector to talk about two very important topics. Today it’s SMRs; tomorrow it’s Advanced reactors, Gen IV and beyond. This has never been done before in our industry, and I’m expecting the discussions to be lively both at lunch and afterwards, on the speakers’ stands or in our meeting rooms.

We need discussion in our industry – the more the better, in my opinion. Our industry in many respects is at a crossroads and our voices need to be heard. France’s nuclear industry has something important to say. I hope you can join us at 1.30pm, after the lunch debate, to hear our announcement.

I wish you a busy, successful and profitable Day 2 at WNE 2018.

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is an essential tool for development. Increasing supply of energy will help two million people come out of energy poverty,” he said. Nuclear power plants (NPPs) offer a stable supply and eliminate greenhouse gases (GHG), Amano said. To meet targets on CO2 emissions, the world must switch from its current 70% reliance on fossil fuels to 80% supply coming from low GHG generators such as a nuclear or renewables.

Amano (right) said: “The pace of construction of NPPs must accelerate if we are to attain our objectives. It is difficult to

envision another low-carbon system will replace nuclear.

Asia is seeing the largest and fastest growth. Most of the 58 reactors being constructed now are in Asia. Amano stressed that one of the biggest challenges facing the industry remained public acceptance. “Of course development of technology is important, but we need to secure public acceptance. The investment in enhancing safety since the Fukushima incident is helping develop public confidence and acceptance,” he said.

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Abu Dhabi opts for Assystem support

Sign here: Stéphane Aubarbier, Abdulhamid Nassouri and Matthew Hollis

The Delivering the Nuclear Promise programme has helped enable savings of $1.7bn across the industry – and while the monetary value is significant, so is the efficiency created and the focus and attention it brings, see story p3$1.7bn

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The future is nowV The French nuclear industry prides itself on its forward thinking, unity and focus on the future. Senior industry figures will be making an important announcement at 1.30pm today, in the panel discussions room. Join us then!

As the UAE celebrates the near completion of the first of its four nuclear reactors at Barakah in Abu Dhabi, a new joint venture

was signed at WNE to provide engineering support for the Gulf country’s ongoing nuclear programme.

French-headquartered Assystem – now operating on nuclear projects in 13 countries – inked the agreement with Abu Dhabi engineering company NAMA, which provides specialised design, engineering, project management and construction and contracting services in the emirate.

The new venture, called Emirates Nuclear Systems and Services (ENSS), will support sustainability in the UAE’s new nuclear industry.

Assystem chief executive Stéphane Aubarbier said: “We partnered with NAMA, one of the permanent industrial companies in the field in the UAE, to make a sustainable presence in the UAE nuclear programme. It is not only a matter of construction; it is a long-term activity. We are working together to help find solutions to sustainability.”

The UAE government has been developing science and engineering skills

Currently, the second reactor

at the Barakah nuclear power plant project is 92% complete, the third 81%, and the fourth 61%. The overall completion rate of the entire project currently stands at 86%...

through education as one of the strands of the government’s future policy. The new ENSS chairman, Abdulhamid Nassouri, said that the new venture would take it a stage further into the private sector.

“The is a lot of training happening with the government’s Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation which trains its own staff, but what we aim to do is provide local engineering support, manned by UAE nationals who are in the private sector, and support the operation of the nuclear power plant,” he said.

“How do we do that? By handpicking Emiratis and sending them to France to Assystem. Through their networks, they

will receive on-the-job training, perhaps in some EDF plants or engineering companies, then when they come back to the UAE they will be experienced in providing real engineering support for operating companies and provide that know-how in the UAE.”

Matthew Hollis, NAMA’s managing director, said the company and the new joint venture were committed to having a long-term presence in the UAE.

Nassouri agreed. “We have plans to help build the infrastructure to support the plant, for example, repair facilities for equipment exposed to radiation, and help government build facilities for managing waste, be it low, intermediate and eventually high-level waste,” he said

Currently, the second reactor at the Barakah nuclear power plant project is 92% complete, the third 81%, and the fourth 61%. The overall completion rate of the entire project currently stands at 86%.

Once all four reactors are operational, the project will provide power in an environmentally friendly way, cutting out at least 21 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually, according to the UAE.

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Second life extensions NEI is involved in “ground-breaking” work on second licence renewal, under which NPPs can apply for a second 20-year extension of their original 40-year licences.

Korsnick said the institute worked with the US Department of Energy and others to prove the feasibility of second life extension, a repeat of the work it had done to promote first licence renewal.

Florida’s Turkey Point NPP was the first to apply for a second 20-year licence renewal. Its owner, Florida Power & Light (FP&L), said the licence renewals would allow Turkey Point’s two reactors to operate until 2052 and 2053 “and save FPL customers billions of dollars by avoiding the need for other more expensive power generation.”

Korsnick said she expected others would follow this year and next. “This is setting the tone worldwide and showing others that it is possible. I’m optimistic that it will be under two years for regulator approval this go-round.”

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operational excellence, in the context of a nuclear power plant (NPP), is the dedicated focus and attention to detail relative not

only to how the NPP operates, but also the support provided to the plant.

It’s all-encompassing, says Maria Korsnick, and she should know. Before she became president and chief executive of the US’s Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), she came up through the ranks of the nuclear industry and “walked in the shoes” of an operator.

She said: “All the different jobs at an NPP support operational excellence. It’s a question of providing what operators need to do their job well, to keep their focus on the power plant, to operate safely.”

Korsnick brought her decades of expertise to the WNE Awards this year as chair of the jury judging the operational excellence category.

Choosing two winners and four runners-up from among 30 entries from around the world wasn’t an easy task, she said. “It was challenging in a good way and testament to the fantastic applications. There were some great innovations. They all provided value. It was encouraging to see.”

She and her jury assessed the entries by considering the proposal’s potential benefits to operators, decision-makers and those running an NPP. The job was made easier by the wealth of international experience on the jury. Each member brought their own perspective, but reached the same conclusions regarding the top three entries.

Various initiatives of the NEI support operational excellence. Korsnick said: “Burden reduction is one of things we work on, on behalf of industry.

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Versatile monitor by BertholdV Berthold Technologies (B132) has developed a versatile instrument for dose and dose rate, contamination and activity measurements. The Berthold LB 134 Universal Monitor II can be used to measure radioactive alpha and beta-gamma contaminations on surfaces such as floors, walls, desks, objects, clothing or skin, as well as gamma dose rate in ambient dose equivalent. A large number of different detectors can also be attached to the basic unit for gamma, X-ray or neutron radiation field surveys.V Read more about Nuclear Safety

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EDF’s Metroscope provides reliable diagnosticsV A team of young entrepreneurs from EDF’s R&D department has created a diagnostic tool called Metroscope, which automatically provides reliable and accurate diagnostics, allowing technicians to resolve hazards before they become faults. The system is currently being rolled out in France in the turbine halls at EDF’s nuclear power plants. The company says initial results are encouraging, and significant savings are expected.V Read more about AI at

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See p5 for pictures of this year’s WNE award-winners

Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy (C173) is “on schedule” with its work on the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant (NPP) project in Wales.

A company spokesman confirmed that the Japanese-American alliance had completed a four-year generic design assessment (GDA) process in December 2017, and will carry out engineering work under contract from Horizon, the UK subsidiary of Hitachi which is developing the NPP.

The project, one of several in the UK’s recently revived nuclear programme, is the subject of media reports on the state of the financial agreement with the UK government and ongoing discussions between the parties.

In Japan, Hitachi-GE is focusing on preparation work for plant restart and decommissioning of Fukushima, in addition to new construction projects and maintenance projects worldwide.

The company is at WNE to showcase its broad experience and capabilities, including its Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) which it describes as “the world’s most experienced operational Generation III+ reactor”, and other innovative work.

Hitachi-GE is cooperating with its sister company GE Hitachi on the development of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) and PRISM Generation IV reactor.

“You can only pay attention to so many things. If you’re working in an inefficient way, you’re using your attention poorly. Reducing the burden can help you spend time better on more important things.”

She was instrumental in launching the NEI’s ‘Delivering the Nuclear Promise’ strategy in 2016. It was conceived as a way of helping pull the industry together and coming up with ways to improve efficiency and reliability, disseminated through bulletins – now numbering 67 – which are posted publicly on NEI’s website.

The programme has helped enable savings of $1.7bn across the industry, Korsnick said, and while the monetary value is significant,

so is the efficiency created and the focus and attention it brings.

Although the NEI’s bulletins are intended for an American audience subject to US regulations, they could still be “meaningful” in other jurisdictions.

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Immersiv.io uses AR to improve processesV Immersiv.io (K46) provides collaborative solutions with augmented reality (AR) to improve industrial processes such as design, training and maintenance. It says AR can help technicians handle complex tasks by presenting information exactly where and when they need it. Remote assistance by an expert is also available directly from an audio headset. The technology is useful for training as it enables contextual role-playing, either in real life or remotely.V Read more about

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New instrument range to monitor radiationV French radiation protection and dosimetry specialist APVL ingénierie (D198) is exhibiting its new range of radiological monitoring instruments at WNE. These include gamma and neutron dose rate monitoring systems, plus beacons associated with its NMC monitoring software.

In the two decades since its foundation, the company has developed its own software and hardware solutions, together with French-language documentation. APVL ingénierie’s capabilities also include installation, commissioning, training and maintenance services plus a metrology department equipped with two laboratories that incorporate an X-ray generator and a gamma/neutron irradiator.

VTT ProperScan extends facility lifespans V Finland’s VTT (D155) says its ProperScan service offers a collection of semi-analytical tools and research designed to extend the lives of nuclear facilities and their components.

VTT says it can extend component lifetimes by understanding the root cause analysis of failure mechanisms, corrosion management, and the evaluation of mechanical behaviour. It says its scientific research and practical experience of materials covers processes at temperatures up to 1,500°C.

The company can provide criticality audits, maintenance planning and risk-based inspections to ensure operations run at maximum efficiency.

Intelligent monitoring of industrial fluidsV Pall Corporation (F19) is showcasing its new Crixus ‘intelligent’ fluid monitoring platform. Pall says it gives real-time data to instantly warn of performance issues and potential problems in industrial fluids.

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Iter targets 2025 for fIrst fusIoN plasma The ITER research reactor, which will mimic the sun’s nuclear processes, is well on its way to producing its first plasma in December 2025.

ITER will use hydrogen fusion controlled by huge superconducting magnets to produce massive heat energy. Its hydrogen plasma will be heated to 150 million degrees Celsius, 10 times hotter than the core of the sun, to enable the fusion reaction.

At the same time its superconducting magnets must be cooled to minus 269°C – as cold as interstellar space. The project is being built at Saint-Paul-lez-Durance in the south of France by a scientific partnership of 35 countries and will be the world’s largest experimental tokamak fusion facility.

“Our design has taken advantage of the

best expertise of every member’s scientific and industrial base,” said ITER director general Bernard Bigot pictured right. “No country could do this alone. We are all learning from each other, for the world’s mutual benefit.”

More than 200 doughnut-shaped tokamaks around the world have contributed knowledge and research, paving the way for ITER.

A two-decade research programme is planned during which the members will share the experimental results and any intellectual property generated.

Europe is contributing almost half of the construction costs (45.6%), while the other six members – China, India, Japan,

South Korea, Russia and the United States – are contributing equally to the rest (9.1% each).

Preparation for machine assembly has begun and the cryoplant, the twin magnet power conversion buildings, the assembly hall and the cooling tower zone have now received their first equipment.

In factories on three continents, ITER members have continued to manufacture strategic components.

On site, the fifth 18m-diameter field coil is currently being wound in the poloidal field coil winding facility. Nearby in the cryostat workshop, Indian contractors have nearly completed work on a second cryostat section – the lower cylinder – and continue with welding and nondestructive examination testing of the cryostat base.

Bigot said: “The stakes are very high for ITER. When we prove that fusion is a viable energy source, it will eventually replace burning fossil fuels, which are non-renewable and non-sustainable.

“Fusion will be complementary with wind, solar, and other renewable energies.”

ITER says the final goal is not just circulating plasma (scheduled for 2025), but fusing deuterium and tritium to create a “burning” plasma that generates significantly more energy than it uses.

ITER as a research facility won’t generate any electricity from the heat, but it will pave the way for future commercial fusion power plants.

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nucleoPolIs – A new normAn conquest

From left: Jean-Michel Maghe, mayor of Cherbourg; Sophie Gaugain,

Normandie Region; Serge Bouffard and Elise Duval

from Nucleopolis and Alban Berbecke, from the

Normandie delegation

Flying the flag for the burgeoning nuclear industry in Normandy is the aptly named Nucleoplis (H142), an association for organisations and companies working in the sector.

It is part of the Normandie Energies cluster and demonstrates the importance of the sector to Normandy.

“We have more than 100 companies and organisations in the group now,“ said Elise Duval, director of Nucleopolis. “These range from the big companies like EDF or Orano through to small and medium-sized enterprises that gather all the skills in the nuclear fuel cycle value

chain, from research to dismantling as well as electricity generation, recycling of used fuel and storage of final waste.”

More than 15% of French nuclear facilities are in the Normandy region. They account for 18,000 direct jobs and 10,000 indirect jobs with a combined value of €1bn to the region.

The goal of Nucleopolis is to make its members more competitive and to promote access to new markets. It does this through providing training resources, sharing innovation and shared marketing at events such as this week’s WNE.

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WnE AwArds—This year’s eight winners collecting their awards at the ceremony last night—

Everyone’s a winner! Smiles all round from the 2018 WNE

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StarS of the

Show8Eight awards, eight grand prize winners. Those were the results revealed

yesterday afternoon at the second WNE Awards presentation. But the judges were unanimous in their declaration that all 148 entrants were winners,

thanks to the exceptionally high quality of their entries.

InnoVAtIon1) Big Companies—Orano Projets (Gamma visualisation) – An ultra-

compact gamma camera in support of nuclear investigation operations

2) SMEs/VSEs—Oreka Group (Simulation 3D) – DEMplus for nuclear

nucleAr sAfety3) Big Companies—EDF – Innovative

foundation to avoid the ruin of buildings by liquefaction in case of

earthquake4) SMEs/VSEs—Laboratoire Cevidra

– New emergency medical treatment for external exposure to uranium,

plutonium, americum and thorium

oPerAtIonAl excellence5) Big Companies—ABB –ABB Ability™ Asset Suite

6)SMEs/VSEs—Newtesol – Cladding welding technology

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at JSC ‘Afrikantov OKBM’8) SMEs/VSEs—Experconnect –

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The fuel loading for Shandong (left) started on 21 June after the reactor passed all the required testing and regulatory reviews

Westinghouse Electric Company (G73), along with customers China State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and Shandong Nuclear Power Company (SDNPC) have announced they have begun to load fuel into the Haiyang Unit 1 AP1000 nuclear power plant in China.

The fuel loading started on 21 June after the reactor passed all the required testing and regulatory reviews.

José Emeterio Gutiérrez, Westinghouse president and chief executive officer, said: “This is a great day

for Westinghouse, our China partners and the nuclear industry. Haiyang Unit 1 continues to demonstrate our ability to deliver safe, innovative solutions for power generation.”

The plant’s start-up process includes the completed testing phase, the fuel load, initial criticality and synchronisation to the electrical grid before an increase to 100% power.

Westinghouse currently has six AP1000 nuclear power plants progressing through construction, testing and start-up, four in China and two in the USA.

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Getinge Group promotes new ‘telemanipulator’V Getinge Group (H96) is offering visitors a chance to try their skills operating a new-generation robotised telemanipulator system.

The electrically-assisted tool is operated at a distance via a screen.

The addition of a camera inside the hot cell, automatically coordinated with the electrical manipulator controls, allows the operator to work anywhere, reducing health risks and potentially eliminating the need for conventional shielded windows.V Read more about Digitalisation at

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edf and Ge sign agreement for six ePrs in IndiaEDF (F137) and GE Power have signed a strategic cooperation agreement for the planned construction of six EPR nuclear reactors at the Jaitapur site at Maharashtra, India.

The agreement, signed at WNE by Xavier Ursat, EDF’s group senior executive vice -president in charge of new nuclear projects and engineering, and Andreas Lusch, president and chief executive of GE Power’s Steam Power business, lays the foundations for a long-term partnership for the construction of the conventional island on each of the six reactor units.

GE Power will design the island and supply its main components. The company will also provide operational support services and a training programme to respond to the requirements of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL), the owner and operator of the future nuclear power plant, currently under discussion.

EDF will be responsible for engineering integration covering the entire project (nuclear island, conventional island and auxiliary systems) and will provide all the requisite input data.

EDF and GE Power say they will move forward with the work currently being performed to freeze the project’s technical options, fine-tune industrial arrangements between both companies and finalise the design-engineering and procurement schedule.

Meanwhile, GE Power's Steam Power and EDF Energy have just announced another project milestone for the Hinkley Point C (HPC) project in England.

GE has started manufacturing the first rotor of HPC’s Arabelle steam turbine at its French centre of excellence at Belfort under a contract awarded in May 2016.

The first 1770 MWe EPR reactor unit is on track for 2025 completion.

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CTEC’s Jiang Guojin (left) signs the I&C contract with Eric Blanc of Rolls-Royce

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Rolls-Royce and CTEC have signed an agreement at WNE to provide Instrumentation and Control (I&C)

integrated solutions to the global nuclear market.

The companies plan to integrate their respective I&C technologies and expertise on selected projects abroad and in China. They say the agreement will enable the future involvement of CTEC in international projects, as well as the future involvement of Rolls-Royce in upcoming projects in China.

Eric Blanc, Rolls-Royce, civil nuclear, president I&C, said: “This agreement underpins the full alignment of our shared objectives and agreed timelines, marking another significant step in driving our cooperation towards greater success in multiple key areas.”

Jiang Guojin, CTEC general manager, added: “Today is a new step of our cooperation, based on years of efforts in building understanding and trust between us.

“The agreement will see us further

strengthening our already strong partnership and leveraging our combined capabilities and expertise to develop safe, reliable and competitive nuclear I&C solutions for China, and the world.”

Under the agreement, Rolls-Royce and CTEC have also committed to releasing a new distributed control system (DCS) platform made from a combination of their existing digital and analogue technologies: Spinline and Hardline for Rolls-Royce; FirmSys and FitRel for CTEC.

Rolls-Royce says Spinline is a modular digital solution dedicated to developing safety I&C systems for nuclear reactors. It’s specifically designed to implement Class 1E/Category A safety functions and is currently installed in more than 90 nuclear reactors around the world.

Hardline is the latest generation of hardwired safety technology developed by Rolls-Royce and specifically designed for nuclear safety I&C. Its platform allows building non-programmed safety systems to monitor and control nuclear reactors.

CTEC is a provider of both safety and non-safety distributed control systems and is involved in newbuild and in-service programmes across China and the world. It says five of its platforms have been applied in more than 600 I&C projects, covering various types of nuclear reactors, such as the M310, CPR1000, ACPR1000, HPR1000 and High Temperature Reactor (HTR).

It has successfully delivered the first FirmSys safety DCS system for Yangjiang 5, a nuclear power reactor connected to the grid in May 2018, which was considered a major milestone in the development of indigenous safety DCS technology in China.

The companies says the new integrated platform will provide both parties with extended flexibility to better adapt to stringent customer needs and requirements.

The agreement also lays the foundations for continued discussions in exploring the further development of new joint technologies.

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BrAnD View—We take a closer look at new products and services from the industry—

Netalux I lAser cleAnInG sPecIAlIsts

oreKa group I VIrtuAl reAlItyeNgINg I Asset monItorInG solutIons

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Laser cleaning is a new, innovative approach to existing challenges in the nuclear industry, brought to WNE 2018

by leading laser cleaning companies Netalux and P-Laser.

This wonderful technology uses pure light to clean. It has many advantages. It enables you to dramatically reduce the waste produced in decontamination and avoid damage to your valuable substrates. Laser cleaning does not add turbulence or air pressure to a room, which makes it easier to contain the contaminants as they are removed. It’s safer for people and better for the environment.

Our experience in dealing with hazardous

materials, plus nuclear engineering expertise, means we have what it takes to decontaminate in the nuclear sector and have an impact on the upcoming decommissioning wave.

Want to know more? Come and visit us at booth C43 at WNE.

Since 2010, OREKA Group companies have offered optimised performance, control data and project risks through comprehensive and

innovative solutions. Our customised solutions make use of DEMplus

software for nuclear and 3D (mockup, assistance, advice); our collaborative approach benefits from the expertise of our team and our network of experts; our partners; specific software development; training; engineering; and the Presage immersive room at Marcoule (south of France).

OREKA Solutions is the only company offering an intervention simulation tool for the nuclear environment achieving comprehensive ALARA approaches, optimising waste management and finally reducing project costs and delays. Coupling with DosiCase® simulator distributed by HYLIAD, the whole solution is to become a worldwide reference for application of ALARA principles.

OREKA Engineering acts on behalf of EDF, AREVA, CEA and in the military field. It develops skills in 3D immersion, dismantling scenario simulation, operating or maintenance. Its team is composed of engineers, developers, 3D graphic designers, architects and designers.

This company creates serious games for training (Osiris, Hapteo), 3D process engineering scenarios, digital tools for the design of control operation rooms and decision support software by simulating human factors (Simulhom, flow management).

For more information, visit us at booth J148 at WNE.

Enging-Make Solutions is a Portuguese company specialising in innovative industrial asset condition monitoring

solutions. Our R&D department focuses on fault diagnosis and predictive maintenance techniques in electromechanical systems.

Enging offers solutions that protect industrial assets and monitor the condition of the equipment, as well as the safety of facilities and people. These solutions integrate innovative products to monitor electrical motors and power transformers.

Enging’s OP-TCM system is a fully integrated solution to solve a problem that has appeared in the nuclear power industry: how to detect open-circuit faults for off-site auxiliary power transformers

serving nuclear generating stations. The OP-TCM system is capable of

detecting such scenarios in both unloaded and loaded conditions. This solves the problem of detecting the loss of a single or double-phase in the supply path to power transformers caused by incorrect switching operations or an unintentionally open or grounded conductor.

The CBI Group designs and builds fans that are employed in nuclear power plants. Its fans comply with

the stringent regulations that govern these facilities. The Group has half a century of experience and excellence and is one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of industrial fans, with five factories around the world which produce 23,000 fans every year.

CBI’s research and development engineers work with the best design software, prototype labs and test rooms. Through computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modelling they develop accurate calculation models and virtual prototypes to simulate and evaluate the behaviour of

the machines under study. The CFD numerical simulations also

allow the study of the plant components in which the fans will operate, thus supporting customers in their detailed design for an optimal integration of the machine.

For more information, visit us at stand 7-D191 at WNE.

Pieter Cretskenspcr@netalux.com+32 473 690 292

Serge Henryserge.henry@ oreka-group.fr09 72 98 02 69

Marco Ferreira+351 239 099 647marco.ferreira@enging.pt

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France, Germany to sign new deal on wasteV France and Germany plan to set up formal technical and scientific cooperation in the area of radioactive waste management and disposal. Their responsible agencies, France’s Andra (D74) and Germany’s newly formed PGE, are due to sign an agreement in Paris on Thursday to pave the way for a new working relationship. The two agencies will also discuss communication strategies.

Icohup showcasing new RIUM radiation detectorV First-time exhibitor Icohup (K28) is showcasing its new Rium ionising radiation detector that can be connected to a smartphone via Bluetooth. Icohup claims Rium is 10 times more sensitive than basic Geiger counters or radiation meters.

It can measure gamma, beta and alpha radiation, with three measurement modes available.As well as count rate for gamma/alpha and beta particles, it can also handle dosimetry for gamma particles.V Read more about

Nuclear Safety at world-nuclear-exhibition.com

Global dependence on nuclear energy to increaseV The global nuclear energy market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4% between 2016 and 2023, according to a new report. Data compiled by Occams Research says Asia-Pacific countries, such as Russia and China, are the key producers in the industry and are expected to drive the market forward. Data published by Mordor Intelligence estimates that China is expected to become the biggest supplier, planning to augment its nuclear power generation capacity from 32.4 GW in 2017 to 150 GW by 2050.

Diversified network of skilled subcontractorsV Hauts-de-France region (K75) brings nine companies to WNE under the Nuclei banner which covers nearly 200 companies and the entire subcontracting chain of nuclear power.

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The High life

V 9.25-10.25 Assystem panel discussion

V 9.30-10.30 D&D Guided Tour – Itinerary A

V 9.30-12.30 Exhibitors workshops – morning sessions

V 10.00-11.00 Digitalisation Guided Tour – Itinerary A

V 10.35-11.35 Framatome panel discussion

V 11.30-1.00 Lunch debate – Small Modular Reactors

V 11.30-12.30 D&D Guided Tour – Itinerary B

V 12.00-1.00 Digitalisation Guided Tour – Itinerary B

V 12.00-1.00 WiN Awards Ceremony

V 12.30-4.30 Exhibitors workshops – afternoon sessions

V 1.30 French nuclear industry announcement

V 2.00-3.00 MHI panel discussion

V 2.30-3.00 D&D Guided Tour – Itinerary A

V 3.00-4.00 Digitalisation Guided Tour – Itinerary A

V 3.00-4.00 Pitch session – Start-up Planet

V 3.15-4.15 Engie panel discussion

V 4.30-5.30 Rosatom panel discussion

Private sector investment is poised to make a major impact on the nuclear industry, thanks to the development of advanced ‘walkaway safe’ reactors.

The new technology that promises smaller, cheaper, cleaner and safer reactors also holds the key to broadening the scope for investors worldwide who increasingly see nuclear as a sound investment.

It’s the focus of tomorrow’s Investors’ Day breakfast in the VIP lounge when Walter Howes, managing partner of the US merchant bank Verdigris Capital, leads discussion on ‘After SpaceX, NuclearX? Where will the necessary capital (debt and equity) for new nuclear technologies come from?’

“Currently, the majority of nuclear investment comes from government or sovereign wealth funds,” says Howes. “With these new technologies, there’s movement away from 95% government

finance, to a much larger share coming from the private sector.”

The globe is “awash in capital”, he says. There aren’t enough projects that financiers want to invest in.

After the crash of 2008-9, investors became more risk-averse, but recently observers have been surprised by the speed at which capital is moving into nuclear power.

One reason is the rapid development of a “new kind” of nuclear technology that many, as recently as five years ago, thought was decades away. Another is government support for projects.

“If governments can provide sufficient mitigation on the major risks – regulatory regimes, technology, operations, the markets, waste fuel and so on – then equity and debt can flow on some of these projects. That’s where we’re headed,” he says.

Howes sees a trend in the increasing

requirement for sustainability in investment decisions. The emergence of ‘green’ bonds and capital underlines the growing global demand for clean energy and an end to burning coal.

He also expects more public-private partnerships (PPP) going forward.

The global market for old nuclear technology is being overcome by the advent of coming ARs, he says, and incidents such as Fukushima serve to accelerate its demise. But what is also evident is that the global nuclear market continues to grow.

The characteristics of ARs “will be a compelling case technologically” going forward. The wave of investor interest in nuclear is “exceeding people’s expectations”, he says, and it’s accelerating.

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Join Walter Howes at tomorrow’s Investors’ Day breakfast at WNE

Inspection specialist Ouest acro (H27) deploys its steeplejacks to check for degraded concrete, steel

and metalwork in hard-to-reach areas of nuclear facilities which they access using abseiling techniques.

Julie Leloup, from Ouest acro’s marketing team, gets roped in for the picture.

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