Technical papers
Welcome to the Nuclear Exchange 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 Nuclear Exchange. 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. - Swapen Ghosh Part 1: Golden opportunities in India’s nuclear program
By Joanne McIntyre - Digital field devices make headway and deliver results in NPPs
By Bill Fitzgerald, Vice President Nuclear Services Business, Fisher Controls, Tim Prestifilippo, I&C technician, AOV Subject Matter Expert, Southern Nuclear Plant Vogtle and Charles Holden, AOV/MOV Engineer, Ginna NPP - Applying feed pump systems without boosters in NPPs
By Igor Tverdohleb, Grigoriy Vizenkov, Aleksandr Birukov, Valentina Kutcenko, and Aleksandr Vaschenko, HMS Group, Russia - Metrological aspects of assessments of the quality of tubes used as fuel cladding and condenser tubes
By Eugenie D. Kuznetsov, PhD, State Tube Institute, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine - Solving nuclear storage issues
By Lou Lherbier, Director of Technical Market Development, Carpenter Technology Corp. & Greg Del Corso, Manager of Powder Products R&D, Carpenter Powder Products - Forces that drive the global pump industry
By Joanne McIntyre, Nuclear Exchange magazine - The possibilities & limitations of austenitic and duplex stainless steels in chlorinate water systems
By Elisabet Alfonsson & Sukanya Hägg Mameng, Outokupmu Avesta Research Center, Sweden - Mechanized TIG welding to join rotor parts
By Jürgen Krüger, Alfalang Technical essays and translations, Lippstadt, Germany - Powder metallurgy methods for producing large components
By D. Gandy & J. Shingledecker, Electric Power Research Institute; and L. Lherbier & D. Novotnak, Carpenter
Technology Corporation - Building something from nothing; Korea’s nuclear industry blossoms
By Jung Min Lee, South Korea - A valve supplier’s experience in the Chinese nuclear market
By Mr. Bill Fitzgerald, VP Nuclear Business Unit, Fisher Division of Emerson Process MGT & Ms Qu
HuiHong, Deputy Contracts and Procurement Manager, SNPEC, China - Understanding operational effects on materials used in NPPs
By Dr Philip G. Tipping, Nuclear Energy and Materials Consultant (NE&MC), Switzerland - Aging of materials during plant operation: Preventive measures in the design of the EPR™ reactor
By André Lefrançois, Manager, Materials Technology Chemistry NDE and Radiation Protection Department, AREVA NP SAS, France - Heat exchanger tube inspection using APR
By Dr. Noam Amir, Chief Technology Officer, AcousticEye - Solving McGuire Station’s air supply system challenge
Bill Fitzgerald, Vice-President Nuclear Business Unit, Fisher Division of Emerson Process Management, Jake Henault, Sales Engineer, RE Mason Co., John Nettles and David White, Equipment Engineering, Duke Energy - The Canadian nuclear industry: at a crossroads
By Joanne McIntyre, Nuclear Exchange magazine - UpdatedTechnical Lessons Learned 100 Days After Quake, Tsunami at the Fukushima Dai-ichi, Units 1-6, Nuclear Power Plant
By Akira T. Tokuhiro, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Idaho - Initial Technical Lessons Learned following the Post-Quake, Post-Tsunami, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Units 1-6, Nuclear Power Plant Accident
By Akira T. Tokuhiro, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Idaho - 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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