Innovative concrete sensing technologies for nuclear power plants

Innovative Technologies for Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Nuclear Power

At the present stage of development no single energy resource or technology constitutes a panacea toaddress all issues. Therefore, it is necessary that all low-carbon and non-carbon emitting resources become anintegral part of an energy mix – as diversified as possible – to ensure energy security to the world during thepresent century. Available sources are low carbon fossil fuels, ...

Metal And Concrete Inputs For Several Nuclear Power Plants

In nuclear energy systems, the major construction inputs are steel and concrete, which comprise over 95% of the material energy inputs. The evaluation of construction material inputs is central to life-cycle assessments for environmental impacts for nuclear and other non-fossil energy systems, and can provide a useful, if only qualitative, plausibility check for economics claims. This paper com...

Innovative Technologies for Terrestrial Remote Sensing

Characterizing and monitoring terrestrial, or land, surface features, such as forests, deserts, and cities, are fundamental and continuing goals of Earth Observation (EO). EO imagery and related technologies are essential for increasing our scientific understanding of environmental processes, such as carbon capture and albedo change, and to manage and safeguard environmental resources, such as ...

The Robots for Nuclear Power Plants

Nuclear energy becomes a major energy source worldwide even though the debating environmental and safety dispute. In order to cope with the issues related to the nuclear power plant, the uncertain human factors need to be minimized by automating the inspection and maintenance work done by human workers. The demands of robotic system in nuclear industry have been growing to ensure the safety of ...

Systems Design for Nuclear Power Plants