The clay materials are distinguished on the basis of their different crystal structures. Due to their specific structure, they are applied in the nuclear industry for the removal of radionuclides from nuclear liquid waste as ion exchange material. This mini review presents some of the recent advances of various kinds of clay materials in this aspect. These inorganic materials continue to gain a...

This Fact Sheet covers the start of the nuclear industry chain – uranium mining. It aims to present a concise overview of the nature of uranium, its mining and milling, and the numerous environmental and radiological aspects associated with this heavy industrial endeavour. It is clear that uranium is a finite resource and that the environmental costs associated with mining are significant and m...

As nuclear facilities are introducing digital systems, the cyber security becomes an emerging topic to be analyzed and resolved. The domestic and other nation's regulatory bodies notice this topic and are preparing an appropriate guidance. The nuclear industry where new construction or upgrade of I&C systems is planned is analyzing and establishing a cyber security. A risk-based analysis for th...

Three nuclear power plant accidents have deeply affected the public and the nuclear industry worldwide: Three-Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979, Chernobyl in the Ukraine in 1986, and Fukushima Dai-ichi in Japan in 2011. The perception of the risk by the public at the time of each accident, was shaped by its direct consequences, fears of delayed effects of nuclear radiations, the media coverag...

Digital technologies have been applied recently to the I&C systems of nuclear power plants. Due to this application of digital technologies, cyber security concerns are increasing in the nuclear industry. In this paper, the characteristics of I&C systems are described in terms of their differences from industrial control systems, and related nuclear regulatory requirements and other guides are ...

A conceptual model for improvement in nuclear power plant operational safety and monitoring is presented. The innovation of this model is based on a calibrated software that utilizes an interactive component, thereby, eliminating a Corrective Action Management Plan’s sole dependence on informational databases. Artificial intelligence tools are used to build this model and, subsequently, support...

The NRMD is a database for nuclear receptor mutation information. It includes mutation information from SWISS-PROT/TrEMBL, several web-based mutation data resources, and data extracted from the literature in a fully automatic manner. Because it is also possible to add mutations manually, a hundred mutations were added for completeness. At present, the NRMD contains information about 893 mutatio...

Purpose – Aims to report on the various types of tele-operated mobile service robots for remote inspection and maintenance, especially in the field of nuclear industry. Design/methodology/approach – Describes nuclear electric robot operator (NERO), Sizewell A duct inspection equipment (SADIE), Robug-IIs (all legbased) and Roboslave (wheel-based). Findings – That these robots can handle a signif...