Tubes are a vital component of most structures, especially in the power, and oil and gas industries. Tube failure, especially in the nuclear and chemical industries, can have catastrophic effects with irreversible environmental and ecological damage. The notable Chernobyl nuclear accident in the Soviet Union has made the public extremely sensitive and concerned about the safety of nuclear plant...

Cooperation on nuclear issues is receiving increased attention in Asia. In Northeast Asia, where the nuclear industry is well-developed, cooperation in the “back end” of the nuclear fuel cycle could help deal with issues such as disposition of spent fuel and long term storage options. In Southeast Asia, where countries are just beginning to introduce nuclear energy, cooperation would be useful ...

Mass spectrometry is analytical instrument which has been used for more than a century with its initial work on mass charge ratio being carried out by W. Wien, J.J. Thomson, and other physicists [1]. Mass Spectroscopy is an analytical laboratory technique to separate the components of a sample by their mass. The sample is vaporized into a gas and then ionized. The ions are then accelerated thro...

To assess whether workers at Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre (LHSTC) had different levels of cancer incidence from the New South Wales (NSW) population in Australia. A retrospective cohort study was undertaken at LHSTC. Data on 7,076 workers employed between 1957-98 were abstracted from personnel, dosimetry, and medical files. An inception cohort was defined which included 4,523 wor...

While tomographic methods of reconstructing three~dimensional x-ray images are becoming more common in the medical field, their application to industrial problems has only started. Some of the features that differentiate industrial tomography from medical tomography are 1. x-ray energies may vary from< 10 keV to> 22 MeV 2. radiation dose to the object is not a constraint 3. inspection times (wi...

This paper introduces the concept of the VSM method being used to represent the organization of NPPs in responding to accidents. The Fukushima accident is addressed as a method for the examination of the VSM method and its utility is seeing the ‘big’ picture as far as the decision-making aspects of organizations are concerned. The impact of accidents upon the NPP management operations is covere...