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US-based Jacobs said on 11 August that it is deploying a new type of Raman spectroscopy technology, which makes it safer and cheaper to spot radioactive contamination or other hazardous substances in waste stores and nuclear facilities undergoing decommissioning.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 14 August 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjacobs-deploys-raman-spectroscopy-to-identify-radioactive-contamination-8080921
Jacobs and IS Instruments have designed a new type of Raman spectroscopy technology to detect radioactive contamination or other hazardous substances in waste stores and nuclear facilities undergoing decommissioning.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-detection-technology-to-benefit-decommissionin
Sellafield Ltd of the UK is working to combine metal and plastic 3D scanning and printing to help decommission nuclear fuel cycle and weapons plants.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2014
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssellafield-looks-into-3d-printing-4267046
The UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has a problem with the world’s largest stocks of reactor-grade plutonium. The international association Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy view this as a one-time opportunity to benefit several advanced nuclear energy developments, none of which are acknowledged by DECC. By Brendan McNamara
Weak, short distance radiation makes it warm; so it is safe to hold but not to swallow. UK reactor grade plutonium is unsuitable for making weapons. And small-scale uses of UK plutonium could never go critical
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 May 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssmarter-uses-for-plutonium