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Brexit could threaten new nuclear reactor build in the UK, says report
Added: 16 Feb 2017
The UK’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) could threaten nuclear fuel supplies and new nuc…

Quantitative methods could protect plants from hacks, say researchers
Added: 12 Feb 2017
Using quantitative methods to prioritise cyber security will help protect power stations from hacks…

Managing the impact of extreme rainfall events
Added: 2 Feb 2017
The changing climate is affecting the day-to-day operations of industrial businesses, with the risk…

Climate change and the risk to business: adaptation, innovation and resilience
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Climate change will have significant implications for industrial businesses and their water process…

£660m nuclear industry pension cuts ‘a point blank betrayal’
Added: 8 Jan 2017
The GMB, Unite, Prospect and ASLEF/TSSA unions are meeting on Monday (9 January) to discuss strike …

Plant Equipment: how efficient are thermal fluid systems?
Added: 3 Jan 2017
Thermal fluid-based heat transfer systems offer an efficient alternative to the steam variety, but …

Manchester Uni makes nuclear waste recycling leap
Added: 2 Jan 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester have used pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) …

CMA upholds £2.6m water tank cartel fine
Added: 21 Dec 2016
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed fines of more than £2.6 million on three bu…

ABB handed Ferrybridge demolition contract
Added: 15 Dec 2016
Energy firm SSE has appointed ABB’s engineering and consultancy division to handle decommissioning …

Regulators to assess deployment of new nuclear reactors in the UK
Added: 12 Dec 2016
The Office for Nuclear Regulation, the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales have launched…

Bristol uni develops nuclear battery ‘powered by waste’
Added: 30 Nov 2016
Researchers at the University of Bristol have created a nuclear-powered battery that uses nuclear w…

Scotland moves to transform coal mine into energy park
Added: 29 Nov 2016
Plans to create an energy park at the former Glenmuckloch open cast coal mine were given a boost th…

Water sector innovations from VEGA MCERTS radar
Added: 28 Nov 2016
VEGA has announced that its radar-based system has gained MCERTS approval for open channel flow mea…

EDF calls in Assystem to deliver Hinkley’s nuclear reactors
Added: 22 Nov 2016
French energy major EDF has called in engineering firm Assystem to help build two European Pressuri…

Xylem provides municipal water site with upgraded aeration system
Xylem Water Solutions | Added: 8 Nov 2016
Xylem brand WTW’s specialist knowledge of manufacturing measurement technology for water analysis h…

Spirax Sarco issues steam pipework advice in run-up to heating season
Spirax Sarco | Added: 19 Oct 2016
Steam specialist Spirax Sarco has advised boiler house operators that failure to follow the correct…

Show preview: Water, Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring
Added: 17 Oct 2016
The Water, Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring exhibition opens in Telford next month.

‘Action needed’ on carbon targets and energy security
Added: 14 Oct 2016
According to a report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the UK must take concrete action to…

Hinkley contract ‘marks new era for nuclear power’
Added: 3 Oct 2016
The government, EDF and CGN have signed the final agreement allowing for the construction of Hinkle…

Small modular reactors ‘by 2030’
Rob Smith | Added: 29 Sep 2016
A report by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) says small modular reactors (SMRs) could come o…