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SUMMARY:Tribulations and  lots of trails: Nuclear Fuel Technology Developm
 ent - Dr Julian Kelly\,  Chief Technology Officer\, Thor Energy AS
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CONTACT:Jo Boyle
DESCRIPTION:The talk will first describe a sophisticated nuclear fuel irra
 diation experiment in which the behaviours of several novel fuel ceramics 
 are studied as they ‘burn-up’ in simluated power reactor conditions.  
 There will be a description of the business basis for the work\, and also 
 how the project managed to get off the ground.  A number of project risks 
 and ongoing commercial-isation challenges will be discusssed.  Comment wil
 l be made on various serious and inherent difficulties faced by those seek
 ing to develop innovative technologies in the nuclear fuel sector.
LOCATION:Department of Engineering - LR3
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