Forward thinking
Across The Pond Portal Launched
28 September 2011
www.doe-nda-portal.com
We have launched a web-based Information Portal to facilitate information sharing among the nuclear community as a whole
There is an agreement between UKNDA and DOE to collaborate and share information in the field of nuclear technology, legacy waste management (including spent fuels), D&D, contractor incentivization, policy and contract management
Why does it exist?
The scale, scope, technical issues and challenges of the respective programs are similar. With reducing budgets there is a need for collaboration, cooperation and a renewed focus on ‘lessons learned’ and information sharing.
The portal is split into a number of topic areas that are of interest to both the US and UK.
Nuclear Materials Disposition
- Non standard fuels disposition
- Plutonium management
- Aging facilities management
- Fuel drying technologies and dry storage
D&D
- Decontamination technologies
- In situ decommissioning
- Sodium Passivation
Waste management
- Thermal treatment technologies
- Glass chemistry/formulation
- Hot Isostatic Pressing
- Sludge retrieval
- Ion exchange resin disposal
Commercial
- Project Management
- Supply chain management
- Technology Readiness Levels