Nuclear Future Magazine

NI has its own bi-monthly journal, Nuclear Future, which includes scientific and overview papers on all topics associated with nuclear power, as well as topical news and comment.  All members of the NI receive the journal; which is also issued to libraries, other nuclear societies and British Embassies worldwide.

Recent developments include the production of the first Talking Nuclear Future for the Institute's blind members.

The YGN have a 2 page spread in the Nuclear Future Magazine each edition.  These YGN news reports can be viewed below and the magazine website can be accessed here.

The files can be downloaded by clicking on the volume name above.  To view these files the reader will need a copy of Adobe Reader v8 or above.  This can be downloaded here.

Talking Nuclear Future

The Nuclear Future is also available in audio format for the partially sighted.  This can be downloaded below:

2010 Audio Files:

Volume 6, Issue 1 Contents:

• Track 1: Article by Colin Read and Rebecca Ransome-Lewis ‘Many nuclear insurance issues still unclear’, plus two UK news items – about 10 minutes reading time

• Track 2: YGN report – 27 minutes

• Track 3: Article by Christian Raetzke and Danielle Goodman ‘International standardisation of nuclear Reactor Designs – A Framework for New build’ – 24 minutes

• Track 4: Selected International news items – 14 minutes

Volume 6, Issue 2 Contents:

• Track 1: YGN report plus selected UK news items – about 9 minutes reading time

• Track 2: Article by Dr Bahram Ghiassie ‘Strategic Siting Assessment’ – 27 minutes

• Track 3: Article by Mark Salisbury ‘New Nuclear on the Horizon’ – 16 minutes

• Track 4: Article by Emma-Jayne Gooch ‘Will a Skills Shortage impinge on nuclear New build?’ – 11 minutes

• Track 5: Selected International news items – 8 minutes

Volume 6, Issue 3 Contents:

• Track 1:  YGN report – about 19 minutes reading time

• Track 2:  Article by Dr Sue Ion and Clive Smith ‘Focus on nuclear: The renaissance of the nuclear industry’ – 20 minutes

• Track 3: Article by Dr Norman Swindells ‘Sustainable Property data for nuclear engineering’ – 20 minutes

• Track 4: Selected UK and International news items – 18 minutes

Volume 6, Issue 4 Contents:

• Track 1:  YGN report – about 14 minutes reading time

• Track 2:  Article by Linda Ashton ‘Carbon Capture – an answer to irradiated graphite waste management?’ – about 26 minutes reading time

• Track 3:  Article by Graeme Young ‘What is the role of EU procurement rules in the nuclear industry?’ – about 13 minutes reading time

• Track 4:  Nuclear Institute Membership Matters and selected UK and International news items – about 19 minutes reading time

2009 Audio files:

Volume 5, Issue 5 Contents:

• Track 1: Three UK news items and the Technical Forum: Thermal treatment of nuclear waste – 18 minutes

• Track 2: Article by Keith Witwer ’Geomelt Waste Vitrification’ -16 minutes

• Track 3: Article by Alan Murray, Dr Mike Wise and Dr David Deegan ‘Plasma Vitrification Technology for the treatment of nuclear waste’ -24 minutes

• Track 4: YGN report and three International news items – 12 minutes

Volume 5, Issue 6 Contents:

• Track 1 Article by Ted Little ‘Materials selection for fusion reactor applications’ – about 34 minutes reading time

• Track 2 Article by Laurent Pouret, Nigel Buttery and Bill Nuttall ‘Is nuclear power inflexible?’-38 minutes

• Track 3 selected news items – 4 minutes