Fast and reliable mobile mapping system
As of 2021, the average age of the nuclear power plants in the world is 39 years old. Considering that during their lifespan, nuclear sites have seen many modifications for maintenance and have had a wide number of rooms hard to access due to radiation or spatial constraints, a clear layout of an old site […]
Smart digital twins applied to the industrial sector
Is this your challenge ? Today, LIDAR and point clouds are common practices across the industry. They are brilliant tools to cut down costs, improve knowledge management and optimise maintenance. Moreover, it is the only way to get accurate data of physical assets. Although in the medium / long term, these technologies are bringing great […]
Package integrity computer vision inspection
Is this your challenge ? The responsible management of waste sits at the heart of the nuclear industry. Waste requiring long-term isolation from the environment is packaged and stored in a way that satisfy given requirements for quality . As such, and to provide adequate confidence, his material must be examined on a regular basis. […]
Management software for complex operations
Is this your challenge ? Paperwork is a necessary evil in the nuclear industry or in any complex sector. How much time do you spend writing risk analysis, work packages, quality plans, etc. before executing your on-site job ? How much Word and Excel documents do you have to produce even though you have a […]
A.I. based business innovation platform
Is this your challenge ? Whoever has looked at finding specific solutions for challenges in the nuclear industry knows it is extremely rare to find fit-for-purpose innovation oriented start-ups or solutions, because there are so few in the nuclear world. We all know that technological innovation is now an entrepreneurial issue that has the potential [&hellip
Innovation within the nuclear decommissioning scene: DigiDecom2021
inTechBrew told you about DigiDecom 2021 to keep up with innovation within the nuclear decommissioning scene. Now only a few weeks away, inTechBrew wanted to have a closer look at what this has to offer. With the changes we are all going through at the moment with the ongoing pandemic, it is true that one […]
Horizon Scanning for the nuclear sector
A lot of you will certainly be frustrated by the current limitations imposed by the Covid pandemic. This is one of the reasons we created inTechBrew, so innovation can still flow across borders and benefit the nuclear sector by offering cost-efficient technologies to somehow help cancel the slow-down due to the pandemic. Is there anything […]
Augmented Reality in the nuclear industry
Today, we look at AR and its potential in the nuclear sector. Can this promising technology improve the efficiency and the safety in the nuclear sector? The AR family? There is indeed much talk about Augmented Reality (AR) as part of an Industry 4.0 model but, to clear things up, AR is only one way […]
Our thoughts on the latest NDA RD&I report
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is the UK governmental body with the mission to clean-up the 17 nuclear legacy sites across England, Wales, and Scotland safely, securely and cost-effectively. The most notable sites are the former MAGNOX generating stations, Sellafield and Dounreay. Today, we are going to discuss about the NDA RD&I repor
