Publications

7 June 2012
NUGENIA Launch event presentations, 20 March 2012
Deffrennes, DG Ener EC - De Santi & Bièth, JRC - Fuchs, E ON - Hartley, EDF - John, NRI - Pazdera, SNETP - Repussard, ETSON - West, EDF, Rintamaa, VTT (documents in PDF-format)

6 June 2012
Key note lecture ”Network of excellence and sustainable association for plant life assessment and long term operation in Europe” and NULIFE session in the IAEA conference, Salt Lake City, USA, 14-18 May 2012 [PDF]

1 June 2012
NULIFE NULIFE (12) 5 - Review of Assessment Methods Used in Nuclear Plant Life Management [PDF]

12 March 2012
NULIFE (12) 1 Pilot study on stress corrosion crack growth rates of Ni-based alloys in BWRs and PWRs [PDF]

6 February 2012
Innovative Nuclear Power in a Closed Fuel Cycle Scenario, F. Pazdera, MPO [PDF]

Gen II&III R&D: An integrated framework, V. Prunier, EDF [PDF]

Review of TSOs technical needs in safety R&D, Rintamaa & Bruna [PDF]

27 January 2012
NULIFE (11) 21 PHASE 3 Studies on Load History Effects on Crack Driving Force [PDF]

NULIFE (11) 20 PHASE 3 Studies on Improved Methods for Dealing with Combined Primary and Secondary Stresses in Defect Assesments [PDF]

NULIFE (11) 19 PHASE 2 Studies on Load History Effects on Crack Driving Force [PDF]

NULIFE (11) 18 PHASE 2 Studies on Improved Methods for Dealing with Combined Primary and Secondary Stresses in Defect Assesments [PDF]

NULIFE (11) 17 Improved Methods for Dealing with Combined Primary and Secondary Stresses in Defect Assessments [PDF]

27 January 2012
Plant life management and modernisation: Research challenges in the EU (Nuclear Engineering and Design 241 2011)

19 August 2011 
NULIFE (11) 9 - Safety impact of passivecomponents [PDF]

NULIFE (11) 2 - Road map (OPERA) [PDF]

26 March 2010 
NULIFE - Bulletin Number 3 [PDF]

1 June 2009 
NULIFE - Bulletin Number 2 [PDF]

27 October 2008 
NULIFE - Bulletin Number 1 [PDF]

2010 NULIFE poster [PDF]

2010 SNETP General Assembly: Long term operation of Gen II and III plants - NULIFE as an example by J.-P. Hutin (EDF) [PDF]

2009 EUROSAFE Forum, Seminar 2: The European NULIFE research network for plant life management by R. Rintamaa, I. Aho-Mantila (VTT)

2009 IAEA – International Conference on Opportunities and Challenges for Water Cooled Reactors in the 21st Century: NULIFE – its Role in Implementing Strategic Research of LTO related to PLIM Issues in Europe by R. Rintamaa  (VTT) [PDF]

2009 NULIFE dissemination in the Parliament Magazine's Research Review (Issue 10, September 2009, p. 47)

2009 Fisa: GenIII/III+ Nuclear Reactors, research needs and challenges by L. Heikinheimo (TVO) [PDF]

2009 IAEA Technical meeting: JRC-IE Activities related to Component Ageing & Plant Life Management - JRC-IE’s Contribution & View of International GALL by O. Martin (JRC) [PDF]

2009: IAEA and EC Joint Research Centre Increase Collaboration (JRC)

2007 SMiRT 19: New European initiative - NULIFE network for plant life management by R. Rintamaa and I. Aho-Mantila (VTT) and N. Taylor (JRC) [PDF]

28 September 2007
NULIFE - General Overview - Sept 2007 [PDF]

21 December 2006
NULIFE - Project presentation [PDF]

29 November 2006
Press release
The NULIFE Network of Excellence supports European efforts in extending the safe life of nuclear power plants

Irina Aho-Mantila
Senior Research Scientist
irina.aho-mantila@vtt.fi