Nuclear Institute North West

Merry Christmas from all from the Nuclear Institute North West Branch . Tickets for our annual dinner will be going on sale in the new year with more details to come . So please keep following for further posts. An exciting 2025 planned with lots of events starting with our AGM where we will recruit our new committee . Massive thanks to the 2024 committee but for now it’s time to put the out of office on and relax . #nuclear #outofoffice #networking

What can you tell us about UNTF? Help us with historical records of the Universities' Nuclear Technology Forum: one of the oldest nuclear engineering meetings globally, offering a platform for student and early-career researchers to showcase their projects as well as expand their nuclear networks. Were you involved in hosting, or did you win a prize? https://bit.ly/4eVvDUJ

The Nuclear Institute's North West Branch would like to introduce its Winter Webinar series! Next week we have a series of very interesting talks from a range of nuclear topics! Please find the links to the talks in this posts comments #nuclear #webinar #nuclearfuel #medicalisotopes #decomissioning

Happy to say we're hiring for Industrial Placements again (both in Simulation and Process Engineering). Please forward this on if you know anyone that might be interested!

Have you signed up to our Mentoring Scheme yet? Become a Mentor to give something back, expand your network and grow your leadership skills. We already have around 100 professionals looking for advice and career support within the nuclear industry who will benefit from your knowledge, experience and insight. Get involved: https://bit.ly/3Y6JfHL

Speakers Wanted Winter Webinar Series Coming Soon… If you have an interesting project or topic you are wanting to deliver an webinar on to a wider audience as part of this series, please get in touch with Chair.Northwest@nuclearinst.com Please share this post with your networks to increase the audience of this series and encourage more people to engage. #nuclearprofessionals #networking #nuclear #powergeneration #SMRtechnology #fusion #ninw #northwest  

Do you want to help shape the future of Nuclear Decommissioning? The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is accepting proposals for its PhD bursary scheme. The call, open to UK academic institutions for projects that will lead to the award of a PhD, supports the NDA’s mission to deliver safe and sustainable solutions to the challenge of decommissioning the UK’s civil nuclear legacy. 🌟 Funding: Up to £150,000 per project 📅 Submission Deadline: Friday, 13th September 2024, 3pm 📆 Funding Decisions: January 2025 🚀 Project Start Date: September/October 2025 Visit www.ndaphdbursary.co.uk to find out more and submit a proposal. For inquiries, contact nda_phd@uknnl.com. Apply now and drive the future of nuclear decommissioning research. #PhD #ResearchFunding #NuclearDecommissioning #AcademicOpportunities #NDABursary

Funded PhD post available - "Advanced vision systems to aid robotic post operational clean out (POCO) of infrastructure" The Project: concerns the development of an intelligent vision system comprising numerous cameras to provide 4π steradians of coverage. This vision system will combine with a machine learning algorithm to provide the user with details of the identity of all the surrounding items and where they are in 3D space. This data, alongside radiological data, will be utilised within a heavy-duty dual arm Robot (KUKA KR180) system capable of sorting and segregating heavy items (such as concrete, rebar, soil etc…) that are placed upon a conveyor belt, and likely to be potentially contaminated by years of use within the nuclear industry. It is anticipated that this vision system could allow enhanced safety and productivity standards, with the sorting and segregation operations to occur while humans are also working in the same area for example. The system will be validated experimentally using both inactive waste and that combined with radiological sources simulating a potentially contaminated environment. Objectives ·        To design a computer vision system which takes in data from 6 depth cameras and stitches them together to create a 4π steradians “map” of everything in the local area. ·        Apply an off the shelf machine learning algorithm (such as YOLOv9) to identify all objects in the stitched together image. ·        Use the data obtained to control a robot and conveyor belt in order that items such as concrete and soil can be scanned and moved to different bins according to the radiological activity and identity of the item. ·        Testing with human analogues to determine the safety rating of your algorithm. Qualifications and experience Candidates should be highly motivated, well-organised and have a relevant degree at 2.1 minimum in Engineering, Computer Science or closely related area. Previous experience in writing code related to vision system would be beneficial but not essential Funding Supported by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), UKRI/EPSRC and Lancaster University through the SATURN CDT (Skills And Training Underpinning a Renaissance in Nuclear Centre for Doctoral Training), this studentship is available to start from 1st October 2024. For UK applicants the studentship is fully funded for 4 years, covering fees and a maintenance grant (~£23,000) (all tax free). For informal enquiries to learn more about the PhD project, contact Dr Stephen Monk (s.monk@lancaster.ac.uk) and/or Dr David Cheneler (d.cheneler@lancaster.ac.uk).

Here are our other options for RadNuc series 2. Please vote on your favourites #RadNuc #Nuclear #nuclearpower

We are underway on the second series of RadNuc and wanted to know what YOU would like to hear about ☢️ We have eight potential topics, the first four are below. Please vote on your favourites ☑️ #RadNuc #nuclear #nuclearpower