Events in Physics
Innovate UK and EDF Energy invite registrations for their energy inspection innovation challenge competition. Funding supports projects that address the two challenges in this competition which relate to EDF’s existing nuclear fleet and to offshore wind farms. Proposals for challenge one should focus on inspection of high-risk components in advanced gas-cooled nuclear reactors, including demonstrating solutions such as new manipulators for access, new proves and techniques for inspection, remote sampling techniques and solutions to decommissioning challenges.
Proposals for challenge two should focus on long-term solutions for offshore wind monopile foundation corrosion monitoring and control, including providing solutions which allow for remote thickness measurement, novel approaches for measuring and monitoring corrosion in-situ, remote inspection of welds and the internal cathodic protection system, underwater thickness measurement through bio-fouling.