Multiple-Technique NDT Simulations of Realistic Configurations at the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
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Begun in 1973, the Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE) is the premier international NDE meeting designed to provide an interface between research and early engineering through the presentation of current ideas and results focused on facilitating a rapid transfer to engineering development.
This site provides free, public access to papers presented at the annual QNDE conference between 1983 and 1999, and abstracts for papers presented at the conference since 2001.
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The French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a government agency for research (fundamental and applied) and developments in the various domains of nuclear energy, in coordination with industries (electricity — including plant construction, exploitation and fuel cycle -, medical, waste management and others) and national defense. It plays the further roles of expert for the government and of safety authorities. There are 57 nuclear reactors in France for electricity production (80% of the production), for the testing of which 200 millions of dollars are spent each year. At CEA, 70 people plus 15 PhD students work in NDT laboratories, 20 to 25 being more or less involved in modeling studies.