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| British Engineering Services acquires Nortest |
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British Engineering Services has acquired Salford based inspection company Nortest. |
| NDTCabin Thu 4 Aug |
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| Material testing continues on French steam generators |
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Parts of some steam generators at 18 nuclear power units in France may have similar anomalies discovered in the steel of the pressure vessel at Flamanville. |
| wnn 24 June |
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| Sweden agrees to build new nuclear reactors |
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The Swedish government has announced that it will build new nuclear reactors to replace its existing stations. |
| NDTCabin Sun 12 Jun |
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| Urgent questions over roof collapse |
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It was lucky that only three persons were slightly injured after the roof of the Sports Centre at City University collapsed on Friday |
| The Standard 23 May |
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| Canadian submarines docked due to poor welding |
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Poor-quality welding has kept Canada's submarines docked for months, confirmed the Royal Canadian Navy |
| Times Colonist May 21 |
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| Roof collapses at Hong Kong's City University sports hall |
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The roof of a sports hall at a university in Hong Kong collapsed on Friday, injuring three people. |
| BBC News Sat 21 May |
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| Mexico oil plant explosion: Death toll rises to 13 |
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The death toll in an explosion that struck a Mexican oil plant on Wednesday has reached 13 and could rise further. |
| BBC News Thu 21 Apr |
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| Shell and Exxon Mobil to upgrade Rotterdam refineries |
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Both Shell and Exxon Mobil have announced that they will upgrade their refineries in Rotterdam, this year. |
| NDTCabin Thu 25 Feb |
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| Torness nuclear plant has operating life extended |
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The Torness nuclear power station on the east coast of Scotland is to have its life extended by at least seven years, operator EDF has announced. |
| BBC News Tue 16 Feb |
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| Seized pin caused Forth Road Bridge fault |
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An engineering consultant has told the Forth Road Bridge inquiry that a seized pin caused the crack which forced the structure's closure. |
| BBC News Sat 23 Jan |
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| Plan for City of London's tallest tower unveiled |
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At 309.6m, the skyscraper will be 80m taller than the nearby Cheesegrater, which stands at 224m, and will dwarf the180m-high Gherkin. |
| BBC News Mon 7 Dec |
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| The hairline crack which has forced closure of Forth Road Bridge |
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The bridge has been shut down after the discovery of a crack. |
| Mirror 5 Dec |
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| Centrica to upgrade mothballed Grimsby power station |
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Centrica is to upgrade and return to service the South Humber Bank gas fired power station. |
| NDTCabin Fri 27 Nov |
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| Bay Bridge risks, solutions debated as leaks invade foundation |
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It wasn’t long after workers finished pouring concrete at the bottom of the new eastern Bay Bridge’s tower foundation that the cracks emerged. |
| SF Gate Nov 21 |
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| Applus buys Caparo Testing |
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Applus has purchased aerospace inspection company Caparo Testing. |
| NDTCabin Mon 23 Nov |
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| Bodies recovered from Celsa steelworks explosion |
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Two bodies have been recovered following a search operation at Celsa steelworks in Cardiff. |
| S Wales Evening Post |
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| Statoil withdraws from oil exploration in Alaska |
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Norwegian oil company Statoil has announced the closure of its Anchorage office as it withdraws from Alaska |
| Alaska Dispatch News Wed 18 Nov |
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| London's City to get tallest ever skyscraper |
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The City of London will get its tallest skyscraper at 22 Bishopsgate. It will eclipse the nearby Heron tower by some 150 feet. |
| Evening Standard Wed 18 Nov |
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| UK proposes closing all its coal-fired power plants by 2025 |
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Britain wants to close all of its coal-fired power plants by 2025 and lower their output from 2023, the government said on Wednesday. |
| Reuters Wed 18 Nov |
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| US rejects Keystone XL pipeline from Canada |
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US President Barack Obama has announced he is rejecting an application to build the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada. |
| BBC News Sat 7 Nov |
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