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Tom will be speaking at this year's Nuclear Lifting 2024, for the full agenda and to join the conversation, please visit the event website.
Could you briefly explain your role, involvement, and experience related to the focus of this event?
Tom Dixon (TD): Mechanical Handling Capability Engineer who's experience was required to provide independent assurance around the occurrence. Whilst providing support with return to service via short and long term mitigations and solutions for continued safe operations.
What, in your experience, has been the biggest roadblock for the industry over the past 2-3 years?
TD: Mechanical Handling Capability Engineer who's experience was required to provide independent assurance around the occurrence. Whilst providing support with return to service via short and long term mitigations and solutions for continued safe operations.
What key topics are you excited to discuss at this year's conference?
TD: Perception around legacy assets, design or arrangements. Due diligence in checking of independent reviews or reports. How various stakeholders demonstrate compliance to relevant standards.
What do you consider to be the key areas of innovation in this industry, both in the UK and internationally?
TD: Incorporating new technologies and asset management principles to decrease asset downtime and provide quantitative information and data around systems and components.
Who else are you most interested in hearing from on the programme?
TD: Jonathan Bates is presenting "Predictive Maintenance on Cranes in Nuclear – Raising throughput and lowering off downtime". I completed a proof of concept around this some years ago so I'm keen to understand how technologies and methodologies have developed.
Why is it important for engineers to join this conference?
TD: This conferences provides a good opportunity to provide CPD. Along with networking and understanding how alternative stakeholders and attendees address and overcome common issues within the nuclear sector.
The Nuclear Lifting 2024 seminar will take place on 19 November 2024 at ETC Venues Manchester
Taking place for the 10th time in 2024 and the only event of its kind, this is a key forum for those conducting high risk lifting to discover engineering solutions to the technical and environmental challenges.
New presentations will share best practice and lessons learned from projects across the industry, with input from SSE, Office for Nuclear Regulation, Sellafield, EDF Nuclear Services, Babcock, Jacobs SME Nuclear Remote Handling, The National Nuclear Lifting Forum and more.
For the full agenda and to register to join the discussions at this year's seminar, please visit the event website.