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Issue 12, Fall 2006
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• Remembering the "M" in MPR: I. Harry Mandil (1919 - 2006)
  
• New Nuclear Construction Insights
  
• Developing New Energy Technologies
  
• What's News @ MPR

Issue 11, Fall 2005 Topics
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• Using Commercial-Grade Digital Devices in Safety-Related Applications
  
• MPR and the Submarine Safety Program (SUBSAFE)
  
• Earthquake Experience Data Used to Seismically Qualify Equipment
  
• Elevating Readiness Through More Effective Training
  
• Overview of Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies for Coal-Fired Power Plants
  
• What's News @ MPR

Issue 10, Summer 2004: Special 40th Anniversary Edition Topics
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• MPR Modifies Safety Injection Pumps to Improve Safety
  
• Preventing Blackouts by Identifying Relay Hidden Failures
  
• Fighting Disease with Nuclear Medicine
  
• Making U.S. Navy Ships More Survivable
  
• 40th Anniversary Special: MPR - Our Journey Continues
  
• 40th Anniversary Special: Reflecting on MPR Contributions in 2024 (Our 60th Year)

Issue 9, Spring 2003 Topics
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• Hydrogen: Our Future made with Nuclear
  
• Diesel Engine Condition-based Maintenance
  
• Distributed Supervisory Control System (SCS) for Advanced Damage Control Systems on Ships
  
• An Overview of Technologies for Reduction of Nitrous Oxides Emissions
  
• Also in this issue... Douglas M. Chapin appointed Chairman of the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (BEES)
• Also in this issue... MPR Receives Two New Patents

Issue 8, Spring 2002 Topics
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• ~$10 Million Saved in Lost Generation Costs....
  
• A Piece in the Nuclear Plant Success Picture - Owner’s and Users’ Groups
  
• Modification of BWR Relief Valve Discharge Line Vacuum Breakers....
  
• Risk-Based Maintenance Scheduling
  
• MPR's AOV Setpoint Control Software
• Also in this issue... Douglas Chapin Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Issue 7, Spring 2001 Topics
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• Advanced Control Technology for Ruptures and Leaks Using Smart Valves
  
• Automated Visual Inspection Systems
  
• Developing a Performance Monitoring System
  
• Great Lakes Ice Breaker Will Cruise with Electric Drive
  
• Energy Demands ... 474 MW in 19 Months
• Also in this issue... Ted Rockwell Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Issue 6, Summer 2000 Topics

• Advanced Digital Control Systems for Nuclear Power Plants
• Performance Testing Steam Turbines
• Infrared Thermography An Effective Tool for Condition-Based Monitoring
• MPR's Expertise Helps Plants Resolve Feedwater Heater Shell Thinning
• MPR Develops Food Irradiator

Issue 5, Winter 1999 Topics

• First U.S. Core Spray Piping Replacement
• Waterhammer-Hydraulic Transients in Piping Systems
• Fiber Optic Strain Sensors
• Asset Valuation Team (AVT)
• NOx Control Through Over-Fire Air System

Issue 4, Summer 1998 Topics

• Preparing for the Year 2000 (Y2K)
• Cost-Effective Reduction of Diesel Engine Exhaust Emissions
• Design and Analysis of Hyperbaric Chambers
• Steam Generator Chemical Cleaning
• Storage of Spent Fuel in Dry Air-Cooled Casks

Issue 3, Winter 1997-1998 Topics

• Improving Damage Control Aboard Navy Ships
  
• Finite Element Analysis: For Safety Assurance and Cost Management
  
• Advanced Environmental Control System for the Pentagon
  
• Complex Problem Solving for the Medical Products Industry
  
• Diesel Engine Experts Reduce Vibration-Induced Failures

Issue 2, Spring 1996 Topics

• From Tires to Megawatts: Tire Derived Fuel
  
• MPR Engineering Helps Plastics and Pharmaceutical Industries
  
• MPR Assists DOE in Major Spent Nuclear Fuel Cleanup Project
  
• MPR Addresses Gate Valve Pressure Locking and Thermal Binding
  
• Experienced-Based Seismic Qualification Helps Control O&M and Capital Costs

Issue 1, Summer 1995 Topics

• MPR Develops Innovative Solution to BWR Core Shroud Repair
  
• Gas Turbine Technology: Important to New Generation Capacity
  
• "Target Support" for MPR Industrial Clients
  
• Design Tools to Help with Halon 1301 Replacement
  
• Ultrasonic Flowmeter Saves Utilities Millions
  

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