Dynamic beam shaping can be applied to offer defect-free welding, cutting, drilling and additive manufacturing. (Image: Civan Lasers)
Dynamic beam shaping enables controllable beam shape, frequency, and focus steering to provide defect-free processing outcomes
Jan Leschke and his colleagues have developed a new process for the safe dismantlement of nuclear equipment
A 500-pound unexploded bomb has successfully been defused using a laser in a field trial that marks the end of the DELFAG project
Ekspla and Light Conversion have developed an ultrafast laser system that they say could potentially be used to accelerate the radioactive decay of nuclear waste from tens of thousands of years to months, hours or even seconds
Matthew Dale shares three interesting applications of laser technology that were presented at ILAS 2019 in Crewe, UK, in March
Scientists are investigating whether laser beam cutting can be used underwater to dismantle nuclear facilities efficiently
Lasers are being used to help deactivate unexploded bombs more safely, in a project involving German organisations Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH), Laser on Demand and the Hamburg fire brigade
Paul Hilton of TWI spoke at the AILU's Industrial Laser Applications Symposium, which took place 17-18 March in Kenilworth, UK, on the topic of laser cutting for nuclear decommissioning
