Seminar

TAGSI–FESI Symposium 2026

Holiday Inn (Central), Manchester, UK

November 18, 2026

Celebrating 50 years of R6 and looking to the future of nuclear codes, standards and procedures

Initial announcement

TAGSI (UK Technical Advisory Group on the Structural Integrity of high integrity plant) and FESI (UK Forum for Engineering Structural Integrity) are pleased to announce an upcoming symposium on ‘Celebrating 50 years of R6 and looking to the future of nuclear codes, standards and procedures’, to be held on November 18, 2026 in Holiday Inn (Central) Manchester, UK.

Remarkably, the R6 defect assessment procedure was first drafted 50 years ago. Since then, it has undergone revisions to expand the scope and ease of application and to maintain the approaches up-to-date with technical developments. This Symposium celebrates the 50 years of R6 through talks from leading experts in the nuclear industry who describe the history of R6, its use and recent developments. Developments in other codes and standards are also described and the symposium also looks to the future to suggest how codes and standards will develop.

The TAGSI–FESI Symposium 2026 flyer is available by following this link.

Contact

Amanda Rabbich
Chief Administrator
53 Moor Lane, Hutton
Preston PR4 5SE
UK

Telephone: +44(0) 7767 643427
Email

The main image is Torness Nuclear Power Station (© condruzmf/Shutterstock)

Bob Ainsworth FREng FRS

Emeritus Professor of Structural Integrity,
Institute of Science and Technology, University of Manchester

Profile

Ben Pellereau

Stress Specialist,
Rolls-Royce

Peter James

Principal Structural Integrity Consultant,
Amentum

Steve Garwood

Professor of Structural Integrity,
Imperial College London

Gareth Hopkin

Deputy Head of Profession for Mechanical Engineering and Structural Integrity,
Office for Nuclear Regulation

To view the programme for the TAGSI–FESI Symposium 2026, please follow this link.

Delegates: £345 plus VAT
Members of TAGSI/FESI/ESIS: £275 plus VAT
Retired/full-time students: £135.00 plus VAT

The fee includes, lunch, refreshments and documentation (electronic form).

Cancellations

In the event of cancellation, the fees paid will be returned, less a cancellation charge of 20%. If less than 14 days’ notice is given, the organisers reserve the right to retain the whole fee. Cancellations must be confirmed in writing.