Dr. Lei Yuebao of EDF British energy company paid an academic visit to the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, ECUST from April 7th to 8th, 2017. During the visit, Dr. Lei Yuebao made an academic report entitled “Structural Integrity Assessment within British Nuclear Power Plants”, elaborating on the evalsuation method of the structural integrity of nuclear power plant, and introducing the integrity evalsuation criteria R5 and R6. Professor Li Peining, Tu Shandong, Xuan Fuzhen and other professors and students from the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering attended the report, and they had discussion on topics of common interests after the report.