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Ten things that happened since the last UK Nuclear Week in Parliament
Nuclear Week in Parliament week generates excitement about the benefits and opportunities of nuclear energy from conversations between policymakers, stakeholders and industry players and uses it to drive the industry forward. With preparations underway for this year’s Nuclear Week in Parliament, 30 January – 3 February, we take a look at ten developments since last…
Read MoreMissing the personal touch: nuclear needs to be normalised by the intelligent, compassionate, and competent people among its ranks
By Jeremy Gordon Social media has revolutionised communication, but nuclear power hasn’t yet plucked up the courage to use it properly. The nuclear industry is missing out on chances to build trust and awareness through personal engagement, but it has to trust itself to take this opportunity. Social media has become the main source of…
Read MoreFinding your way to leadership
The nuclear industry needs leadership for continued successful operation and to steer through today’s economic, technical and political challenges. But while the issues themselves are being well studied and documented, the nature of leadership itself is often quite unclear. Jeremy Gordon asks a range of nuclear leaders what we really mean when we talk about…
Read MoreTeaming up on the front line of diversity and inclusion
We know that diverse and inclusive workforces are more productive, more creative and make better decisions, but the question remains – how to get there from here? A new social media group creates a peer network for people managers and team leaders in the UK nuclear industry to share information that will empower and enable…
Read MoreA small organisation on a very big mission…
By Callum Thomas, Founder and CEO of Thomas Thor Associates and Chairman of KeySource Global For more than 60 years the UK has been a pioneer in nuclear power and was one of the first countries to use it to provide electricity to heat and light our homes and power our industry. It is part of…
Read MoreTeaming up on the front line of diversity and inclusion
We know that diverse and inclusive workforces are more productive, more creative and make better decisions, but the question remains – how to get there from here? A new social media group creates a peer network for people managers and team leaders in the UK nuclear industry to share information that will empower and enable…
Read MoreEnergy ministers include nuclear in the clean energy mix
Issued 24 May 2018 Energy ministers today endorsed nuclear energy’s role in a future clean energy mix at an initiative launched during the Clean Energy Ministerial in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) initiative will play a crucial role in multilateral dialogue and engagement of policy makers on the role of…
Read More‘’Taming the Sun’’ – 5 take-aways for the nuclear industry from a book about solar power
It is always interesting to hear perspectives on the nuclear industry from experts in renewable energy, especially when they make objective arguments in favour of nuclear energy being a significant part of the global energy mix. ‘’Taming the Sun: innovations to harness solar energy and power the planet’’ is a book published in 2018 by…
Read MoreNuclear – The Benchmark for Discipline and Rigor
I have been in the nuclear industry now for more than 38 years. Of all the things this industry has taught me is that our nuclear industry is the world’s benchmark for discipline and rigor. To some, discipline and rigor may imply stubborn or inflexible, but those in our industry know that it simply is…
Read MoreUK nuclear market -L’industrie nucléaire du Royaume-Uni
What you need to remember about the UK nuclear industry: Ce qu’il faut retenir de l’industrie nucléaire du Royaume-Uni:
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