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Interview with Prof. YANKO YANEV CEO, NUCLEAR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, VIENNA
by Susan Cohen Why is nuclear knowledge management so important? How can nuclear knowledge be managed effectively? Where is nuclear knowledge documented and stored? How can the tacit knowledge of nuclear professionals be accessed and preserved? Does Nuclear Knowledge Management gets the proper attention from nuclear managers? Dr. Yanko Yanev — Managing Director of the…
Read MoreMothers for Nuclear Out to Save Clean Energy and the Planet Too
When Heather Hoff and Kristin Zaitz founded Mothers for Nuclear on Earth Day 2016, they had no idea how much effect their work would have. They had just discovered the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant near San Luis Obispo, California, where they both work was under threat of premature closure. They had also has taken stock…
Read MoreiUMTEK: the French company helping to make production better and cleaner
Ronald Berger-Lefébure, the CEO and founder of iUMTEK, explains how he developed a solution to take measurements with unequalled accuracy that can be deployed on site and used to supervise industrial processes, in particular the processing of nuclear waste. His objective is to reduce the amount of waste generated and wastage of non-renewable natural resources.…
Read MoreJimmy is gambling on nuclear to decarbonise our industry
Jimmy, the nuclear start-up, intends to rely on mini nuclear reactors to bring about a massive decarbonisation of the industrial sector. The project was born during the COVID pandemic when several friends, who were confined together, collaborated to develop a business model. Antoine and Mathilde finally launched the startup last summer and, by allying environmentalism…
Read MoreIn search of the practical advanced reactor
Danish start-up Seaborg has a new concept in reactor design that promises clean and reliable power in a small package. Bringing it to market requires innovation from a technical team growing under co-founder and CTO Eirik Eide Pettersen. The story of Seaborg’s technology begins around 60 years ago with experimental reactors at Oak Ridge National…
Read MoreinTechBrew: a new business model for nuclear innovation
Innovative technologies are not lacking in the nuclear industry, the problem is often a lack of visibility of these innovations outside the projects and countries where they were used. To remedy this, the inTechBrew newsletter was designed to connect innovators and technical prescribers interested in new products or services used elsewhere successfully and provide them…
Read MoreRWM welcomes launch of second GDF ‘Working Group’
The Working Group in Allerdale, Cumbria, will now begin local discussions about the potential for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). A Working Group has been formed in Allerdale, Cumbria, to begin discussions about the potential for hosting a deep geological facility for the safe and secure disposal of radioactive waste. Today’s announcement follows two months after the…
Read MoreBelgian Nuclear Industry – L’industrie nucléaire belge
What you need to know about the Belgian nuclear industry: Ce qu’il faut retenir de l’industrie nucléaire belge:
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