Professional Opinions
Clean Energy: Why is it important to talk about (nuclear) waste?
10 May 2021 Dr Tomasz P Majchrowski BSc (Hons) CChem Tom holds a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and has been awarded a status of a Chartered Chemist by the Royal Society of Chemistry. His professional experience is in the management of nuclear waste, spanning from science and technology…
Read MoreThree minute book review – How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
Although I thoroughly recommend reading this book, if you are interested in a three-minute summary rather than a six-hour read, then this review is for you. In this book, published just last month, Bill Gates starts with an explanation of why we must go from the 51 billion tonnes of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) we currently…
Read MoreBig hopes for small islands
A young Jesús M. Nuñez would have never imagined working in the nuclear industry. Growing up in Puerto Rico, a US territory with no nuclear operators, he “didn’t know what nuclear energy was. I watched the Simpsons and that was the extent of my nuclear education.” It wasn’t until his university professor introduced him to…
Read MoreWiN Global Youth Generation Chapter: An Interview with Andrea Bachrata
THE INTERVIEW WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE WiN GLOBAL MARCH NEWSLETTER. You have such an impressive background, including some of your research work being recognized by the L’Oréal UNESCO Women in Science back in 2011. What motivated you to choose this area of specialisation? On my motivation: My father, who studied nuclear, encouraged me to…
Read MoreFusion is for the future and it is happening now
It’s a great feeling to wake up every morning and go into work, knowing that you’re “working on something that can completely and literally change the world,” says Jay Brister. A 40-year veteran of the nuclear industry, Jay has first-hand experience of the highs and lows of the nuclear fission power business and market around…
Read MoreReverse Mentoring – What is it and how can it be beneficial for the current and future workforce?
By Milan van Berlo – Project & Partnerships Manager CEO Office Thomas Thor Associates In the past decades, mentoring has been used as a tool by many businesses, organisations and universities. In a previous blogpost, we focused on mentoring software and during this research we observed an increasing number of references to ‘reverse mentoring’. What…
Read MoreKoray Tuncer: Building Turkey’s nuclear sector
When Turkey began its strategic push into nuclear energy, Koray Tuncer could see that companies were interested. He set up the annual Nuclear Power Plants Expo and Summit (NPPES) in 2013 and went on to found the Nuclear Industry Association of Turkey (NIATR) two years later. As the construction at Akkuyu NPP has progressed, he…
Read MoreWe support the SMR action plan in Saskatchewan
Canadian province Saskatchewan, known for its uranium mines, plans to produce nuclear energy using the innovative technology of Small Modular Reactors in partnership with Ontario Province. For more information please visit the dedicated website https://smractionplan.ca/ now online.
Read MoreJohn Gorman: Going nuclear
Canadian Nuclear Association President John Gorman is the former solar industry executive who moved to nuclear on a mission to build bridges so the technologies can create a clean energy system together. He started working in clean energy “about 20 years ago,” John explains, “when I began to get increasingly concerned about climate change.” Having…
Read MoreConnecting the dots with Gilles Babinet
Gilles Babinet is a man who worked his way up – all the way up – to become France’s ‘Digital Champion’ at the European Commission, having left school at the age of 15. As a serial entrepreneur, the full list of roles he holds would be “complicated” but in his own words he is “very obsessed” with…
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