Professional Opinions
Three steps to becoming an entrepreneur
1st Step: I’ve been in the nuclear industry for 14 years and went straight from university to being part of a graduate program for Sellafield. As a chemical engineer, I worked on design and engineering projects for a number of companies, gradually getting into the nuclear supply chain. 2nd Step: I moved from being strictly…
Read MoreTempted to jump sector? From Conventional to Nuclear Power: meet Nawel Nourai!
Nawel Nourai has spent the first part of her career in the conventional power sector as a consultant specialized in thermal power stations’ energy output. In 2011, she was selected for her technical skills in scheduling to work for Areva on the Finland EPR project. This 15-month experience gave her access to the nuclear sector. She…
Read MoreA community stake in geological disposal
In Finland, the construction license for the Posiva – ONKALO – deep geological repository was granted in 2015. The site was selected after a long process, beginning in 1983. For over 40 years, UK Governments have failed to secure a site for an underground radwaste repository. Phil Davies* has a proposal… A national screening…
Read MoreTempted to go international? Meet Candice Varnell!
As an experienced nuclear training specialist working for Energysolutions, Candice accumulated a wealth of knowledge. But she also wanted to have the chance to work in a very culturally diverse environment, to have the experience of living and learning from a multicultural place. So when she was contacted by Thomas Thor, she decided to move…
Read MoreGreg Alexander’s view on working in Canada: come and live it!
I am Canadian and have spent all my working years so far in the nuclear & defence industries between three countries : Canada, US and Europe, mostly UK. I know these three countries share the same language, and many people assume as a consequence that they also have the same working culture and social interactions. In my opinion, nothing…
Read MoreMarc-Antoine Petrilli: from permanent staff to independent consultant
Marc-Antoine, you have been working in nuclear energy for all your professional life, as a permanent staff and then as a contractor. We want to know everything about your trajectory and your professional choices but first let’s go back to basics: How did you get interested in the nuclear energy field in the…
Read MoreNuclear potentials in a no-nuke time
Written by Dr. Fatone. Is nuclear energy, after less than 75 years from the first nuclear reactor, coming to an end? The term “nuclear” caused troubled thoughts and unclear feelings. The world’s first controlled artificial nuclear reaction happened in the Chicago Pile 1 (CP-1), on the 2nd of December 1942. Under the supervision of the…
Read MoreThe Use of Technology to Support Nuclear Security
Written by Security Specialist, Paul Tonks. Technology moves at a swift pace. Innovations emerge, often creating markets we never realised existed. The reduction of production costs also opens the market to a much wider segment of the community; for instance, small discrete camera systems, previously the remit of ‘James Bond types’, with superb playback quality,…
Read MoreNuclear Power for the Sake of Humanity and the Environment
Written by Wade Allison, MA DPhilEmeritus Professor of Physics and Fellow of Keble College, Oxford Building a nuclear power plant involves risk and money like any large project, but how much risk and how much money? The choices affect everybody – investors, consumers and society as a whole. If more money is spent with the…
Read MoreNew Horizons in Nuclear Power
Article written by Andrew Daniels. The Paris Climate summit of 2015 emerged over a growing anxiety about increasing air pollution. In the hope of reducing its impact, rich and poor countries alike have pledged to reduce emissions and to reduce the use of fossil fuels. Estimates of the money involved to accomplish these pledges ranges…
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