Nuclear Human Resources Group Conference Highlights – Jupiter, Florida

  The Nuclear Human Resources Group (NHRG) is an HR association that includes electric utilities in the US and Canada who manage and operate nuclear power facilities. The NHRG encompasses several working groups that share and exchange information in the areas of HR management, organizational effectiveness, employee relations, total rewards, knowledge management, leadership development and talent management.…

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Thomas Thor launches a new office in Bristol to support UK new build

Thomas Thor launches a new office in Bristol to support UK nuclear new build Global nuclear recruitment and executive search firm Thomas Thor celebrated the opening of their new office in Bristol. The event was attended by EDF Energy, members of the supply chain and representatives from the NI and Nuclear South West amongst others.…

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Press Release: Thomas Thor, the global nuclear recruiter, acquires majority stake in KeySource HCI

January 3, 2017 AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – Thomas Thor Associates, the nuclear specific executive search and consulting business based in Europe and the Middle East, is delighted to announce the acquisition of a majority equity stake in KeySource HCI, a nuclear specific executive search and consulting business operating in the US and Canada, as of…

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Why is nuclear energy a good fit for the UAE?

Interview with Gaetan Deshais, MENA Business Director Why is nuclear energy a good fit for the UAE? When considering nuclear energy in the UAE we can look at the benefits and the opportunities from different perspectives. Let’s split these into two groups. Firstly there are the short term goals that include diversification of electricity sources…

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Nuclear 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…

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Thomas Thor at World Nuclear Exhibition – 2016

With less than one month left until the world nuclear exhibition, the 2016 edition of this event will be the biggest and most important in the global nuclear industry this year. The whole nuclear energy field will be represented with 700 exhibiting global nuclear key players. Taking place in Paris, from June 28-30, 2016, the…

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The 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,…

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Nuclear 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…

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