Posts Tagged ‘nuclear industry’
Meyrem Sari: ready for anything
“I just ended up here because I liked science and was always good at maths,” was a modest statement from Meyrem Sari as she began a lecture to the UK Institute of Physics Nuclear Industry Group on her work at the UK’s Radioactive Waste Management organisation. Born in a remote Anatolian village in the Mediterranean…
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 MorePatricia Schindler: for more female professionals in the French and global nuclear industry
As in other technical fields, there is a lack of women in the nuclear sector. This is a problem that Patricia Schindler knows from the inside, with 40 years of experience in R&D for the CEA, and globally, through her responsibilities within the international organisation WiN (Women in Nuclear). Introducing Patricia Schindler: Patricia Schindler has…
Read MoreKatherine Raines: finding ecological answers
What might Britain be like in thousands of years’ time? What will be its climate and what animals and plants will it be home to? These are just some of the questions Katherine Raines is trying to answer in her work at RWM, the government organisation tasked with the disposal of the UK’s higher level…
Read MoreAll together now
Multicultural teams are now very common in the nuclear industry, but integrating a diverse range of experienced people remains challenging for managers. Focused communication is key to getting it right and unlocking higher levels of productivity and innovation, said a panel discussing the issue at Virtual Nuclear Power Plants Expo and Summit on 2 June…
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 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…
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