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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Nuclear Footprints Campaign

We are very excited to share the launch of the Nuclear Footprints Campaign. Read the full announcement by the World Nuclear Association: Dear World Nuclear Association member, Today we are proud to announce the launch of the Nuclear Footprints campaign. This campaign expands the scope of our traditional communications beyond simply providing factual information to…

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New 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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Reflections on the Changing Face of Emergency Planning

Over the past five years there has been a notable shift in UK Nuclear Emergency planning and preparations. A main driver of this change were the unfortunate events witnessed in Japan, at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, in March 2011. In addition, we have witnessed frequent terrorist incidents around the globe, which although not…

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