Mythbuster – Reassuringly expensive?

By Mitchell McCombe, member of the Young Nuclear Generation Nuclear Institute. The race to low-carbon economies is a competition between expensive nuclear power and cheap renewables – is it that simple? Mitchell McCombe investigates. There is a misconception that the race to low carbon economies is a competition between nuclear power and renewables, and that…

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Why the UK needs both new nuclear power plants and new technology

The vast majority of people that are working on how we will achieve NetZero by 2050 agree that the answer is to use a combination of all available solutions. This means building as much wind, nuclear and solar energy as possible while developing solutions in energy efficiency, energy storage and carbon capture. When it comes…

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Insights into New Nuclear in the UK

In collaboration with World Energy TV, Thomas Thor presents the topic of Nuclear New Build in the UK for the first time in a podcast. Three experts in their fields give us a complete picture of the impact of New Nuclear in the UK. First, Julia Pyke, Director for Financing for EDF Energy talks about…

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The goal of a nuclear CV

Making a CV is one of the first steps in getting a new job. Its function is to get you a call from the recruiter, says Lucie Walach, European Business Team Coordinator at Thomas Thor Associates, as she outlines what makes her pick up the phone. An effective CV has one main function:  to make…

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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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