Posts Tagged ‘nuclear power’
Three 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 MoreWhy 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…
Read MoreInsights 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…
Read MoreCan we overcome the fear of the nuclear industry?
By Myrto TRIPATHI Founder and President of Voices of Nuclear In its October 2018 special report SR15, the IPCC[1] emphasises[2] the necessity for increased presence of the nuclear industry in the global energy mix and with it the biggest obstacle to the achievement of this goal, its social acceptance. “The current deployment pace of nuclear…
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…
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