Big 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…

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Financing new Nuclear Projects

Article written by Alexander Wolski, Director Strategic Projects at WorleyParsons Nuclear Services. The significant benefits of nuclear electricity generation are widely known and accepted. Today more new NPPs are on the way world-wide than ever before, although the industry still has difficulties to overcome in relation to non-intellectual fears and reservations. Too many times I…

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