Archive for July 2021
In 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…
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