Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy

1) Chris' journey to nuclear advocacy and the changes he's seen in overall attitudes towards nuclear 2) A deep dive into green bonds and nuclear's role in green financing frameworks 3) Nuclear power in Canada and the important role it plays in the country's clean energy generation 4) Nuclear messaging and ways the nuclear industry can improve their communications strategies

1) Craig's background working in multiple areas of government 2) Craig's previous role as Deputy Director of Advanced Nuclear Innovation for BEIS 3) How the SMR landscape in the UK has changed over the years 4) Craig's vision for the future of nuclear in the UK and around the world

1) His Excellency's background growing up in Abu Dhabi and his early interest in engineering 2) A deep dive into the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation and the success of the Barakah Project 3) The UAE's role in nuclear power development and opportunities for further growth 4) His Excellency's vision for the future of nuclear energy in the UAE and around the world

1) Jake's background growing up in New Mexico and being around nuclear energy from a young age 2) A deep dive into the founding of Oklo and what makes their technology unique 3) How Oklo is navigating challenges associated with licensing in the United States 4) Jake's vision for Oklo's future and how they are continuing to push forward

1. Katie Silver recaps her career and explains how she became the lead on the Reuters SMR and Advanced Reactor conference 2. A look into this year's conference and some of the upcoming speakers. 3. Katie's vision for the future of nuclear energy To learn more about this year's conference visit Reuters Events.

1) Ed's early introduction to the nuclear industry through dose and risk assessment studies 2) The history of the linear no-threshold model 3) Challenges and criticisms of the linear no-threshold model 4) Ed's vision for the future of radiation studies

1) David Frum on how early experiences informed his view on the emerging carbon issues 2) The context of Germany's recent anti-nuclear decisions and other critical pivot points for the nation 3) A deep dive into the scale of the current carbon issue and how it could change globally 4) Why global wealth & prosperity is the key to cleaner energy and air

1) Jonathan Hackett's background studying physics and how he translated that into a career in finance 2) Background on green bonds and BMO's role in the issuance of the first nuclear green bond 3) What the issuance of a nuclear green bond indicates about nuclear's role in green financing frameworks going forward 4) The rapid growth of sustainable finance over the past few years and the challenges/opportunities if presents for nuclear

1) Scott Bailey shares how his journey through merchant marines and traditional nuclear brought him to small modular reactors 2) Why simplicity in design and supply chain are some of NuScale's greatest assets 3) A deep dive on NuScale's manufacturing, assembly, and deployment strategies 4) Two key deliverables to get from vendors to mitigate risk in the design for the manufacturing stage

1) How Thomas Jam Pederson made the jump from the IT industry to molten salt reactors 2) How Copenhagen Atomics is bringing new nuclear technology paired with a new industry business model 3) Challenges of operating a nuclear-based business in a country that has outlawed civil nuclear 4) Why both open source and patented designs are beneficial to the nuclear startup community

1) Jeff Chamberlain reflects on the early initiatives to secure vulnerable nuclear materials post-9/11 2) Role of the US National Nuclear Security Administration in nonproliferation and export control 3) Strategies for converting highly enriched uranium nuclear reactors to use LEU fuels 4) Exploring the latest NNSA resource for industry and academia: US Nuclear Nexus

1) Jean-Michel Hoorelbeke's path to a nuclear energy career through his mining engineering education 2) How France's Underground Research Laboratory verified the feasibility of the nuclear waste geological repository 3) The progression of Cigéo from the research phase to the industrial phase 4) Remaining research for France's nuclear waste storage & disposal plans

1) Thomas' career trajectory from public service to private industry 2) The many roles Thomas has played at Assystem across many different geographies 3) Private industry's role in accelerating the clean energy transition throughout Europe 4) Thomas' vision for the future of nuclear energy around the world

1) Kamen Kraev's path to journalism and how he ended up writing about nuclear energy 2) The history of NucNet, one of the world's leading nuclear publications 3) Communications challenges within nuclear energy and what communications professionals can do to help 4) Kamen's hopes for the future of nuclear as an energy source

1) Madeleine's path to nuclear, starting with her industrial placement year at Sellafield 2) Madeleine's previous roles managing operations at Sellafield's sludge packaging facility and fleet maintenance facilities 3) How Sellafield uses flasks to transport nuclear waste inside and outside of the site 4) Madeleine's role managing Sellafield's COVID-19 response and maintaining operations throughout the pandemic

1) Rory O'Sullivan's early career working in construction and on a wind farm 2) Rory's introduction to molten salt reactors and his early work researching this technology 3) A look at Moltex's technology including WATSS which provides the ability to recycle nuclear waste 4) Rory's vision for future deployment of Moltex reactors in Canada

1. Sylvie Bermann's background as the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom, France, and Russia. 2. A deep dive into the 2021 World Nuclear Exhibition and GIFEN's role in hosting the event. 3. A look at the WNE Awards Ceremony, including the first-ever WNE Fellow Award 4. Sylvie Bermann's vision for the future of nuclear energy in France and around the world

Titans of Nuclear host Jadwiga Najder and producer Olivia Columbus provide an in-depth look at the 2021 World Nuclear Exhibition.

1) Emmet Penney's philosophical journey to nuclear energy & what changed his mind along the way 2) A comparison of strategies for nuclear power plant build-out in the US 3) How to replace coal power with nuclear and why deregulation is the key first step 4) Challenges in culture & communication in the nuclear space

1) Andy Prendergast introduces the GMB general union and its role in UK's nuclear industry 2) Strategies for closing and maintaining the skills gap needed to build new nuclear 3) UK's projected job growth related to nuclear technology export 4) How the GMB is advocating for nuclear's long term impacts on skilled careers, the UK economy, and global climate change

1) Robin Manley explains how OPG has shifted its small modular reactor (SMR) deployment strategy 2) The final three contenders for Canada's first SMR build 3) How the CNSC is integrated into preliminary design analysis & operating plant monitoring 4) Looking at future advanced reactor & microreactor possibilities in Ontario

1) Cesare Frepoli reflects on how & why he continued to pursue a nuclear engineering career in the aftermath of Chernobyl 2) The role of integrated test facilities in new nuclear plant safety analyses 3) How the licensing and certification process is evolving and adapting to another dimension of nuclear power 4) Keys to building a company and a team focused on complex, technically challenging projects

1. Matt's early career working in blogging and launching Vox 2. Matt's newest project, Slow Boring, and his recent piece on nuclear power 3. Differences in regulatory structures between nuclear energy and other heavily regulated sectors 4. Opportunities for new nuclear development around the world

1) Ian Hore-Lacy remembers how his book "Nuclear Electricity" came about 40 years ago 2) The current state of Australia's energy infrastructure & its stance on nuclear power 3) Comparing 1960s nuclear power plant construction & ways small modular reactors can improve production cost 4) The future of nuclear in Australia

1. Lonnie's career as an electrical worker and early involvement in the IBEW 2. The IBEW's role representing workers both at the local and federal level 3. Lonnie's recent op-ed on the importance of nuclear energy 4. Lonnie's role as an advisor to the presidential transition team

1. Robert's early introduction to nuclear energy and thorium reactors 2. Robert's recent Wall Street Journal op-ed and the linear no-threshold hypothesis 3. A look at Thorcon's concept of building a small modular reactor (SMR) using shipbuilding techniques 4. Thorcon's plans to deploy an SMR in Indonesia

1) Adrian Bull's journey through the nuclear industry, from modeling and research to communications 2) How Adrian worked with Japanese leadership to rethink communication strategies – direct & indirect - after Fukushima 3) The process of building & maintaining a nuclear cultural heritage in the UK's communities 4) Ways to maximize the supply chain in the UK to support the rollout of new nuclear

1) Laura Leay breaks down how inactive versions of high-level nuclear waste are used to study & improve processes 2) Ways that knowledge exchange programs can be used to build up a facility's resume to support long-term projects 3) Technological, generational, and behavioral changes inside the nuclear industry 4) How familiarity impacts perception and how to bring familiarity to nuclear energy

1) Mark Nelson looks at the breakdowns in the nuclear industry today & how attracting top talent can change the course 2) The danger and potential consequences of over-optimization in nuclear power plant design 3) Mark shares how he made his viral graph comparing CO2 emissions of France and Germany 4) Why fully operational, paid-for, carbon-free nuclear plants are getting shut down around the world & how to make an impact

1) Austin Lo walks through the process of thermionic energy conversion and why General Motors got involved in nuclear reactor research in the 1960s 2) Benefits & challenges of thermionics for space nuclear power applications 3) A comparison of how nuclear R&D has evolved over time and alongside regulatory changes 4) Expanding nuclear innovation to cultural growth, discovery, and new inventions

1) How the UK nuclear market has shifted from decommissioning to new builds and the current state of the industry 2) Why fully-functioning nuclear reactors require design changes when crossing international borders into new regulatory requirements 3) Allan Carson's path to the World Nuclear Association to pursue international cooperation in reactor design 4) Plans for a future with regulatory collaboration and the direct impacts to clean energy & climate change

1) Jay Wileman explains how the GE and Hitachi partnership started and how it's evolved over the years 2) A breakdown of the five different value streams GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy brings to its customers 3) Advantages of the up-and-coming BWRX-300 reactor in the global nuclear space 4) Why keeping and maintaining existing nuclear plants is key to achieving climate goals

1) Why bringing manufacturing back to the UK is critical for controlling emissions 2) Paul Nevitt walks through how his early chemistry linked to nuclear through UK's defense sector study of actinides 3) Role of the National Nuclear Laboratory in driving collaboration towards achieving climate goals 4) A spotlight on some feature projects at the Nuclear Innovation Research Office

1) The story of how Jeremy Gordon stumbled into editing Nuclear Engineering International Magazine with zero background in nuclear 2) Jeremy's transition to the World Nuclear Association and how he built World Nuclear News 3) Fukushima as a case study for how to communicate about a developing emergency situation at a nuclear power plant 4) Why creating alliances and collaboration with outside sectors is key to salvaging the nuclear industry's social license

1) How Callum Thomas identified the human resources need in the nuclear industry, leading to the startup of his organization, Thomas Thor 2) Challenges and opportunities in finding and recruiting skilled personnel into the global nuclear workforce 3) Ways Thomas Thor is advocating for the nuclear industry and encouraging people to do independent research and come to their own conclusions about the technology 4) Why diversity and inclusion is key to successful collaboration and execution of nuclear projects and, on a bigger scale, achieving net-zero

1. How Fiona Reilly's nuclear career started as a commercial lawyer visiting a nuclear power plant during a refueling outage 2. The key to building future nuclear projects through a combination of risk sharing and profit sharing 3. How technology parks, medical isotopes, and fusion can play an important role in UK's leveling up economic agenda 4. Considerations for financing energy projects and a breakdown of early project development costs

1) What led Jason Crawford to make the jump from Silicon Valley to a focus on the history of technology and philosophy of progress 2) How Jason got into writing and connected with some of his favorite economic historians through a viral post on the invention of the bicycle 3) The critical events that strangled nuclear energy progress in its early years and a look at the bottlenecks it faces today 4) A sneak peek of Jason's book, Roots of Progress, and a call to action to pay it forward to future generations through technological advancement

1) Lindsay Morton reflects on how she discovered the field of epidemiology and how it satisfied her love for math, biology, and research 2) How the National Cancer Institute contributes to global cancer research and a look at the projects they pursue internally 3) Why studying the impacts of radiation on the human body is so complex and some of the testing methodologies and biometrics used 4) A review of past and ongoing cancer studies related to the Chernobyl incident and how it informs data in new incidents, like at Fukushima

1. Dr. Chanock's early career in medicine, dedicating his work to cancer research 2. The National Cancer Institute's role within the National Institute of Health and why they decided to pursue studies on Chernobyl 3. A deep dive into the NCI's two most recent studies on Chernobyl, the largest of their kind 4. A look at the results of those studies and their larger applications for public health

1. Andrzej's early career leading the startup of Poland's Maria research reactor 2. His work at the IAEA and experiences traveling to plants around the world 3. Lessons learned about the safety of nuclear power plants from the Fukushima accident 4. Andrzej's belief's around changing the approach to the effects of small doses of radiation

1. Michel's early work as an economist with the CEA 2. Michel's shift into the policy space at the OECD-NEA 3. The economics of nuclear energy and how it differs from other energy sectors 4. Learning from past experiences in the development of new nuclear projects

1) Ben Levitt reflects on the path that led him through the world of physics into fusion technology development at Zap Energy 2) How observations from the 18th century contributed to the understanding of the Z-pinch concept 3) The process of achieving scientific and commercial break-even in deuterium-tritium fusion 4) Why fusion is key to the success and sustainability of humanity now and in the future

1) Arun Khuttan gives a brief history of COP and how the nuclear community has been involved in the past 2) Neil Calder introduces how the Net Zero Needs Nuclear campaign is asking international leaders to reassess their energy policies 3) Sophie Zienkiewicz explains the outreach strategy, both within and outside the nuclear sector, for starting more conversations around nuclear 4) Why the younger generation of nuclear professionals is so passionate about fighting climate change with this technology

1) George Verberg's early exposure to energy working in the Government of the Netherlands 2) His work in natural gas at Gasunie and as President of the International Gas Union 3) George's work as a nuclear advocate in the Netherlands 4) Future opportunities for nuclear development in the Netherlands

1. Richard Meserve's accidental introduction to nuclear working in the White House Science Advisor's office during Three Mile Island 2. Richard's appointment to the NRC and his role as Chairman 3. Takeaways from the Fukushima accident its impact on perceptions of nuclear 4. Opportunities for the development of advanced reactors and their role in tackling climate change

1) Esam Hussein's journey from Egypt to Canada in the pursuit of a career in nuclear engineering 2) An in-depth look at the intricacies of the CANDU reactors and how they've evolved 3) A comparative analysis of different SMR designs in terms of technology and modularity 4) How to optimize capital cost and operating cost in nuclear power plants

1) Isabelle Boemeke's journey through her modeling career, leading her to entrepreneurship and eventually, environmentalism 2) How Isodope, Isabelle's social media character, is making nuclear energy relatable and relevant for the masses 3)Strategies for educating and engaging the public in climate change conversation 4) A look at the electricity & emissions impacts California will see if Diablo Canyon shuts down for good

1) How Chris Gadomski's childhood memories of the 1970s oil embargo shaped his view on energy forever 2) The links between oil, renewables, and nuclear through the STEEP plus W analysis 3) A comparison of the nuclear industries in China, Russia, and the United States through the decades 4) Why operating nuclear reactors are getting shut down in the US and the impact on net-zero goals if the trend continues

1) How the global fashion industry led Rickey Ruff to go door-to-door to factories in Hong Kong 2) The role of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in Rickey's journey to pursue clean energy 3) Why the international fashion supply chain is the perfect industry for microreactor deployment 4) This year's newest feature at the New York Fashion Week: nuclear energy

1) Anicet Touré gives a brief history of Belgium's nuclear industry and the role of Tractebel 2) The opposing influences of Germany and France on Europe's stance on nuclear 3) Four questions to ask when determining the business case of small modular reactors in your country 4) How SMRs can open new market opportunities for multiple industries, including the steel and petrochemical sectors