Podcast: World Nuclear Symposium 2023 special report
Sunday, 1 October 2023
The Nuclear Fuel Report, financing, recruitment, plant life optimisation and the Net Zero Nuclear launch all feature in this round-up of the high-level panel discussions held at the industry's global gathering in London.
The annual World Nuclear Symposium, held in September, featured sessions on a variety of the big issues currently facing the sector. This special edition of the World Nuclear News podcast brings you reports on, and highlights from, the event:
The topics covered, in order:
The launch of the Net Zero Nuclear campaign
Publication of World Nuclear Association's Nuclear Fuel Report
Recruitment and expanding the nuclear workforce
How nuclear can decarbonise different industries
Optimising plant life performance
Investing in and financing of nuclear
We hear from, in order of appearance:
Sama Bilbao y León, Director General of World Nuclear Association
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency
Mohamed Al Hammadi, CEO, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation
Kaajal Desai, Senior Programme Lead for Fuel Cycle, World Nuclear Association
Malcolm Critchley, President and CEO ConverDyn
Chris Frankland, Director of Sales and Marketing, Nuclear Fuels Corporation
Jeanne Tortorelli, Director of Nuclear Fuel Supply at Constellation Energy Generation
Tamer Albishawi, Chief Nuclear Officer at Hinkley Point C
Callum Thomas, Chairman of Thomas Thor
Grace Stanke, Nuclear Engineering Student, Nuclear Advocate and Miss America
Charlotte Griffiths, Sustainable Energy Division of the UN Economic Commission for Europe
Todd Noe, Director of Nuclear Technologies Strategy at Microsoft
Mikal Bøe, Chairman and CEO Core Power
Naoki Chigusa, CEO of World Association of Nuclear Operators
Vinod Kumar, Station Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited's Kaiga 3 and 4
Catherine Cornand, Senior Executive Vice President Framatome
Chris Cunningham, Vice President Nuclear Projects at Ontario Power Generation
Wolfgang Denk, Managing Director, Swissnuclear
Keisuke Sadamori, Director Energy Markets and Security, International Energy Agency
Iain Smedley, Global Chairman of Banking, Barclays
Kevin Kelly, CFO Bruce Power
Julien Bocobza, Partner, White & Case LLC
Sophie Macfarlane-Smith, Head of Customer Engagement Rolls-Royce SMR
Thomas Branche, Senior Vice President for Engineering, Assystem
Rumina Velshi, President and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Erick van Egeraat, Architect
Tim Gitzel, President and CEO Cameco
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