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Viewpoint: Turkey’s ambitions as a nuclear energy player

Viewpoint: Turkey’s ambitions as a nuclear energy player

The President of the Nuclear Industry Association of Turkey, Alikaan Çiftçi, explains that Turkey aspires to be a major regional manufacturing, trade and logistics hub to meet the opportunities for nuclear energy in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.

Perspectives 16 May 2023

Viewpoint: The networks building bridges between youth and nuclear sector

Viewpoint: The networks building bridges between youth and nuclear sector

Anna Talarowska, chair of the European Nuclear Young Generation Forum 2023, on the importance for young people, and the wider nuclear sector, of Young Generation Networks and the biennial forum which is taking place in Krakow, Poland, from 8-12 May.

Perspectives 11 May 2023

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Viewpoint: Turkey’s ambitions as a nuclear energy player

Viewpoint: The networks building bridges between youth and nuclear sector

Viewpoint: The critical production of cobalt-60 in nuclear reactors

Viewpoint: It's time to let the world know we can safely manage nuclear waste

Podcast: Focus on uranium, plus India's nuclear history - and 2023 lookahead

Interview: WANO prepares for growth of new nuclear

Viewpoint: Driving evolution in leadership across the nuclear sector

Podcast: GE Hitachi's Jay Wileman, and the need for regulatory harmonisation

Podcast: Gender balance in nuclear, and the EU's Net Zero Industry Act

Podcast: Gender balance in nuclear, and the EU's Net Zero Industry Act

Podcast: Gender balance in nuclear, and the EU's Net Zero Industry Act

An international survey has highlighted the need for a better gender balance in the nuclear sector, but how to achieve it? That's one of the issues discussed with Corhyn Parr, CEO of Nuclear Waste Services. Plus Nucleareurope's Andrei Goicea on nuclear's place in the EU's Net Zero Industry Act.

Perspectives 01 April 2023

Viewpoint: The critical production of cobalt-60 in nuclear reactors

Viewpoint: The critical production of cobalt-60 in nuclear reactors

The production of cobalt-60 is critical to healthcare and, with demand soaring, the challenge is to expand supply, writes Martin Comben from the International Irradiation Association.

Perspectives 28 March 2023

Viewpoint: Driving evolution in leadership across the nuclear sector

Viewpoint: Driving evolution in leadership across the nuclear sector

Attracting, developing, supporting and retaining the right leaders will help determine the destiny of the nuclear sector in the coming years, writes Callum Thomas, CEO of Thomas Thor.

Perspectives 17 March 2023

Podcast: Bannerman's Brandon Munro on uranium and nuclear's prospects, impact of war

Podcast: Bannerman's Brandon Munro on uranium and nuclear's prospects, impact of war

How has the Russia-Ukraine war changed the world's uranium and wider nuclear energy industry? Bannerman Energy's CEO Brandon Munro considers what effect it has had so far and the likely longer term consequences.

Perspectives 01 March 2023

Interview: WANO prepares for growth of new nuclear

Interview: WANO prepares for growth of new nuclear

World Association of Nuclear Operators chairman Tom Mitchell and new CEO Naoki Chigusa are optimistic about the future of the nuclear energy sector, and are taking steps to ensure the organisation is well placed to offer new players in the industry help and advice.

Perspectives 13 February 2023

Podcast: GE Hitachi's Jay Wileman, and the need for regulatory harmonisation

Podcast: GE Hitachi's Jay Wileman, and the need for regulatory harmonisation

What can be done to improve the process of getting approval for one reactor design in different countries?

Perspectives 01 February 2023

Viewpoint: It's time to let the world know we can safely manage nuclear waste

Viewpoint: It's time to let the world know we can safely manage nuclear waste

While many agree the benefits of using nuclear energy to fight climate change and build energy security are clear, there is still a major hurdle to overcome before it is widely accepted as a safe and clean part of the energy mix: the perception that the nuclear industry has a waste "problem", writes Laurie Swami, president and CEO of Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization.

Perspectives 19 January 2023

Podcast: Focus on uranium, plus India's nuclear history - and 2023 lookahead

Podcast: Focus on uranium, plus India's nuclear history - and 2023 lookahead

World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León sets out her hopes for the industry in 2023 - and Sprott's John Ciampaglia discusses the uranium market.

Perspectives 01 January 2023