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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.

Podcasts & Features · Sunday, 1 January 2023

Podcast: Ingemar Engkvist on WANO's key industry role, plus nuclear at COP27

The World Association of Nuclear Operators' CEO Ingemar Engkvist explains how the organisation's members are like a family.

Podcasts & Features · Thursday, 1 December 2022

Viewpoint: Bilbao y León reflects on nuclear's presence at COP27

Sharm El-Sheikh marked the first time the global nuclear community had a large pavilion in the Blue Zone, at the heart of COP27, writes World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León.

Podcasts & Features · Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Viewpoint: The importance of young people in nuclear

The President of the International Youth Nuclear Congress, Lena Andriolo, on what young people can bring to the nuclear sector.

Podcasts & Features · Monday, 28 November 2022

Podcast: Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel on why time is right for Westinghouse deal

Tim Gitzel explains the thinking behind the Cameco, Brookfield Renewable and Westinghouse deal - and why he thinks the nuclear industry is up to the challenge of playing a critical role in providing clean energy for generations to come.

Podcasts & Features · Tuesday, 1 November 2022

Speech: Five steps to change the paradigm on SMRs

A paradigm shift is needed to enable safe deployment with the speed and magnitude required, said Rumina Velshi in her remarks to the 4th International Conference on Generation IV and Small Reactors.

Podcasts & Features · Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Viewpoint: What I learned as a mentor at WNU's Summer Institute

Seeing the fellows turn their diversity to an advantage was among the key takeaways from his experience as a mentor at World Nuclear University, writes former Centrus chief operating officer Bob Van Namen.

Podcasts & Features · Friday, 14 October 2022

Podcast: What nuclear industry says is needed to meet surging energy demand

Harmonisation of regulation, new financing options and proper pricing for nuclear energy were among the priorities raised at World Nuclear Symposium..

Podcasts & Features · Saturday, 1 October 2022

Viewpoint: Bilbao y León and Grossi on nuclear's opportunities and challenges

World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi say nuclear can, and will, rise to the energy challenge, in their addresses to World Nuclear Symposium 2022.

Podcasts & Features · Friday, 9 September 2022

Podcast: Gustavo Zlauvinen on the NPT and peaceful sharing of nuclear technologies

Also in this edition, Elizabeth Muller, CEO and co-founder of Deep Isolation, outlines its ambitions to "solve" the nuclear waste disposal issue.

Podcasts & Features · Thursday, 1 September 2022

Podcast: EU taxonomy vote explained, and leadership in nuclear

The vote favouring nuclear in the EU taxonomy was bigger than expected - Nucleareurope’s Jessica Johnson explains why. Jonathan Cobb crunches the numbers on the nuclear industry and the IAEA’s Lisa Lande discusses leadership and why it is so important in the nuclear sector.

Podcasts & Features · Monday, 1 August 2022

Podcast: Urenco’s Boris Schucht on the potential of next gen reactors

Urenco CEO Boris Schucht explains the impact of current world events on the fuel sector and outlines the challenges that need to be overcome to unlock the climate and energy security benefits of new nuclear technologies. Plus John Lindberg on Sweden’s nuclear power sector and the possible impact of the forthcoming elections, and a round-up of the main nuclear news in June.

Podcasts & Features · Friday, 1 July 2022