Posts Tagged ‘English’
All together now
Multicultural teams are now very common in the nuclear industry, but integrating a diverse range of experienced people remains challenging for managers. Focused communication is key to getting it right and unlocking higher levels of productivity and innovation, said a panel discussing the issue at Virtual Nuclear Power Plants Expo and Summit on 2 June…
Read MoreClean Energy: Why is it important to talk about (nuclear) waste?
10 May 2021 Dr Tomasz P Majchrowski BSc (Hons) CChem Tom holds a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and has been awarded a status of a Chartered Chemist by the Royal Society of Chemistry. His professional experience is in the management of nuclear waste, spanning from science and technology…
Read MoreThree minute book review – How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
Although I thoroughly recommend reading this book, if you are interested in a three-minute summary rather than a six-hour read, then this review is for you. In this book, published just last month, Bill Gates starts with an explanation of why we must go from the 51 billion tonnes of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) we currently…
Read MoreBig hopes for small islands
A young Jesús M. Nuñez would have never imagined working in the nuclear industry. Growing up in Puerto Rico, a US territory with no nuclear operators, he “didn’t know what nuclear energy was. I watched the Simpsons and that was the extent of my nuclear education.” It wasn’t until his university professor introduced him to…
Read MoreA new Thomas Thor office location
Thomas Thor has opened a new office in Pensacola, FL. This is our 4th office in North America and our 10th globally. We’re excited to be able to support our work force and clients from another location and are excited to be part of the local community in the Florida panhandle. The new office address:…
Read MoreWill the EU follow the science on nuclear?
It has become impossible for the European Union to ignore nuclear power any longer in its response to climate change, now that its Joint Research Centre has concluded the technology’s impacts are on a par with renewables. But that doesn’t mean policy acceptance for nuclear just yet, writes Callum Thomas. The recently leaked report from…
Read MoreWiN Global Youth Generation Chapter: An Interview with Andrea Bachrata
THE INTERVIEW WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE WiN GLOBAL MARCH NEWSLETTER. You have such an impressive background, including some of your research work being recognized by the L’Oréal UNESCO Women in Science back in 2011. What motivated you to choose this area of specialisation? On my motivation: My father, who studied nuclear, encouraged me to…
Read MoreFusion is for the future and it is happening now
It’s a great feeling to wake up every morning and go into work, knowing that you’re “working on something that can completely and literally change the world,” says Jay Brister. A 40-year veteran of the nuclear industry, Jay has first-hand experience of the highs and lows of the nuclear fission power business and market around…
Read MoreinTechBrew: a new business model for nuclear innovation
Innovative technologies are not lacking in the nuclear industry, the problem is often a lack of visibility of these innovations outside the projects and countries where they were used. To remedy this, the inTechBrew newsletter was designed to connect innovators and technical prescribers interested in new products or services used elsewhere successfully and provide them…
Read MoreReverse Mentoring – What is it and how can it be beneficial for the current and future workforce?
By Milan van Berlo – Project & Partnerships Manager CEO Office Thomas Thor Associates In the past decades, mentoring has been used as a tool by many businesses, organisations and universities. In a previous blogpost, we focused on mentoring software and during this research we observed an increasing number of references to ‘reverse mentoring’. What…
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