Posts Tagged ‘English’
Koray Tuncer: Building Turkey’s nuclear sector
When Turkey began its strategic push into nuclear energy, Koray Tuncer could see that companies were interested. He set up the annual Nuclear Power Plants Expo and Summit (NPPES) in 2013 and went on to found the Nuclear Industry Association of Turkey (NIATR) two years later. As the construction at Akkuyu NPP has progressed, he…
Read More‘Mirion’s mission ‘To harness our unrivalled knowledge of ionising radiation for the greater good of humanity.’
As Managing Director in France and Germany of Mirion Technologies and President of the Radiation Monitoring Systems Division, Loïc Eloy strongly contributed to manage the COVID crisis. Co-managing a task force of 10 experts developing Mirion’s COVID response, Loïc was supporting the management of 1600 employees across Europe and Asia, while another team handled the…
Read MoreEirik Eide Pettersen: powered by a good idea
Eirik Eide Pettersen is the Chief Technical Officer of Seaborg Technologies, a start-up company based in Denmark with an expansive vision for small molten salt reactors. As a Norwegian, he followed friends into that country’s fossil fuel sector, but soon hit on some better ideas. Finding the fossil sector unappealing, Eirik left without much of…
Read MoreRWM welcomes launch of second GDF ‘Working Group’
The Working Group in Allerdale, Cumbria, will now begin local discussions about the potential for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). A Working Group has been formed in Allerdale, Cumbria, to begin discussions about the potential for hosting a deep geological facility for the safe and secure disposal of radioactive waste. Today’s announcement follows two months after the…
Read MoreWe support the SMR action plan in Saskatchewan
Canadian province Saskatchewan, known for its uranium mines, plans to produce nuclear energy using the innovative technology of Small Modular Reactors in partnership with Ontario Province. For more information please visit the dedicated website https://smractionplan.ca/ now online.
Read MoreOur Position regarding UK’s exit from EU
Thomas Thor is proud to provide Search and Human Resource Services for Nuclear and other Complex Regulated Industries in UK, Europe, North America and the Middle East. The UK’s exit from the European Union on 31 December will not affect our commitment to working across borders from our Bristol and Cumbria offices and we will…
Read MoreMentoring Software – Which one to choose? A review of five options
By Milan van Berlo – Project Coordinator CEO Office Thomas Thor Mentoring has been around for decades, but the phenomena of mentoring software is rather recent. Type in ‘mentoring software’ on your browser and you will find a few dozen companies selling the exact same thing: software packages that enable companies and universities to…
Read MoreMythbuster – Reassuringly expensive?
By Mitchell McCombe, member of the Young Nuclear Generation Nuclear Institute. The race to low-carbon economies is a competition between expensive nuclear power and cheap renewables – is it that simple? Mitchell McCombe investigates. There is a misconception that the race to low carbon economies is a competition between nuclear power and renewables, and that…
Read MoreNuclear graduates take MegaWatt to schools
Everyone has their own idea of what the future energy system should be, but whose plan is really the best? Instead of using academic papers and protracted debates on social media you can now settle the matter with MegaWatt, a new card game that lets 3-5 players build their grid and stress test it as…
Read MoreHow does Thomas Thor support Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in the nuclear industry?
The words “Equality’’, “Equity”, “Diversity’’ and “Inclusion’’ are used with increasing frequency these days. We are living in a time where the focus is evolving from conversation and good intentions to a call for meaningful action and systemic change. As with many other industries, the nuclear industry is also going through this transition and finally…
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