Posts Tagged ‘English’
John Gorman: Going nuclear
Canadian Nuclear Association President John Gorman is the former solar industry executive who moved to nuclear on a mission to build bridges so the technologies can create a clean energy system together. He started working in clean energy “about 20 years ago,” John explains, “when I began to get increasingly concerned about climate change.” Having…
Read MoreConnecting the dots with Gilles Babinet
Gilles Babinet is a man who worked his way up – all the way up – to become France’s ‘Digital Champion’ at the European Commission, having left school at the age of 15. As a serial entrepreneur, the full list of roles he holds would be “complicated” but in his own words he is “very obsessed” with…
Read MoreWhy the UK needs both new nuclear power plants and new technology
The vast majority of people that are working on how we will achieve NetZero by 2050 agree that the answer is to use a combination of all available solutions. This means building as much wind, nuclear and solar energy as possible while developing solutions in energy efficiency, energy storage and carbon capture. When it comes…
Read MoreAspiration To Influence
If you use social media you must by now have noticed Isabelle Boemeke. She is the model who discovered the importance of nuclear energy and decided to become an influencer to spread the word. Her efforts have snowballed, but how does her formula actually work and what can communicators learn from her example, asks Jeremy…
Read MoreZion Lights: Standing up for nuclear
“We live in a society with low level of science knowledge,” is one of the first things Zion Lights says in our conversation. Yet at the same time, people have become convinced of the environmental crisis and, “People want solutions,” she says, and the project to build two new EPRs at Sizewell C is the…
Read MoreNew nuclear in the UK will provide training and jobs for two generations | Stuart Crooks, EDF
Tom Samson: building on the shoulders of giants
After the oil shocks of the 1970s one Scottish university created a course to prepare engineers to work with all kinds of energy technology. After a 25-year international tour of mainly fossil fuels, one of its graduates returned to the UK to maintain nuclear in its mix. Now, as Interim CEO of the SMR Consortium…
Read MoreDuncan Hawthorn discusses the future of Horizon Nuclear
The CEO of Horizon Nuclear, Duncan Hawthorn, sits down with World Energy TV to give his insights in the future of the industry and in return, the effects it will have on Horizon Nuclear. Photo by Philipp Birmes via Pexels
Read MoreBuilding Cumbria’s Workforce and Future Community
We all rate job security as a priority, but for Sellafield and the county of Cumbria an important issue is workforce security. Programme and Project Partners (PPP) has the objective to deliver major decommissioning projects over the next 20 years at Sellafield – a timespan equal to half of a person’s career. That means the…
Read MoreNotes for native English speakers: speaking English in an international context
With English firmly established as an international language for business and industry, native speakers can feel grateful for their privileged ease of communication. But the increasing quality of English spoken as a second language does not mean the issue of communication is solved. Second language speakers have made their contribution, but there is more that…
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