Source: https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Podcast-World-Nuclear-Symposium-2023-special-repor
The Nuclear Fuel Report, financing, recruitment, plant life optimisation and the Net Zero Nuclear launch all feature in this round-up of the high-level panel discussions held at the industry's global gathering in London.
The annual World Nuclear Symposium, held in September, featured sessions on a variety of the big issues currently facing the sector. This special edition of the World Nuclear News podcast brings you reports on, and highlights from, the event:
The topics covered, in order:
- The launch of the Net Zero Nuclear campaign
- Publication of World Nuclear Association's Nuclear Fuel Report
- Recruitment and expanding the nuclear workforce
- How nuclear can decarbonise different industries
- Optimising plant life performance
- Investing in and financing of nuclear
We hear from, in order of appearance:
- Sama Bilbao y León, Director General of World Nuclear Association
- Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency
- Mohamed Al Hammadi, CEO, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation
- Malcolm Critchley, President and CEO ConverDyn
- Chris Frankland, Director of Sales and Marketing, Nuclear Fuels Corporation
- Jeanne Tortorelli, Director of Nuclear Fuel Supply at Constellation Energy Generation
- Tamer Albishawi, Chief Nuclear Officer at Hinkley Point C
- Callum Thomas, Chairman of Thomas Thor
- Grace Stanke, Nuclear Engineering Student, Nuclear Advocate and Miss America
- Charlotte Griffiths, Sustainable Energy Division of the UN Economic Commission for Europe
- Todd Noe, Director of Nuclear Technologies Strategy at Microsoft
- Mikal Bøe, Chairman and CEO Core Power
- Naoki Chigusa, CEO of World Association of Nuclear Operators
- Vinod Kumar, Station Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited's Kaiga 3 and 4
- Catherine Cornand, Senior Executive Vice President Framatome
- Chris Cunningham, Vice President Nuclear Projects at Ontario Power Generation
- Wolfgang Denk, Managing Director, Swissnuclear
- Keisuke Sadamori, Director Energy Markets and Security, International Energy Agency
- Iain Smedley, Global Chairman of Banking, Barclays
- Kevin Kelly, CFO Bruce Power
- Julien Bocobza, Partner, White & Case LLC
- Sophie Macfarlane-Smith, Head of Customer Engagement Rolls-Royce SMR
- Thomas Branche, Senior Vice President for Engineering, Assystem
- Rumina Velshi, President and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- Erick van Egeraat, Architect
- Tim Gitzel, President and CEO Cameco
