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Jan 10, 2022 • 30min

Ep 348: Jeff Chamberlin - U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration

1) Jeff Chamberlain reflects on the early initiatives to secure vulnerable nuclear materials post-9/11  2) Role of the US National Nuclear Security Administration in nonproliferation and export control  3) Strategies for converting highly enriched uranium nuclear reactors to use LEU fuels  4) Exploring the latest NNSA resource for industry and academia: US Nuclear Nexus
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Jan 3, 2022 • 26min

Ep 347: Jean-Michel Hoorelbeke - Andra

1) Jean-Michel Hoorelbeke’s path to a nuclear energy career through his mining engineering education  2) How France’s Underground Research Laboratory verified the feasibility of the nuclear waste geological repository  3) The progression of Cigéo from the research phase to the industrial phase  4) Remaining research for France’s nuclear waste storage & disposal plans
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Dec 22, 2021 • 35min

Ep 346: Thomas Branche - Assystem

1) Thomas' career trajectory from public service to private industry  2) The many roles Thomas has played at Assystem across many different geographies  3) Private industry's role in accelerating the clean energy transition throughout Europe 4) Thomas' vision for the future of nuclear energy around the world 
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Dec 20, 2021 • 34min

Ep 345: Kamen Kraev - NucNet

1) Kamen Kraev's path to journalism and how he ended up writing about nuclear energy  2) The history of NucNet, one of the world's leading nuclear publications  3) Communications challenges within nuclear energy and what communications professionals can do to help  4) Kamen's hopes for the future of nuclear as an energy source 
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Dec 15, 2021 • 34min

Ep 344: Madeleine Archer - Sellafield Ltd.

1) Madeleine's path to nuclear, starting with her industrial placement year at Sellafield 2) Madeleine's previous roles managing operations at Sellafield's sludge packaging facility and fleet maintenance facilities  3) How Sellafield uses flasks to transport nuclear waste inside and outside of the site  4) Madeleine's role managing Sellafield's COVID-19 response and maintaining operations throughout the pandemic
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Dec 13, 2021 • 39min

Ep 343: Rory O'Sullivan - Moltex Energy

1) Rory O'Sullivan's early career working in construction and on a wind farm  2) Rory's introduction to molten salt reactors and his early work researching this technology  3) A look at Moltex's technology including WATSS which provides the ability to recycle nuclear waste  4) Rory's vision for future deployment of Moltex reactors in Canada
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Dec 10, 2021 • 19min

Ep 342: Sylvie Bermann - World Nuclear Exhibition

1. Sylvie Bermann's background as the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom, France, and Russia.  2. A deep dive into the 2021 World Nuclear Exhibition and GIFEN's role in hosting the event.  3. A look at the WNE Awards Ceremony, including the first-ever WNE Fellow Award 4. Sylvie Bermann's vision for the future of nuclear energy in France and around the world 
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Dec 8, 2021 • 17min

Ep. 341- WNE 2021: Introduction

Titans of Nuclear host Jadwiga Najder and producer Olivia Columbus provide an in-depth look at the 2021 World Nuclear Exhibition. 
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Dec 7, 2021 • 1h 21min

Ep 340: Emmet Penney - Nuclear Barbarians

1) Emmet Penney’s philosophical journey to nuclear energy & what changed his mind along the way  2) A comparison of strategies for nuclear power plant build-out in the US  3) How to replace coal power with nuclear and why deregulation is the key first step  4) Challenges in culture & communication in the nuclear space 
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Nov 18, 2021 • 44min

Ep 338: Andy Prendergast - GMB

1) Andy Prendergast introduces the GMB general union and its role in UK’s nuclear industry  2) Strategies for closing and maintaining the skills gap needed to build new nuclear  3) UK’s projected job growth related to nuclear technology export  4) How the GMB is advocating for nuclear’s long term impacts on skilled careers, the UK economy, and global climate change

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