It’s an exciting time to have joined Optio’s specialist nuclear insurance vehicle, Northcourt, as Senior Advisor and I very much hope that I can put my experiences and knowledge of geopolitics, risk managemen...
Read more...In the words of Greg Hands, energy minister, the UK is on ‘a mission for fission projects – big and small…’. In an article for Emerging Risks earlier this month,[1] Hands goes on to say that impl...
Read more...During the pandemic’s peak, it very quickly became clear that exceptional efforts were being made by some to continue working in unprecedented circumstances. Healthcare workers, shop workers, scientists, those in t...
Read more...In December, it will be 70 years since the first power plant produced usable electricity through atomic fission. Like all industries, nuclear power has had its growing pains but, after seven decades, it is finally coming...
Read more...A revolution in nuclear power is now under way. Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), units based on new and existing technologies, will radically change the economics of nuclear electricity. Now in advanced development, SMRs d...
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