'Mind the (nuclear skills) gap' and 'Managing new nuclear- what's new?'

We're still here! The site is undergoing some changes, including improvements to the podcasting side and some new 'nuclear crowd-sourced' posts. This is all thanks to a renewed interest from many new faces, soon to grace this here website.


First though I'd like to share some new articles!

Managing New Nuclear – what’s new?

http://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2015/08/managing-new-nuclear-whats-new/

Mind the (nuclear skills) gap

http://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2015/08/mind-the-nuclear-skills-gap/

These posts confirm for me some suspicions I've long had about the nuclear industry - an impending skills gap, the requirement for non-UK investment and an industry-academia separation. Although I don't agree with everything these authors have written (perhaps an insight into my inner-scepticism) the overall impression from both is one of panicked enthusiasm.

I'd love to know what you think, post a comment below, or tweet us. 

Mark Williams

UK Energy Mix – An Idiots Guide to Electricity Generation

By Guest Blogger, Craig Morrison

This week Craig produces an idiot's guide to the UK energy mix. Armed with a novel pathways calculator, some cartoon fiction and Greenpeace attempting to state the obvious, he shines a light on the energy options available going forward into the future.

PRISM for the UK's plutonium – Pros and Cons

By guest blogger, Matthew Gill

The UK has a lot of plutonium and recently decided to look at GE-Hitachi's PRISM reactor as an alternative disposal method to the more common MOX (mixed oxide) route. It's an important issue at the moment as the UK's large stockpile of civil plutonium goes against the ideology of a proliferation-resistant fuel cycle and is widely regarded as unacceptable.

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Inaugural Podcast - Fukushima Anniversary

On our first podcast we discuss the Fukushima incident one year on and how the public have reacted to what happened in Japan. Our guest speakers for this inaugural podcast are Paul Butler, Michael Daly and Lizzie Murray.

Click on the "Read More" tab below to access the podcast!