Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCan nuclear fuel cycle meet future rising demand?
Episode 39
In the first of a two-part special report from the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2025 conference held this month in Canada, Claire Maden reports on the op…
1 year, 3 months ago
Bruce Power's James Scongack on nuclear's life-saving medical isotopes
Episode 38
Bruce Power's Chief Operating Officer James Scongack is Chairman of the Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council and, as he explains, the country aims to pla…
1 year, 4 months ago
India's plans for rapid nuclear energy expansion
Episode 37
There have been a raft of announcements from India in February relating to new nuclear energy capacity. Retired diplomat, author and distinguished fe…
1 year, 5 months ago
The international forum helping make advanced reactors a reality
Episode 36
An agreement has been concluded to renew the Generation IV International Forum, which aims to build on its first 25 years of sharing research and dev…
1 year, 6 months ago
What were the big nuclear energy stories of 2024? What to watch out for in 2025...
Episode 35
The World Nuclear News team looks back over the most read articles in 2024 - with topics including tech giants turning to nuclear energy for data cen…
1 year, 7 months ago
What happened with nuclear energy at COP29?
Episode 34
The COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, was the latest global gathering aiming to agree measures to tackle climate change. Jonathan Cobb, s…
1 year, 8 months ago
What next for the UK's record-breaking Heysham 2 nuclear power plant?
Episode 33
Martin Cheetham is the station director of the EDF-run Heysham 2 nuclear power plant on the Lancashire coast in northwest England. It has two advance…
1 year, 9 months ago
Why are Microsoft, Google and Amazon choosing nuclear energy?
Episode 32
Global tech giants Microsoft, Google and Amazon have all announced deals which will see them using nuclear energy in the coming years. In this editio…
1 year, 9 months ago
Financiers back idea of nuclear expansion, but what are the challenges?
Episode 31
A group of 14 global financial institutions have expressed their support for the call to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050. Their message, durin…
1 year, 10 months ago
World Nuclear Performance Report, plus The Nuclear Company
Episode 30
Total nuclear electricity generation rose in 2023 despite a small drop in overall capacity, according to World Nuclear Performance Report 2024. In th…
1 year, 11 months ago