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Newcleo's Andrew Murdoch, plus uranium market and Hinkley C's new schedule

Newcleo's Andrew Murdoch, plus uranium market and Hinkley C's new schedule

FromWorld Nuclear News


Newcleo's Andrew Murdoch, plus uranium market and Hinkley C's new schedule

FromWorld Nuclear News

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Feb 1, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The UK operations managing director of Newcleo, Andrew Murdoch, joins host Alex Hunt to discuss the prospects for the company's lead-cooled fast reactor. It has Italian roots and expanding operations in France, but he says the company has the ambitious target  of having 20 reactors in the UK by 2050.January saw EDF revise the schedule and projected budget for the Hinkley Point C project in the UK. Hear how Hinkley Point C managing director Stuart Crooks explained the revision in a message to staff, and also stressed the benefits likely to flow at the replica project at Sizewell C.There is also a round-up from World Nuclear News's Claire Maden of the raft of encouraging news from the uranium sector, fuelled by soaring spot prices and a generally positive outlook for nuclear power.Key links to find out more:World Nuclear NewsNewcleoEDF announces Hinkley Point C delay and rise in project costMining to resume at McClean LakeIAEA's Grossi's UN press conference on UkraineEmail newsletter:Sign up to the World Nuclear News daily or weekly news round-upsContact info:alex.hunt@world-nuclear.orgEpisode credit:  Presenter Alex Hunt. Co-produced and mixed by Pixelkisser Production 
Released:
Feb 1, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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Bringing you the news from the worldwide nuclear energy sector, interviews with key players and easy-to-follow guides to the nuclear essentials each month. The World Nuclear News team has been reporting daily news online about nuclear power since 2007 at: https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/ WNN is supported by the World Nuclear Association and draws on its global network of contacts across the industry, academia and international agencies.