New nuclear
PODCAST: Honesty about nuclear power
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Waste or resource?
Nuclear reactors don’t have to be water-cooled and solid-fuelled. The molten salt reactor is very different: it runs at higher temperature and lower pressure by dissolving the fuel in a liquid chloride or fluoride salt.[1] When these salts melt they flow in a similar way to water, which makes them great for storing and moving […]
Powering the Northern Powerhouse
For UoM Policy Week I was involved in an event called ‘Powering the Northern Powerhouse’. This was a hypothetical scenario in which energy policy was devolved to the Northwest and the think tank ‘Potentia North’ was tasked with implementing an energy strategy. Four proposals based on current research were presented to the public, to spark […]