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The commoditisation of nuclear power
Technologies could revolutionise not just how nuclear is delivered but how it is perceived…
The Power of the Special
Special Nuclear Materials – those fissile isotopes from which spring all the promise and the peril in the ‘nuclear’
Trusting your robot colleagues part two: Building trust
Efficiency and reliability are factors…but building trust requires more than that…
Trusting your robot colleagues part one: What is a robot?
The question may seem obvious, but how do you actually define a robot?
A new research project in the making: ‘Mimesis in Action’
‘Mimesis in Action: Nuclear decommissioning as conceptual playground for societal and ecological future making’ is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council
Funding call for Applied Social Science
RWM to fund post-doctoral research on citizen participation in major infrastructure projects
PhD bursary call for social research into geological disposal
Radioactive Waste Management Research Support Office announces first PhD bursary call
The nuclear family – a reflection on core concepts
Core concepts of social life are reinvented or reinforced during Covid-19.
Exploring Sellafield’s limitless future
Petra reflects on the workshops held to invigorate the discussion of possible end-states for the Sellafield site by the year 2140.
Innovating in the day-to-day
Ian draws fascinating comparisons between the decommissioning of Sellafield and the construction of great cathedrals.