On October 7, 2026, the Innovation 4 Nuclear final was held in Cellier Benoît XII, the old wine cellar beneath the Palais des Papes in Avignon. Teams had come through…
When I visited ITER in southern France during the International Youth Nuclear Congress in October 2026, six of the nine enormous steel sections that will form the core of its…
In Avignon, an executive from Orano, the French company that operates across the nuclear fuel cycle, described his business as a kind of “insurance policy” against geopolitical risk and competition…
During one of the discussions in Avignon, the moderator gave the panelists a simple challenge: each had two minutes to name the biggest gap between nuclear’s technical evidence and its…
Halfway through a panel in Avignon, Alice Cunha da Silva, a Brazilian nuclear engineer and vice president of the International Youth Nuclear Congress, asked the room for a show of…
The Nuclear Champions Retreat in Lisbon brought together people from 12 countries who were working on different parts of the nuclear conversation. The event, organized by Stand Up for Nuclear,…
I travelled from Japan to Lisbon for an event called the Nuclear Champions Retreat, organized by Stand Up for Nuclear. It was the first gathering of its kind: two and…
At the ClimateLaunchpad Japan National Finals in Tokyo in August 2026, one of the early discussions included nuclear energy and smaller reactor concepts, which naturally caught my attention because much…
In August 2026, I attended the ClimateLaunchpad Japan National Finals in Tokyo, where entrepreneurs presented businesses built around climate and environmental challenges. The ideas ranged from energy and semiconductors to…
Before traveling to Kyoto, I spent time reading Takashi Kamei’s papers, presentations, and interviews. Anyone with an interest in advanced nuclear energy in Japan eventually comes across his work. For…
