Paul Howarth is the CEO of UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory and our guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast. He talks about the challenges of getting politicians to engage in long-term thinking about the UK’s nuclear-energy policies and explains why small modular reactors offer a practical way for the country to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
Howarth talks about what inspired him to follow a career path in nuclear science and technology – and he explains how the National Nuclear Laboratory underpins the safe operation of nuclear facilities in the UK.
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A passion for building instrumentation, and a hint of dark matter in dwarf galaxies
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Artificial intelligence: developing useful tools that scientists can trust
Social media: making it work for physics-related businesses
Environmental sustainability: exploring the challenges for the medical physics community
Purpose-Led Publishing: Antonia Seymour outlines the role of not-for-profit publishers
Statistical physics provides powerful insights into the living world
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Superfluid helium: the quantum curiosity behind huge experiments like the LHC
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Keith Burnett: IOP president says it is our duty to make physics more inclusive
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Radiology societies call for critical evaluation of AI, building the UK’s quantum workforce
Looking to the future of US particle physics: P5 member Abigail Vieregg is our guest
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Graphene-based materials show great promise for hydrogen transport and storage
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Start-up is sending its quantum magnetometer into space
The Magellanic Clouds: astronomers make the case for a name change
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