EROI as a measure of prosperity and sustainability How much energy is produced during the lifetime of an energy source - compared to all that is needed to build, operate and dismantle it? The so-called energy harvest factor (or "energy return on investment", EROI for short) provides a tangible answer to this question and is one that is often overlooked, Read more
Dual Fluid - A highly efficient reactor Nuclear energy can do more - much more. The dual fluid reactor represents a radically new approach: compact, powerful, efficient. Instead of relying on proven but limited technologies, this concept goes one step further - with extremely high power density, a smaller reactor core and therefore completely new Read more
How to reactivate a nuclear power plant What does it actually take to put a decommissioned nuclear power plant back into operation? What are the technical challenges - and what solutions already exist? From "big steel" to reactor pressure vessels and steam generators, this is a lecture for anyone who wants to know what is really technically feasible. Read more
Liability and insurance of nuclear power plants - Who bears the risk? How is a nuclear power plant actually insured? What happens in the event of damage? And who is really liable - operators, suppliers or nobody at all? In this online lecture, we take an exciting look behind the scenes of the liability and insurance mechanisms of nuclear plants. Find out how Read more
Benefits of nuclear energy in the German energy transition Nuclear energy is far too expensive and would in any case come too late to make an effective contribution to the German energy transition, which aims to achieve climate neutrality in Germany by 2045. If there is no recognisable benefit, then it would of course be irresponsible to even consider the Read more
Partners instead of opponents: Why nuclear energy and renewables are securing the future together The energy transition is often presented as an either/or proposition between renewables and nuclear energy - but is this really the right approach? Uwe Stoll, one of the leading experts in this field, showed in his presentation why the two technologies are not just Read more
Cancer drugs and climate protection instead of nuclear waste - facilities for electrochemical partitioning and accelerator-driven transmutation The development of facilities for electrochemical partitioning and accelerator-driven transmutation (P&T) is currently flourishing: the German government recently invested several million euros in Transmutex AG, a CERN spin-off dedicated to this topic. The American Read more
Nuclear power 2.0: The future of reactor technology The development of reactor technology began with the first reactor design lines developed in the 1950s, mainly for power generation and military applications. Early designs included pressurised water reactors (PWRs), boiling water reactors (BWRs) and gas-cooled reactors. In parallel, specific construction lines were developed to improve fuel utilisation, Read more
iMAGINE - Can we save ourselves the final repository? Germany is at a crossroads, on the one hand with regard to a possible future for nuclear energy, and on the other hand with regard to the final disposal of residual waste and the associated site selection process. The massive postponement of the standard setting, communicated some time ago, to 2046 at the earliest, opens up new opportunities to test technologies that could possibly be used in the future. Read more
Opening the black box - Modern AI approaches in the nuclear industry We are at a particular point in AI history where we are seeing more and more milestones being achieved by AI in less and less time. This exponential development, in terms of the potential of AI systems, goes hand in hand with an increasing Read more
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