Bannerman Energy's Brandon Munro on uranium sector, nuclear's prospects and impact of war
Listen now
Description
Brandon Munro, CEO of Bannerman Energy, joins us to consider the impact on the uranium and wider nuclear sector of the Russia-Ukraine war as it continues into a second year. Munro sees a bright future for the uranium sector and also talks about the prospects for an expansion of nuclear in Africa and why he sees the Cameco-Westinghouse deal as a good thing, and one which gives more backing for the idea of nuclear energy being part of green taxonomies. And what about those people who are opposed to nuclear energy? Is it possible to change minds? Munro, who has around 20,000 followers on Twitter (@brandon_munro) says that conversations are key - in his experience once people know the facts they tend to be in favour. Never before has one country's military occupied another country's nuclear power plants. World Nuclear News's Claire Maden joins host Alex Hunt to recap a timeline of some of the key events. Key links to find out more: World Nuclear News Bannerman Energy IAEA report on Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards in Ukraine Email newsletter: Sign up to the World Nuclear News daily or weekly news round-ups Contact info: [email protected] Episode credit:  Presenter Alex Hunt. Co-produced and mixed by Pixelkisser Production
More Episodes
A special report on the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2024 international forum, co-organised by the Nuclear Energy Institute and World Nuclear Association. The two day event included discussions from leading industry figures on all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium mining,...
Published 05/01/24
Published 05/01/24
Professor Tim Tinsley prefers not to use the label of nuclear waste, instead referring to "legacy material". And it's not hard to see why, given the projects currently taking place to extract radionuclides from the material for use in pioneering treatments for cancer. It is also providing a new...
Published 04/01/24