Siegfried Evens

Historian, author, PhD.
Historian specialised in technology, risk, and disasters.

[Michaël Mangeon @Mangeon4]

On parle beaucoup, en ce moment, de l’avenir du #nucléaire en Belgique. Mais en connaît-on vraiment l’histoire ?

Avec Siegfried Evens et Mathias Roger , nous revenons sur cette histoire dans un article publié dans la Revue générale nucléaire (RGN).

https://t.co/1uTxU31iPw

[Achim Klüppelberg @AKluppelberg]

The Nuclear-Water Nexus is published! Here you have a foundational work about the hydrological turn in nuclear energy history - all in open-access. Props go to @Siegfriedevens and @PerHogselius for editing this great piece.

#nuclear #nucleawaters #energy

https://t.co/6XoXuYCfWl

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

@simonwakter @mitpress If you want to focus on the facts, read our book first. It's full of them. The good news is that there should be an open access link available on the MIT website in a few days from now!

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

It's finally here! Our edited volume is out with @mitpress!

And as the current heatwave and water shortages across Europe are severely affecting nuclear power plants, the nuclear-water nexus is more important than ever. ⚛️🌊

Read all about it here: https://t.co/7mF6nTSwSy

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

@simonwakter @mitpress EDF had to shut down one of its plants 2 days ago and it's been concern in France for years. And likely to increase in the future.
Pretending that nuclear isn't facing any problems because of climate change isn't a productive attitude I think.
https://t.co/qDkOe1yp5o

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

US readers can get 30% off when ordering here: https://t.co/RQgfkulyL5. Use the code MITP30. Only valid today!

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

With 20 chapters and 25 authors from a wide variety of countries and backgrounds, with academics from all kinds of disciplines as well as non-academics, it's a uniquely large and diverse edited volume!
Of interest to anyone in history of tech, STS, env humanities, and nuclear⚛️

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

@mboudry Beetje naieve stelling. Steun voor kernenergie in de buurt van kerncentrales (zgn "nuclear oasis") heeft voor groot stuk te maken met werkgelegenheid (in vaak economisch minder ontwikkelde regio's) en in sommige landen (zoals FR) gunstige financiering voor gemeenten.

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

And on my way back to the train station, I ran into a building that very much symbolizes that long history in France: the prestigious École des Mines.

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

This week, I gave a talk at France's new nuclear regulatory agency: @ASNR_FR

Many of the safety challenges ASNR experts are tackling (corrosion, welding,...) are part of a longer history of managing steam risks.

It was great to tell this history and learn about their work

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

@daddo_ors Congrats!!

[Kvist @kvistp]

This picture is so Scandinavian 😎
The president of Finland and the PMs of Norway, Sweden and Denmark dining together - I love it.

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

Promoverad! 🇸🇪🎓

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

Mis zeker vanavond vanaf 20u de PhD Cup-finale niet!

Ik ben helaas niet bij de finalisten geraakt, maar het was een enorme eer om mee te doen.

De pitches van de 8 finalisten zijn boeiend, goed gebracht, en het resultaat van zoveel werk en toewijding!

https://t.co/6I1mgRWP6f

[Maria Rentetzi @mrentetz]

79 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the @NobelPrize is a strategic reminder that nuclear weapons continue to be a real threat more than ever before
@UniFAU @ERC_Research @STGS_FAU

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

@STS_News @robgioielli Depends on what you see as a manual! Household manuals not so much. But detailed guidelines on how to manufacture, inspect, operate nuclear power plants, a lot! 🙂

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

📖⚛️ 300+ pagina's over nucleaire veiligheid omzetten naar 1000 woorden. Het was geen evidentie!

Maar ben je benieuwd naar mijn onderzoek over de risico's van water en stoom in kerncentrales? En geen tijd om een hele thesis te lezen? Lees dan zeker mijn artikel in Eos!

[SciMingo @SciMingo]

'Het grootste gevaar in een kerncentrale is water' ☢️ 💧

Hoe dat precies zit, legt #PhDCup-deelnemer #historicus @SiegfriedEvens je uit in zijn blog bij @Eoswetenschap

👇https://t.co/ay6DOHhIaJ

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

So glad and honored to have been selected for the Flemish PhD Cup!
In this science communication contest, I will get mediatraining and pitch my research on nuclear safety for a jury and larger audience
Looking forward to starting and meeting this fantastic group of scholars!

[SciMingo @SciMingo]

Ook dit jaar geeft de Vlaamse #PhDCup een podium aan jonge topwetenschappers! 🏆 Ontdek de 16 geselecteerden op https://t.co/T7O9w4hTS5

Lees meer over de selectie 👉 https://t.co/uc1zMfjrjn

@KU_Leuven @ugent @uhasselt @FWOVlaanderen

[Ali Alkis @AliAlkisTR]

It is hard to believe, but the situation at the #ZNPP has become a new normal. It does not even make the news anymore.

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

Make sure to check out the rest of the special issue. Edited by @fr_garcias and Stéphanie Tillement. And with contributions from @repeatedroots, @MLehtonenFRA, @TevaMeyer, @LouisFagon, and others.
https://t.co/kBncfCEPGh

[Siegfried Evens @Siegfriedevens]

Researching nuclear topics can be tricky. Especially in the US context. But we need to help each other out!
I am very happy I was able to share my experiences with US archives and libraries in the latest issue of @eh_ehess on #nuclearenergy .
https://t.co/7S4zCciJBw