Alex Hunt

Editor @W_Nuclear_News. Presenter of The World Nuclear News podcast.

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Chernobyl at 40: The exclusion zone established around the nuclear power plant has become a haven for wildlife, as well as providing the world with a unique living laboratory for scientific study of the impact of radioactive elements.
https://t.co/yh8vBrxiLG

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What caused the 1986 Chernobyl accident + its health effects + how the alarm was raised internationally at a nuclear plant in Sweden + how lessons learned led to a global safety culture which underpins the widespread plans for new nuclear capacity. https://t.co/lhUKIP9wXK

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In quotes: What are the main priorities, the key events and the likely big developments in new nuclear in 2026? Here's an edited transcript of @WorldNuclear Director General Sama Bilbao y León's lookahead for the World Nuclear News podcast.
https://t.co/pDsLNRpgjA

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🎙️What were the most-read World Nuclear News stories in 2025, and what has @WorldNuclear Director General Sama Bilbao y León picked out as her key moments of 2025? Read a month-by-month summary, and listen to the end-of-year podcast:
https://t.co/n3yfXHPGZp

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🎙️Podcast: A special edition featuring reports from this month's World Nuclear Symposium, including coverage of the World Nuclear Fuel Report's findings. #symposium50
https://t.co/bfmW1O7uX1

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Turns out there have been two 50th anniversary symposiums over the past few days. #nuclearsympo #brucespringsteen
Wonder if anyone made it to both.
https://t.co/hEsResZbP6 and https://t.co/jEuaW41Mp9

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Projections in the latest edition of @WorldNuclear's flagship fuel report see gaps opening up in the #uranium supply-demand picture over the coming years and investment decisions need to be taken now to fuel the forecast increase in #nuclear power capacity https://t.co/0zvVMWKPGj

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#OnThisDay 1977: Thanks for the Memory - The Viewer's View asked people what they thought about television.
This woman was likely approached for a snappy vox pop, but ended up delivering something closer to a dramatic monologue.

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🎙️Podcast: The World Bank Group's decision to end its ban on nuclear energy-related projects. Hear how the @WorldBank's Ajay Banga and @iaeaorg's Rafael Mariano Grossi announced it + @WorldNuclear's @SamaBilbao assesses the significance of the move
https://t.co/LlE12WdeQq

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The World Bank is ending its long-standing ban on providing funding for nuclear energy projects - and is now open to supporting efforts to extend the life of existing reactors and accelerate the potential of small modular reactors in developing countries.
https://t.co/HzES80DeX3

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The Province of Ontario has approved @opg to start construction of the first of four small modular reactors planned at the Darlington New #Nuclear project site https://t.co/U4LTGayBX4

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Tech giant @Google is expanding its #nuclear energy plans by providing early-stage capital for @ElementlPower to prepare three potential sites in the USA for advanced nuclear power projects https://t.co/D33B5fPt9f

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Podcast: In the second of a two-part special report from the #WNFC2025 conference held in Canada, Claire Maden reports on the opportunities and challenges facing players across the entire #nuclear fuel sector https://t.co/8Mk09bg0Px

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'Historic milestone' - the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has given Ontario Power Generation the go-ahead to construct a BWRX-300 small modular reactor at its Darlington New Nuclear Project site.
https://t.co/EdluoKmR2J

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🎙️Nuclear power plants produce medical isotopes that diagnose and save lives, a true 'hidden gem' as @jscongack explains in the latest @W_Nuclear_News podcast: https://t.co/ftma6KOuSI

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.@SamaBilbao , Director General of World Nuclear Association, talks to @W_Nuclear_News in their latest podcast and outlines the main priority for the nuclear energy industry.

🔗 https://t.co/ZhIX5tSn11

#NuclearEnergy #CleanEnergyTransition #NetZeroNuclear

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🎙️In the final podcast of the year World Nuclear Association's Sama Bilbao y Leon picks out her key moments of 2024, including the senior bankers/financiers supporting nuclear energy during New York Climate Week.
https://t.co/BAuS9s9RgO...

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The long-delayed Flamanville 3 EPR reactor in Normandy, France, has begun delivering electricity to the grid, EDF has announced. (It's the fourth EPR, with two more under construction at Hinkley Point C)
https://t.co/77OMO3NevF

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🎙️ Listen to the latest @W_Nuclear_News podcast for a summary of what happened at #COP29 for the nuclear energy industry.

Full episode here: https://t.co/LuJzA6GaTF

#NetZeroNuclear #ClimateAction #NuclearEnergy

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The Czech Republic's competition authority has issued a preliminary ruling rejecting the appeals by Westinghouse and EDF about the tender process for new nuclear units in the country which saw Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power selected.
https://t.co/sMUy40afJ2