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Jasmin Diab

Nuclear engineer

Sep 20, 2026

26:30
Yeah.
26:31
Yeah, so the nuclear industry had to really evolve quickly post-Chernobyl and post the really bad reputation it was getting through the 80s and 90s by the predominantly – Well, initially it was the fossil fuel industry that was very anti-nuclear and then it was the environmental industry.
26:53
And so nuclear had modernised the technology.
26:59
So how the reactor works hasn't really been modernised since it was invented in the 1950s.
27:06
Yet how you introduce passive safety functions and how you operate a reactor has evolved immensely.
27:12
since the 80s and 90s.
27:15
And so modern reactor designs now and older reactors that have had retrofitting done now run in a really safe manner.
30:15
How can we start informing and engaging people in masses to increase knowledge and awareness?

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