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We aim to share ideas and research exploring the social elements of nuclear and welcome contributions to this space, including relevant events, projects and guest blog posts. You can stay up-to-date with new posts by joining our subscribers list.
Projects
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Publications
See publications from The Beam team
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Repetition and Sustainability
Exploring entanglements and tensions that arise between ‘the repetitive’ and ‘the sustainable’ in nuclear discourse
Blog posts
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The Power of the Special
Special Nuclear Materials - those fissile isotopes from which spring all the promise and the peril in the ‘nuclear’
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Trusting your robot colleagues part two: Building trust
Efficiency and reliability are factors...but building trust requires more than that...