Nuclear Energy: Should Thorium be part of the deal? Opportunities and challenges

mercredi 17 sept. 2025, 17:30 → 19:30 Europe/Zurich

Michele Battistin

Conference_IThEC_Poster_20250917_v8.pdf

iThEC Web Site

1 Introduction à FEDRE (Fondation pour l’Economie et le Développement durable des Régions d’Europe)

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Orateur: M. Claude Haegi

2 Introduction à iThEC (International Thorium Energy Committee)

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Orateur: Michele Battistin (CERN)

iThEC_Conf-17Sep25_Intro_20250917.pdf

3 Nuclear Energy: Should Thorium be part of the deal? Opportunities and challenges

Brit Salbu, Dr.philos. in Nuclear chemistry, Professor Emerita, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).

Former Director of Isotope Laboratory, and Former Director, CERAD Centre of Excellence for Environmental Radioactivity at NMBU.
Honorary Professor, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine.

Appointed member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Received The 4th International Union of Radioeology V.I. Vernadsky award, and The Chernobyl 30-year Memorial Medal from the Ukrainian.
Survivor Organization. His Majesty the King Harald V has awarded Salbu the title Knight 1st class of the Royal Order of Saint Olav 2020.

Salbu’s scientific expertise includes nuclear/radiochemistry, analytical/environmental chemistry, and radioecology including impact and risk assessments. Salbu and co-workers have published more than 420 articles in int. peer review journals, supervised/co-supervised more than 130 students. She has "produced" 6 professors, has led/participated in more than 50 field expeditions in Norway and internationally, and has been member/chair of a series of national and international committees (e.g., NATO and IAEA).

Th Geneve B Salbu handout.pdf

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