Iain Darby
@iaindarby.bsky.social
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I’m a physicist who works in RD&I on nuclear technologies, working hard on the green transition.
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Iain Darby
2 days ago
👥 Meet our Secretariat members! Today, we are meeting Giuseppe Marzo who represents ENEA, Italy's National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, where he serves as Senior Researcher. Stay tuned for more spotlights coming soon!
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Iain Darby
4 days ago
🔬How does iodine behave in severe accident conditions for SMRs? We spoke with Gert Langrock, R&D Coordinator at Framatome, about the STORM project, part of the OFFERR portfolio! 🎥 Watch the video:
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#OFFERR
#Euratom
#SMR
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Iain Darby
6 days ago
🔦SNETP Spotlight Today we're recapping the big things that happened recently! ‣Backing a Bold FP10:
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‣SMR Alliance: Second Call for Projects:
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‣New Position Paper:
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‣SNETP Labelling:
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Iain Darby
9 days ago
🎙️As the OFFERR project wraps up this year, we sat down with Charles Toulemonde, OFFERR coordinator and Research Engineer at @EDFofficiel, to look back on what made it special. Watch the full interview:
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Learn more about OFFERR:
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A treat this evening at the Barbican to hear the two Simonyi Professor’s in conversation discussing 50 years of The Selfish Gene. (Even if I twitched a bit at them sitting in the “wrong seats”!)
9 days ago
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Iain Darby
10 days ago
🔎 New article on our webinar "From Calls to Projects - Navigating Euratom 2026-2027" 100+ joined our webinar on the new Euratom calls and SNETP's support to members: including our labelling process! 🔗 More info:
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Full article:
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Iain Darby
11 days ago
📢 SNETP backs the call for a Bold FP10 SNETP is proud to join 86 European associations in signing the Joint Declaration for a Bold FP10! 📄 Read the full declaration:
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#CompetitiveFP10
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Iain Darby
12 days ago
🚀 Second Call for Projects of the European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) now published! Submission deadline: 11 September 2026 👉 Learn more:
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#SMR
#NuclearEnergy
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Great to see (and be part of) the strengthening relationship between UKNNL and
@manchester.ac.uk
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United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (@UKNNL) on X
Proud to announce that today we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with @OfficialUoM, formalising decades of collaboration in nuclear science and engineering. Together with Dalton Nuclear, we ...
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18 days ago
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Iain Darby
about 1 month ago
Save the date for the next
#SNETPForum
will take place at EDF Lab Paris-Saclay, France, from 2–4 March 2027. This will be a key moment for the European nuclear community to meet, exchange, and move forward together on innovation, safety and collaboration.
#SNETPForum2027
#SNETP
#NuclearInnovation
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Iain Darby
about 2 months ago
👥 Meet our Secretariat members, a team of dedicated experts from across Europe's nuclear research and industry landscape. Today, we are meeting
@iaindarby.bsky.social
from the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (#UKNNL), who supports the NC2I pillar within the
#SNETPSecretariat
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Iain Darby
about 2 months ago
⏰ Tomorrow is the day! Still haven't registered for our Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor webinar? There's still time! Join us on 26 May at 10:00 CEST, the programme is packed with some of Europe's leading LFR experts! Register now before it's too late! 👉https://buff.ly/jDeHFIU
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Iain Darby
about 2 months ago
🎙️ Don't miss our
#EUSEW2026
session! "Strategic autonomy of the EU nuclear industry as a driver of economic resilience", co-organised with
@nucleareurope.bsky.social
on June 11 (16:00-17:30 CEST), is bringing together a high-level panel. 🔗 Learn more and register:
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Iain Darby
4 months ago
🚨 Live from Madrid, the
#SNETPForum
2026 is underway! A new Governing Board was elected at this morning's General Assembly, and we're now diving into our first plenary on the future of nuclear fission in Europe's energy systems. Stay tuned for updates! ⚛️
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Iain Darby
4 months ago
⚡ Day 1 at
#SNETPForum
2026 is a wrap! From financing new nuclear builds to long-term operation and non-electric applications, today's sessions were packed with insights on the pillars of a decarbonised Europe. Now closing the day with a cocktail reception & poster exhibition.
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Iain Darby
4 months ago
⚛️ Day 2 at
#SNETPForum
is live, and Europe's nuclear sector means business. This morning's SMR plenary made one thing clear: industrial deployment is no longer a question of if, but when.
#NuclearInnovation
#EnergyTransition
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Iain Darby
4 months ago
📰 Today we’re diving into SNETP Forum 2026 Day 3 Plenary Session on “Collaboration as a Driver for Innovation”! 🗓 27 March 2026 | 11:30–12:30 👉 Check out the full programme:
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Iain Darby
Energy Systems Catapult
4 months ago
Energy flexibility isn’t optional. It’s essential for delivering Clean Power 2030. As electric vehicles, heat pumps and batteries connect to the grid, the system must coordinate millions of assets in real time. That’s where innovation becomes critical.
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Iain Darby
4 months ago
📰 Today we’re diving into the SNETP Forum 2026 Day 2 morning parallel sessions, March 26, 10:30–12:30! 🔹 Hybrid Energy Systems (Panel) 🔹 Digitalisation & AI 🔹 Advanced Fuels & Materials 👉 Check out the full programme:
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Iain Darby
Energy Systems Catapult
4 months ago
Delivering Net Zero will require more than new technology. It will require collaboration across the whole energy system.
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Iain Darby
Energy Systems Catapult
5 months ago
Last week, innovators gathered in Birmingham to showcase technologies that will unlock a clean energy system.
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Iain Darby
Energy Systems Catapult
5 months ago
At the launch of our Innovating to Net Zero report, Becky Sweeney – Business Leader for Homes at Energy Systems Catapult – shared insights on consumer-led flexibility from our Living Lab and the trials we’ve run with home energy innovators.
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Iain Darby
Energy Systems Catapult
5 months ago
We came. We saw. We innovated. 💡 Innovating to Net Zero 2026 brought together policymakers, investors, engineers, SMEs and more to shape the future of the UK’s energy system, and what a day it was.
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Iain Darby
Energy Systems Catapult
5 months ago
The UK’s energy future is being shaped right here, right now in Birmingham! ⚡️ Today we’ve brought the people driving real change to Millennium Point to confront the toughest Net Zero challenges head on.
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Iain Darby
Energy Systems Catapult
5 months ago
It’s official, our Innovating to Net Zero 2026 report has landed! 📋 Here’s what we found: 💡 A huge innovation opportunity. UK innovators are perfectly placed to develop the flexibility technologies needed to smooth peaks in power and heat demand, a critical requirement for a Net Zero system.
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Iain Darby
5 months ago
📅 SNETP Forum 2026 – Day 2 Programme Highlights Day 2 showcases how innovation and digitalisation are shaping the nuclear sector of tomorrow. 👉 Explore the full preliminary programme now live and join SNETP Forum 2026:
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Iain Darby
5 months ago
📅 SNETP Forum 2026 – Day 1 Programme Highlights Day 1 sets the stage for Europe’s nuclear energy future, connecting strategy with concrete technical insights. 👉Plan your participation at SNETP Forum 2026:
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Iain Darby
6 months ago
📢Registrations & Call for Abstracts are open! Join the international nuclear community at
#SNETPForum
2026 to discuss
#SMRs
, safety, and the future of R&D&I. 📅25–27 March 2026, Madrid, Spain Be part of the programme: submit your abstract by 31 Jan! 👉
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Iain Darby
8 months ago
💡#WhyNuclear? Careers that inspire! The Euratom-funded
#Skills4Nuclear
project is creating a roadmap for Europe’s nuclear workforce, attracting, upskilling, and aligning training with technologies. ➡️https://buff.ly/kJFQ6iv ➡️https://buff.ly/nKiXOkf
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Iain Darby
8 months ago
🔎 Meet our Governing Board member, John Stairmand! With 40+ years in nuclear research, John drives innovation in modular reactors, digital transformation & energy transitions. As Technical Director at Amentum, he helps shape safe, reliable nuclear systems worldwide. 🌍⚛️
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Thanks a lot to
@snetp.bsky.social
, it was nice to have a chat about the careers and opportunities in the nuclear sector
#destinationnuclear
Tonnes to do! e.g. check out
@uknnl.bsky.social
#NuClear
Science case studies series 💡 Collaborating on research to drive innovation
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add a skeleton here at some point
8 months ago
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⚛️🧪Cross posting to the nice blue sky here. A super visit by a great group of US students.
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about 1 year ago
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Dzień dobry! Glad to be in Warsaw for a week on sustainable nuclear energy at the
#FISAEuradwasteSNETP
forum. If you’re attending please catch me and tell me about your work!
about 1 year ago
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With @UKNNL experts PIE Fellow Suzy Morgan, Simon Dumbill, Tamsin O'Reilly & Jamie Nanson -
#OnMission
at the @RoyceInstitute NTPMI workshop on Active Electron Microscopy.
#NetZero
,
#EnergySecurity
&
#growth
goes through
#NuClearScience
via cutting edge
#SciTech
in the UK.
over 1 year ago
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x.com/jprichardson...
#nuclear
#ai
over 1 year ago
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Iain Darby
SAFECAST
over 1 year ago
Hello everyone. We're making the migration as well after almost 15 years at the other place. We held on because it had been such an important means of information gathering and fact-checking during disasters, which is a big part of our core mission. Please help others find us!
safecast.org
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Iain Darby
Paul Stevenson
over 1 year ago
I’m hiring a postdoc working on quantum computing + nuclear physics
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Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Research Fellow in Quantum Simulation
The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research. We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ours...
https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=054624
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