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Alice Halman gives a talk entitled “The Historic Culture of the Nuclear Industry: A Student's Perspective”. This talk was given on Tuesday 20 January 2026.
The nuclear industry has been made popular in recent years by the film Oppenheimer and the cultural phenomenon that was Barbenheimer (a portmanteau of the films Barbie & Oppenheimer). Studied and developed for use in defence before being utilised as a source of energy, nuclear chemistry is like any scientific discovery, known to all but understood by few. This talk will explore how culture in the nuclear industry has evolved, touching on its history and asks the question, is it chemistry which drives nuclear culture, or is it the culture which drives the chemistry?
Alice Halman gives a talk entitled “The Historic Culture of the Nuclear Industry: A Student's Perspective”. This talk was given on Tuesday 20 January 2026.
The nuclear industry has been made popular in recent years by the film Oppenheimer and the cultural phenomenon that was Barbenheimer (a portmanteau of the films Barbie & Oppenheimer). Studied and developed for use in defence before being utilised as a source of energy, nuclear chemistry is like any scientific discovery, known to all but understood by few. This talk will explore how culture in the nuclear industry has evolved, touching on its history and asks the question, is it chemistry which drives nuclear culture, or is it the culture which drives the chemistry?
