The nuclear industry has been hit hard by inflation and supply chain disruptions over the past few years but that hasn’t stopped it from making big claims – alluding to COP28 showboating – about the degree of involvement it will have during the current energy transition. In spite of all that, the sector is well aware of its issues as it is constantly exploring new avenues of progress – in some cases this may seem even a little desperate due to the sheer scale of ambition. Fusion is by far the ‘silver bullet’ of the energy world, but even more apparently achievable goals like thorium used as a more effective fuel seem out of reach at times. According to the…