– What are your impressions of the forum?
– I have to note the work of the organizers who could make the creative atmosphere on the site. A great work is behind all this. On the first night I took part in the drum teambuilding and got the Boost pace at once. But the most striking is the depth of considerations and understanding of the industry problems by the participants.
– What knowledge, do you think, a nuclear worker should have?
– The main thing is the convergence of sciences. There are many focused specialists today; they can see a problem fairly deep but their angle of vision is limited. Yes, one has to have knowledge in a field but a space for dialogue, cross-science space with colleagues from other areas should be found. These cross-sciences have given rise to cosmos and modern power generation.
– Speaking today, you were saying the nuclear industry, like no other, give opportunities to young people to unlock …
– In the 1960s there were many theories and calculations, which have never realized. Now, resources and reserves should be allocated for the young to experiment with these ideas. It is only the light water reactor that has been tried out of those ideas my generation had come up with. The designs should be revised. Fast neutron reactors and many other theories are still waiting for their heroes.
– On some day could atom be able to press out the conventional sources like natural gas and oil?
– This topic has been continuously spoken of across the world. I think all fuels are important. One should not refuse one in favor of another. It is better to use both wind, solar, water energy and nuclear. They are not competitors. Mankind needs as much energy sources as possible. It is only diversity that will make good quality and cheap energy affordable for everyone.
– You were born in Sweden, worked in Europe, America and Russia. You demonstrate what the globality is by your own example. How would you assess the contribution of Russian scientists in the global science?
– In my field (safety issues of the nuclear power development – RC) Russian scientists are respected authority. There is no doubt about it. Discoveries of your scientists are part of the world’s heritage: the Mendeleev’s table, sputnik etc. It is important for me that I got the Global Energy prize together with Academician of RAS Ashot Sarkisov.
– What developments would you stake on?
– I would focus on three of them, being a young specialist. The first is the travelling wave reactor. The second is the integral fast reactor. The third is the small-size reactors.
– The Boost is devoted to values. What are your values?
– Curiosity and inquisitiveness. I always want to know more and this makes me move forward, and helps work and communicate with people. I think this is the main thing.
– What future does nuclear power have?
– To tell the truth, I don’t know what future it will have. But there are people who can develop it to a yet unknown level. The nuclear industry is a perfect opportunity for young scientists and engineers.
