Next Meeting
Hosted by ANA and Presentation of ANA 2011 Award to Dr Ziggy Switkowski
Is Nuclear Power a Part of Australia's Clean Energy Future?
Dr Ziggy Switkowski
11.30 am, Monday, 13 February 2012
AINSE Theatre, New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights, NSW
Four Societies Meeting
Hosted by The Royal Society of New South Wales
Counting atoms for a living - tales of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Dr Andrew M Smith, ANSTO
6 pm, Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Hamilton-Parkes Room, NSW Trade & Investment Centre,
Level 47, MLC Centre, 19 Martin Place, Sydney
ANA 2011 Award to Dr Ziggy Switkowski
The ANA 2011 Award will be presented to Dr Ziggy Switkowski on Monday 13 February 2012 when Dr Switkowski will give a special ANA presentation on Is Nuclear Power a Part of Australia's Clean Energy Future? at 11.30 am in the AINSE Theatre, Lucas Heights.
Dr Ziggy Switkowski is a very effective communicator on nuclear issues and has held senior leadership roles in nuclear science and technology in Australia. He chaired the 2006 Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy Review (UMPNER), and was was Chair of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation from 2007 to 2010. Dr Switkowski has given many factual and reasoned contributions to the print and broadcast media and at public meetings on the nuclear energy option for Australia. He presented the keynote address at the Australian Nuclear Association 2007 and 2009 conferences on "nuclear issues in Australia" and "when Australia will be ready for nuclear power", respectively. Dr Ziggy Switkowski has a PhD in nuclear physics from the University of Melbourne and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
The Australian Nuclear Association 2011 Annual Award is awarded to Dr Zygmunt (Ziggy) Switkowski in recognition of his outstanding contribution to nuclear science and technology in Australia.
ANA2011 Conference
The Ninth Conference on Nuclear Science & Engineering in Australia otherwise known as the ANA2011 Conference was held on 7 October 2011 in the Sydney Mechanics Institute at 280 Pitt St, Sydney. This, the ninth in the series of biennial national conferences hosted by the ANA, provided timely updates on progress on many aspects of the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology.
The conference theme was "The Future of Nuclear Science & Technology" and a number of eminent speakers gave presentations. The opening address was given by Dr Adi Paterson, CEO ANSTO, representing The Hon. Kim Carr, the Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry Science and Research. The Program comprised invited speakers and a panel discussion on opportunities and challenges for a nuclear future for Australia and the World. The ANA2011 Conference was supported by ANSTO, ANA, AINSE Ltd and the Nuclear Engineering Panel, Engineers Australia.
The ANA is very grateful to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) for its sponsorship of the conference, the speakers for their informative and well prepared presentations and the audience for its interest and involvement all of whom made for a very successful conference. ANA2011 was the ninth in the series of biennial national conferences hosted by ANA since 1995.
Dr Clarence Hardy 1931 to 2011
With great sadness we record the sudden death on Monday 18 April 2011 of Dr Clarence Hardy. Dr Hardy was a past-President and, at the time of his death, Secretary of the Australian Nuclear Association (ANA) and Editor of its newsletter. He recently completed four years as Vice-President (2004-2006) and President (2006-2008) of the Pacific Nuclear Council, which represents over 60,000 nuclear professionals in the Pacific Region.
Dr Hardy had over 40 years experience in research and management in the nuclear industry, initially at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell in the UK and later at the Australian Atomic Energy Commission and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. He published over 100 technical papers and patents in nuclear science and technology and two books.
Dr Clarence Hardy will be sorely missed by his many colleagues and friends in Australia and overseas. He is survived by his wife, Mollie, and children, Christopher, Anthony, Sarah and John.
ANA joins the World Council of Isotopes
The ANA has joined the World Council of Isotopes (WCI) as an organisational member. The WCI is a new international organisation "to promote cooperation internationally in the sharing of the uses of safe and environmentally sound isotope technologies to serve the needs for global wellbeing". The President of WCI is Professor Chang Sun Kang, of Korea, currently President, Pacific Nuclear Council (PNC).
ANA member Dr Tim Payne is a member of the WCI Executive Committee and Chair of the Special Committee for Environmental and Related Applications.
Last Updated 14 Jan 2012
