Technical Program for 2012

Joint technical meetings of the ANA and the Nuclear Engineering Panel of Engineers Australia

13 February
(Monday)
Hosted by ANA and Presentation of ANA 2011 Award
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

7 March
(Wednesday)
Four Societies Meeting, Hosted by the Royal Society of NSW
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

21 March
(Wednesday)
Hosted by Nuclear Engineering Panel and ANA
Nuclear Reactor Safety
Mr John C. (Jack) DeVine, WorleyParsons
5:30 for 6:00 pm, Wednesday 21 March 2012
Engineers Australia, 8 Thomas St, Chatswood NSW

26 April
(Thursday)
Hosted by ANA
Decommissioning the Moata Research Reactor
Mr Con Lyras, ANSTO
1 pm, Thursday 26 April 2012
AINSE Theatre, New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights, NSW

23 May
(Wednesday)
Hosted by the Nuclear Engineering Panel
Materials for Advanced Reactors
Prof Lyndon Edwards, ANSTO
5:30 for 6:00 pm, Wednesday 23 May 2012
Engineers Australia, 8 Thomas St, Chatswood NSW

28 June
(Thursday)
Hosted by ANA
The Return of Australia's Reprocessed Wastes from Overseas
Mr Lubi Dimitrovski, ANSTO
1 pm, Thursday 28 June 2012
AINSE Theatre, New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights, NSW

25 July
(Wednesday)
Hosted by the Nuclear Engineering Panel
Title to be advised
Dr Carl Magnus-Larsson, ARPANSA
5:30 for 6:00 pm, Wednesday 25 July 2011
Engineers Australia, 8 Thomas St, Chatswood NSW 

23 August
(Thursday)
ANA Annual General Meeting at Lucas Heights
12:30 pm Thursday 23 August 2012, 
followed at 1 pm by
50 years of Environmental Radioactivity Measurements at ANSTO
Prof Henk Heijnis, ANSTO
AINSE Theatre, New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights, NSW

26 September
(Wednesday)
Hosted by the Nuclear Engineering Panel
Economics of Nuclear Power
Mr Martin Thomas, Engineers Australia
5:30 for 6:00 pm, Wednesday 26 September 2012
Engineers Australia, 8 Thomas St, Chatswood NSW

25 October
(Thursday)
Hosted by ANA
Marine Ecological Risk Analysis of Radioactive Releases from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident (Japan)
Mr Ron Szymczak, ANSTO
1 pm, Thursday 25 October 2012
AINSE Theatre, New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights, NSW

28 November
(Wednesday)
Hosted by the Nuclear Engineering Panel
Thorium Reactors - Advantages and Challenges
Dr John Harries, ANA
5:30 for 6:00 pm, Wednesday 28 November 2011
Engineers Australia, 8 Thomas St, Chatswood NSW

Nov/Dec
(Friday)
ANA Annual Lunch
12 noon for 12.30 pm, Friday
date and venue to be advised


Last Updated 4 April 2012