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News

Dr Joanne Lackenby elected President of ANA

Dr Joanne Lackenby (Jo) was elected President of the Australian Nuclear Association (ANA) at the ANA AGM held on Wed 26 August 2020. Jo is a nuclear safety and licensing specialist at the OPAL Reactor at ANSTO in Sydney. She…

Webinar

Introduction to the Rolls-Royce UK SMR technology and consortium.

Speaker: Alan Woods, Director Strategy and Business Development – SMR, Rolls Royce, UK. Webinar 5 pm Sydney time, Wednesday 21 October…
Webinar

Licensing the First Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates.

Speaker: Ian Grant, Consultant, Ottawa, Canada. Webinar 9 am Sydney time, Thursday 1 October 2020. Slides presented at this webinar…
Webinar

Using Blockchain Ledgers for Tracking Radioactive Sources and Nuclear Material

Speaker: Dr Edward Obbard, Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW. Webinar 5 pm to 6 pm Sydney…
Webinar

Hydrogen Production and Nuclear Power

Speaker: Warner Priest Siemens Australia. Webinar 6 pm to 7 pm Sydney time, Wednesday 15 July 2020. As identified in the…
Webinar

Innovation in Nuclear

Speaker: Suzanne Jaworowski, Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor, Office of Nuclear, US DOE. Webinar 5 pm to 6 pm…
Webinar

Nuclear Power – New Constructions and R&D

Speaker: Dr Mark Ho, President ANA. Webinar 5 pm Thurs 28 May 2020. A video of the event is available…

Conferences

International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC2020)

The next International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) will be held in Sydney, Australia on 8-13 March 2020, and co-hosted with the Australian Young Generation in Nuclear (AusYGN). Under the theme Diversity in Nuclear, the mission of IYNC2020 is to promote and enable the diversity of…

ANA Award

ANA 2019 Award to Dr Margaret Elcombe

The ANA Award for 2019 recognises the outstanding contribution of Dr Margaret Elcombe to nuclear science and technology in Australia by her very long term scientific contribution to neutron scattering and X-ray analysis at AAEC/ANSTO. Since joining AAEC as…

ANA Conference

ANA2019 Conference.

The 13th Australian Nuclear Association Conference on Nuclear Science and Engineering in Australia. “Nuclear for a Low Carbon Future“. was held 9 am – 5 pm Friday, 27th September 2019. UTS Aerial Function Centre, Level 7, UTS Building 10, 235…

News

Declaration – A Nuclear Vision for Australia

Nuclear energy is ready to make a valuable contribution to low emission dispatchable generation for Australia. It supplies 10% of the world’s electricity safely, reliably, cleanly and economically. Used by 30 nations, over half the world’s population, it remains illegal…
News

ANA Signs International Declaration

The ANA joined more than 40 nuclear associations representing over 80,000 scientists to call on the Clean Energy Ministerial Conference – which will be held in Vancouver between 28 and 29 May – to commit to doubling public investment in nuclear-related R&D and…

Nuclear Power

Study Tour to Korea under Korea- Australia Nuclear Cooperation

In April 2018, Dr Robert Barr, Robert Parker, and Barrie Hill visited South Korea at the invitation of the Korean Nuclear Association. This visit to Korea was a follow up to the visit of the…
Nuclear Power

Loud and Nuclear

In an article published in the March/April 2018 issue of the Energy Source & Distribution magazine, John Harries writes that nuclear power is used in most developed and many developing countries as an essential part…

Previous Meetings

Challenges for the Future: Energy Storage and Waste Plastic — Two Australian Solutions Going Global

Professor Thomas Maschmeyer, University of Sydney. 6:00 pm for a 6.30 pm start on Thursday 12 March 2020. Annual Meeting of the Four Societies: The Australian Institute of Energy, The…
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Nuclear Energy: A New Beginning? and what role it might play in Australia.

Professor Jacopo Buongiorno. TEPCO Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 5:30 pm for 6 pm, Tues 28 January 2020. Aerial UTS Function Centre, Level 7,…
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Nuclear Waste Management – Moving Forward Toward Better Days

Dr. Charlotta E. Sanders, Senior Project Manager, World Nuclear Association Friday 22 Nov 2019 – 5:30 pm for 6 pm Venue: Zenith Theatre, Corner Railway & McIntosh Streets, Chatswood NSW…
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Australian Young Generation in Nuclear (AusYGN)

1 pm Wednesday, 11 September 2019. AINSE Theatre, New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, NSW. Meeting hosted by ANA. 1. AusYGN and the IYGN2020 Conference in Sydney, 8-13 March 2020. Julia…