ANA2019 Conference Program

UTS Aerial Function Centre, Level 7, UTS Building 10, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo 2007

Friday 27 September 2019

08:00 am	Registration Starts
	MORNING Sessions
09:00 am	Opening and Welcome – Mark Ho, President ANA
09:05 am	SESSION 1: Session Chair: Mark Ho ENERGY POLICY IN AUSTRALIA AND AROUND THE WORLD
	OPENING Hon John Barilaro MP, Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade. Decarbonising Energy Transition in China [Keynote] Dr Jiang Kejun, Director Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission, Beijing, China. Framework for Decarbonising Australian Energy [Keynote] Prof Stephen Wilson, Centre for Energy Futures, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, University of Queensland
10:30 am	Break for Coffee/Tea
11:00 am	SESSION 2. Session Chair: Joanne Lackenby ADVANCES IN NUCLEAR POWER
	NuScale SMR – Progress towards Deployment [Keynote] Tom Mundy, Chief Commercial Officer, NuScale Power Advanced Reactor Development in China Dr Jiang Kejun, Director Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission, Beijing, China Benefits of Nuclear for Australia Robert Parker, Vice President, Australian Nuclear Association
	AFTERNOON Sessions
1:30 pm	SESSION 3 – Session Chair: Edward Obbard NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA (1)
	Neutron Scattering for Industrial Materials Vanessa Peterson, Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, ANSTO Neutron Capture Enhanced Particle Therapy: A new frontier in hadron therapy Mitra Safavi-Naeini, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Nuclear Organisations (5min each) Aust Young Generation Nuclear (AusYGN) – Alex Borovskis UNSW Students for Nuclear Energy (SFNE) – Lillian Caruana Women in Nuclear (WiN) – Joanne Lackenby Nuclear Education (5 min each) AINSE Ltd – Michelle Durant UNSW Nuclear Engineering – Jean Larosee
3:00 pm	Break for Tea/Coffee
3:30 pm	SESSION 4: Chair: Katherine Smith NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA (2)
	A Synroc Waste Treatment Facility Daniel Gregg, ANSTO Synroc Technologies Program National Radioactive Waste Management Facility Rebecca Mackenzie, National Radioactive Waste Management Facility Taskforce Panel Session – Chair: Mark Ho, ANA Jiang Kejun, Director Energy Research Institute, China Rebecca Mackenzie, National Radioactive Waste Management Facility Taskforce Tom Mundy, Chief Commercial Officer, NuScale Power Stephen Wilson, University of Queensland
5:00 pm	Post-Conference Reception for discussion/networking

The Australian Nuclear Association Inc (ANA) is an independent incorporated scientific institution which promotes the education, knowledge and practice of the peaceful, safe and effective use of nuclear science and technology to benefit people, science and the environment.

ANA supports the use of nuclear science and technology in Australia, including nuclear techniques in research, industry and medicine; research reactors as a source of neutrons for research and production of radioisotopes; nuclear power plants to produce electricity and the use of nuclear power for marine propulsion.

ANA strongly supports the use of nuclear power plants as reliable, affordable and low carbon generators of electricity and as a low carbon source of heat for industry. Adding nuclear energy to Australia’s energy future would help meet our international obligations on carbon emissions, improve energy security and contribute to our economic future. Australia can benefit from current and emerging advanced reactor designs as well as from the considerable international experience accumulated in regulating and operating nuclear power plants, taking into account safety, environmental, technical, economic and social factors. The ANA supports the removal of Federal and State legislative nuclear prohibitions so that nuclear energy can be considered on its merits.

ANA strongly supports establishment of a national radioactive waste management facility for the management of intermediate level radioactive waste and the disposal of low level radioactive waste from all Commonwealth agencies as well from the States and Territories.