AUKUS implications for the engineering profession

Presenters:

Jane MacMaster, Chief Engineer, Engineers Australia

Peter Bullard, Member, Nuclear Engineering Panel, Retired Royal Navy Submarine Engineer

A hybrid event (webinar and in-person meeting in Sydney) hosted by the Nuclear Engineering Panel of Sydney Branch of Engineers Australia.

6 pm to 7:30 pm AEST Tuesday 22 May 2023.

Venue: Engineers Australia Sydney Division, 44 Market Street, Sydney, NSW.

Cost free to EA, EIA, ANA and Royal Society members and students, $30 for others. ANA members contact ANA@nuclearaustralia.org.au for code for free registration.

To register go to https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/event/2023/05/aukus-implications-engineering-profession-48416

Engineers Australia’s Chief Engineer Jane MacMaster will expand on the recent article in Create magazine ‘How does the AUKUS submarine program affect Australian engineers?’ to explain how Engineers Australia is engaged in developing the involvement of the engineering profession in Australia to support the construction, operation and sustainment of nuclear-powered submarines.

Retired Royal Naval nuclear submarine engineering head of department Peter Bullard will describe the safety culture, security and nuclear technology imperatives for engineering workforce practice and career development.

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 will 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.