Nuclear KTN Post Fukushima Research Needs Meeting

A new location for a a nuclear meeting, Cheltenham, and a very successful meeting. A good combination of nuclear speakers plus a civil engineer and a seismologist contributed to very good discussion sessions in the afternoon. A lot of the focus was on communication and a way to facilitate good communication without compromising operational effort [...]

Nuclear New Build Conference 2011

A very positive conference following the events in Japan earlier this year. Charles Henrdry was unambiguous in his, and the government’s, support for new nuclear build in the UK and not just for one reactor but for a fleet of reactors. Mike Weightman summarised his interim report on the Fukushima accident with the full report [...]

Nuclear Island Launch Event

The great and the good travelled to the National Construction College in Bircham Newton in Norfolk for the Nuclear Island Launch Event. Speeches from Andy Walder, Stef Stephanos, Keith Waller and Michael Grove kicked off the event then all the guests were given a tour of the nuclear power plant construction model.

Parliamentary and Scientific Committee Meeting on Nuclear Energy

Three speakers, Malcolm Grimston, Robin Grimes and myself gave presentations on why the UK needs nuclear energy, the research challenges and the benefits of nuclear research to the UK and how UK nuclear universities are meeting the human resources challenges. A short debate followed in Portcullis House but the main debate occurred over dinner in [...]

NEO 11 Niagara Falls Canada

The second Nuclear Education and Outreach meeting is being held in the same location as the annual CNS meeting, Niagara Falls, Ontario. Canada historically seems to be split into two camps of nuclear supporters and anti-nuclear groups but the younger generation seems to becoming more apathetic on anecdotal evidence. There are a lot of very [...]

CNS Meeting 2011

This conference, this year in Niagara Falls, continues to have a very Canadian focus and one big change from last year’s meeting is the absence of Areva. Has the situation regarding AECL been resolved? AECL will sell all its commercial activities and become almost like a national lab. The accident at Fukushima has had a [...]

CNS Meeting 2011

This conference, this year in Niagara Falls, continues to have a very Canadian focus and one big change from last year’s meeting is the absence of Areva. Has the situation regarding AECL been resolved? AECL will sell all its commercial activities and become almost like a national lab. The accident at Fukushima has had a [...]

Nuclear Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN)

KTNs have been established and are funded by government, industry and academia. They bring together diverse organisations and provide activities and initiatives that promote the exchange of knowledge and the stimulation of innovation in these communities. http://www.innovateuk.org/deliveringinnovation/knowledgetransfernetworks.ashx A Nuclear Group has now been set up within the Energy Generation and Supply KTN, with the aim of [...]

NESTet 2011

As with much in the nuclear world at the moment many of the presentations at NESTet mentioned the accident at Fukushima. It seems at the moment though that nuclear courses are robust and mature enough to continue to grow. Simulation and virtual reality is growing as a teaching tool although it is not available for [...]

The UK-US Relationship in the 21st Century: Energy and Security

The workshop was organised by the British High Consulate in Houston and the Bush School at Texas A&M. After an introduction by the Counsel General four breakout groups considered various aspects if the theme. The nuclear discussion highlighted the already strong collaborations that have existed between the UK and US for the last 60 years [...]