Nuclear Academics Meeting Birmingham 2013

2013 Meeting
University of Birmingham
18th – 19th September 2013

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The Agenda for the 2013 meeting is available here.

Meeting Presentations

• Nuclear R&D in the UK: Evidence and Drivers for Change – Christopher Darby, Government Office for Science
• National Nuclear User Facility – Bob Williamson, National Nuclear Laboratory
• Research Councils UK Energy Programme – Neil Bateman, EPSRC
• The NERC Radioactivity And The Environment (RATE) Programme – Joanna Wragg, British Geological Survey
• Sellafield Ltd: R&D and the future – Mike James, Sellafield Ltd
• Stakeholder Skill Setting: Geological Disposal – Cherry Tweed, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• The Skills Challenge – Neil Thomson, EDF
• The National Nuclear Laboratory and Working with Academia – Graham Fairhall, National Nuclear Laboratory
• Stakeholder Skill Setting: CCFE – Martin O’Brien, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
• CIEMAT and CEIDEN (Nuclear R&D in Spain) – Enrique Gonzales, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
• RCUK Energy Strategy Fellowship Overview and links to Nuclear Academics – Jim Skea, Imperial College London
• RCUK Energy Strategy Fellowship Interim findings – Jim Skea, Imperial College London

Educational Topics

1. NNUF – Results of the Consultation Process
2. Courses/Skills for next generation SMEs – How do we create the pipeline for industry and national laboratories?
3. Sustainable Academic Expertise
4. Postgraduate Education
5. Nuclear Information Security 

Research Area Updates

1. Environmental and Geological Disposal
2. Fuel & Spent Fuel including Recycling
3. Structural Materials 
4. Wasteforms and Decommissioning
5. New build (PWR and BWR)
6. Future Nuclear (GEN IV, SMR) and Fusion