Wed, 19 Apr 2023
The UK’s nuclear power reactors have provided a significant proportion of the UK’s low carbon electricity over their lifetimes. Most will retire in this decade. Advances in technology mean that modern systems can compete with other forms of low carbon energy.
The lecture discussed the progress made in development of Small Modular Reactors which make these systems promising for future deployment and the additional functionality offered by next generation systems for hydrogen production and heat as well as electricity.
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/sites/default/files/transcript/2023-04-19-1800_ION-T.pdf
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/sites/default/files/transcript/2023-04-19-1800_ION-T.pdf
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Dame Sue Ion
Dame Sue Ion is currently Hon President of the National Skills Academy for Nuclear and is a member of the UK Nuclear Regulator’s Independent Advisory Panel.
Dame Sue spent over three decades in the nuclear sector before moving to a more advisory role on energy matters generally. She was Chairman of the UK Government’s Nuclear Innovation Research Advisory Board which operated from January 2014- March 2016. Dame Sue was BNFL’s Chief Technology Officer from 1992-2006 and since then has served on a number of advisory committees associated with the UK’s energy requirements.
Dame Sue holds honorary or visiting professorships at the University of Manchester and Imperial College London and currently serves as a member of Board of Governors of the University of Central Lancashire. She is a Fellow of both the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society, where she chairs or serves on a number of standing committees.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Ion
https://royalsociety.org/people/sue-ion-12878/
https://www.iop.org/about/awards/honorary-fellowship/our-honorary-fellows/dame-sue-ion
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