The 2015 Annual General Meeting of the Teesside Local Section will take place on Friday March 6th (18:00 for 18:30-22:30) at the Parkmore Hotel*, Yarm. The meeting will comprise of the AGM; followed by a talk by Professor Bob Cywinski and a light buffet.
For the purposes of catering could you please inform Richard Langrick (email:
c-richard.langrick@Invista.com) if you intend to come, and also if you will be bringing a guest.
The running of the local section depends upon member volunteers to on occasion help run events and/or serve on the committee. If you would like to help out at events please let us know. We would also like to invite and encourage nominations from any others whom would like to join the committee..
In terms of the Officers of the committee: Richard Langrick (Chair); Adrian Adamson (Secretary); Joe McGinnis (Treasurer).
Richard Langrick, Secretary UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ Teesside Local Section
*Parkmore Hotel, 636 Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 0DH
The AGM will be followed by a talk by Professor Robert Cywinski: " An alternative nuclear future". There is considerable debate about whether the twin global crises of energy shortage and climate change can be mitigated by nuclear power. Indeed, there is continuing concern about the safety of uranium and plutonium fueled nuclear reactors, the management of nuclear waste and the issue of proliferation. But what if we had a nuclear fuel that was low risk, low waste and sustainable? Surprisingly such a fuel does exist: it is thorium. In this talk I will discuss the need for nuclear power as an essential part of a balanced energy economy, and suggest innovative methods by which thorium could be used to fuel an alternative, and a safer, nuclear future.
For the purposes of catering could you please inform Richard Langrick (email:
c-richard.langrick@Invista.com) if you intend to come, and also if you will be bringing a guest.
The running of the local section depends upon member volunteers to on occasion help run events and/or serve on the committee. If you would like to help out at events please let us know. We would also like to invite and encourage nominations from any others whom would like to join the committee..
In terms of the Officers of the committee: Richard Langrick (Chair); Adrian Adamson (Secretary); Joe McGinnis (Treasurer).
Richard Langrick, Secretary UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ Teesside Local Section
*Parkmore Hotel, 636 Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 0DH
The AGM will be followed by a talk by Professor Robert Cywinski: " An alternative nuclear future". There is considerable debate about whether the twin global crises of energy shortage and climate change can be mitigated by nuclear power. Indeed, there is continuing concern about the safety of uranium and plutonium fueled nuclear reactors, the management of nuclear waste and the issue of proliferation. But what if we had a nuclear fuel that was low risk, low waste and sustainable? Surprisingly such a fuel does exist: it is thorium. In this talk I will discuss the need for nuclear power as an essential part of a balanced energy economy, and suggest innovative methods by which thorium could be used to fuel an alternative, and a safer, nuclear future.