Technical seminar on how to deal with nuclear’s biggest challenge

Date, time & venue

9 March 2017 (Thursday); 6:45 – 8:15 pm; Lecture Theatre LT-14, 4/F, Academic 1, City University of Hong Kong.

Speaker

Mr. Steve Kidd, Senior Consultant, East Cliff Consulting, UK

Programme Highlights

Nuclear energy is a low carbon energy source with a high reliability and often a low cost. The design of a nuclear power plant is very comprehensive and its operation is subject to very stringent regulatory scrutiny. However, nuclear energy remains controversial and its public acceptance is certainly not universal. The impact of public acceptance on nuclear projects has led to various challenges affecting their economic viability in particular. The speaker will examine actions taken by the nuclear industry to address this challenge and explain why these actions are generally ineffective. He will offer his views as to how public fear in nuclear can be addressed, and what is required from the regulatory regime, in order to enable the successful development of nuclear projects.

Registration & Enquiries

The seminar is free of charge and on a first-come-first served basis. Online free registration is via, http://www.hkarms.org/Registration/EventRegister.php?Event=78. For enquiries, please contact Dr Louis Liu, info@hkns.hk.

Disclaimer

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