(Postponed) 

Technical Seminar on

Nuclear Waste Storage and the Sustainable Global Future
(co-organised with HKNS, and Dept of Mech Engg of CityU)

Date & Time:
12 March 2020 (Thursday); 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Venue:
Room 1610, 1/F., Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin A Building, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong

Co-organised with:
Hong Kong Nuclear Society (HKNS)
Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong (Dept of Mech Engg of CityU)

Supported by:
Low Carbon Energy Education Centre, City University of Hong Kong (LCEEC of CityU)

Deadline of Application:
9 March 2020 (Monday); 4:00pm

Abstract:
While the chain activities for nuclear power production emit very little carbon dioxide, to an extent similar to most renewable energies and therefore help to mitigate climate change, small quantities of radioactive nuclear materials are produced as end products.  These materials are collectively classified as nuclear waste when they find no further applications, and the long lasting nature of their radioactivity necessitates equally long term isolation in order not to affect human health or environmental safety.  Public confidence, or often the lack of it, in the proper storage of nuclear waste has been a major obstacle to nuclear power in many countries, and engineering justifications on their own are often found to be no longer sufficient.

The seminar will address the ethical dimensions involved in nuclear waste storage, drawing upon some recent cases in the United States.  It will seek to examine the issue in terms of the groundwork for natural resources, the framework for work arrangement and the structure of trust in order to secure social licence.

Speaker Biography:
Professor Philip Chmielewski is the Sir Thomas More Chair of Engineering Ethics in the Seaver College of Science and Engineering at Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles.  He has frequently lectured and offered courses in Mainland China as well as in Hong Kong.  His research currently focuses on developing elements of a framework for international engineering ethics, drawing partly upon the works of traditional Chinese thinkers who have articulated social values.  Professor Chmielewski further develops cases to examine professional obligations in undertaking infrastructure projects.

Registration and Enquiry
The seminar is free of charge and prior registration is required.  The number of participants will be limited to 100 and applicants will be served on a first-come-first-serve basis. Priority will be given to the members of Nuclear Division and the Hong Kong Nuclear Society.  For registration, please submit online application via the following weblink: https://forms.gle/BFMGvfKkv9Lz525B7  Successful applicants will be notified by email.

For enquiries, please contact us by sending email to nuclear@ne.hkie.org.hk, or Dr Louis Liu, info@hkns.hk 

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