NEWSLETTER
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UNITED KINGDOM Association NEWSLETTER |
| No 158 | May 1999 |
It is time to look ahead to the Annual General Meeting at the very beginning of June and organise ourselves for the year that follows. Some bookings have already been made for further events this year but there is still plenty of scope for the new committee to arrange more events.
The AGM of the Association will be held in the Penthouse, New Zealand House, on Tuesday 1st June at 6.30 p.m. It will start promptly to properly precede the Annual Reception, which will follow immediately after at approximately 7.00 p.m.
The Agenda, minutes of the last AGM, and copies of the Accounts for 1998/1999 will be available at the meeting.
Nominations are invited for the posts of Chairman, Honorary Auditor, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, and the Committee for the year 1999/2000. Send nominations signed by the proposer, seconder, and nominee to the Honorary Secretary at the Association's address. Nominations may also be made from the floor at the meeting. Please note that as Joanna Saywell is heading back to New Zealand in the very near future, she is unable to stand for a further term as Secretary.
We are all grateful for the time and effort that the Committee has put in over the past year, particularly Selwyn Aickin, in organising the website and pressurising New Zealand for funding.
Please come along and take part in the meeting. This event is your best opportunity to make your views known on what we should do, what we should be, and anything else relevant to our function.
| Location: | The Penthouse, New Zealand House, Haymarket, London |
| Date: | Tuesday, 2nd June 1999 |
| Time: | AGM - 6.15 p.m. for 6.30 p.m., Reception - 7.00 p.m. |
| Price: | £12.50 per head for members and their guests to cover food and drinks |
Now IEAust, our hosts this year, are pleased to announce that the topic for this year's combined technical talk is, "Some aspects of the relationship between society and the disposal of radioactive waste".
Their speaker is lan J Duncan FTSE FAusiMM FIEAust. He is accompanied by Mr Miles Rotherham, who knows a bit about the European nuclear fuel cycle.
Mr Duncan has supplied this synopsis of his talk.
"Current generations continue to accumulate radioactive wastes but have failed to establish a means for its disposal, having rightfully set aside ocean dumping and trading of wastes to less developed countries. Yet this problem can be resolved within the field of geography as it incorporates:
| (a) | the politics of siting and the NIMBY phenomenon, | |
| (b) | risks, rewards and costs for each segment of society and | |
| (c) | perspectives of TIME which impact differently on society and industry. |
The House of Lords has recently completed an 18 month study into the Management of Nuclear Waste and its findings were published in March. The report quantifies the UK waste issue and criticises the past performance, particularly of UK NIREX, the designated disposal organisation. The report outlines the way forward for the UK and this will be discussed."
This promises to be a lively discussion, of interest to any engineers who have had to consider the environmental impact of their projects.
Ian Duncan is a mechanical engineer, born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1939. He started his career as an engineer with Dunlop Rubber Australia Ltd where he stayed for 10 years. He joined Western Mining Corporation in 1971 and stayed with them until 1996, progressing from Operations Manager, Exploration, to Chairman and General Manager (WMC) Olympic Dam Marketing Pty. Ltd. (During this period the Olympic Dam project was commissioned and was expanded twice). In 1994 he became President Olympic Dam Marketing, and Chairman of the Uranium Institute. (The Uranium Institute is a London based International body specialising in the civil nuclear fuel cycle.)
Mr Duncan is currently studying for a Doctorate of Philosophy at the School of Geography, University of Oxford. His topic is "Some aspects of the relationship between society and the disposal of radioactive waste". This study is expected to be completed by mid-2000.
| Location: | Doxford Room in the basement of Ove Arup's offices at 55-65 Whitfield Street |
| Date: | Friday, 18 June 1999 |
| Time: | 6.30 p.m. |
| Price: | £5.00 per head for members and their guests to cover food and drinks |
http://www.ipenzuk.freeserve.co.uk
which is a bit more convenient than both the previous two URLS. There are re-directors at both the old addresses so people can still get to the website using the old URLS.
There is also a POP3 email postbox with the account that we can use for 'official' Association email.
We are currently in the process of setting up email addresses for the committee so that in a short period of time, you will be able to send email direct to the person responsible without having to change your addresses whenever there is a change to the committee.
Whilst on the subject of the Internet, the website:
has links to most of the world's on-line newspapers, including 20 or so from New Zealand.
| AGM and Annual Reception | Tuesday, 1 June 1999 |
| Combined Technical Talk | Friday, 18 June 1999 |
| Summer Barbecue | Sunday, 8 August 1999 |
| Tour of Greenwich | September 1999 |
| Graduates Evening | November 1999 |
| Christmas Soirée at New Zealand House | Friday, 3 December 1999 |
| AGM and Reception Reply Slip | Combined Technical Talk Reply Slip |
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