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Monthly Luncheon – 10th November

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010 at 7:30 pm

MONTHLY LUNCHEON

THE GRADUATE UNION presents

Speaker: Professor Ian Polmear.

Topic: Use Of Nuclear Power

Waste Not Want Not  -

The Nuclear Power Debate

An address to be delivered by

Emeritus Professor Ian Polmear AO

Wednesday  November 10, Noon for 12.30pm
Graduate House, 220 Leicester Street, Carlton

Ian  Polmear  is  a  graduate  in  metallurgical  engineering  from  The  University  of   Melbourne.  After  first  working  in  local  industry,  he  joined  the  Materials  Division   of  the  former  Aeronautical  Research  Laboratories  and  later  became  Leader  of  the  Aircraft  Materials  Group.  In  1967,  he  made  a  mid-career  change  when  he  was  appointed  to  the  Chair  of  Materials  Science  at  Monash  University  where  he  was  responsible  for  establishing  the  Department  of   Materials  Engineering,   and  later   spent  a  term  as  Deputy  Vice-Chancellor.    Since  retiring   he  been a  part time consultant  and  has   served  on  several  Commonwealth  Government  Committees  concerned  with  materials  and  energy.  During  his  career  he  has  also  worked  in   England,  Switzerland,  and  in  Japan  where  has  been  a   Visiting   Professor  at  Tohoku  University,  Sendai.  He  has  been  awarded  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Engineering   by  his  alma  mater,  and  is  a  Fellow  of  the  Australian  Academy  of  Technological  Sciences  and  Engineering.  Recently   he  was    elected  an   Honorary  Fellow  of  the   Institute  of  Materials,  Minerals  and  Mining,  UK.

His  interest  in   energy  issues  was   first  stimulated   when  he  was  invited  to  prepare   a    review  of  the  role  of  materials  in  energy  production.  From  1987  to  1990  he  was  a  member of  the  National  Energy  Research,  Development,  and  Demonstration  Council   where  he  had  special  responsibility  for  programs  concerned  with renewable  energy.  From  1996-2000  he  chaired  the  Technical  Reference  Committee  that  managed   a  safety  assessment,  remaining  life  study,  and  seismic  analysis  of  the HIFAR   Nuclear  Research  Reactor  in   Sydney.   He  is  a  Past-President  of  the  Australian  Institute  for  Nuclear  Science  and  Engineering,   and  currently  serves  on  the  Nuclear  Safety  Committee  of  the  regulatory  authority  the  Australian  Radiation  Protection  and  Nuclear  Safety  Agency.  In  his  talk  he  will  give  special  attention  to  the  comparative   risks  and   benefits   of  producing  base  load  electrical  power  by  nuclear  and  other  means.

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