Nuclear Power Generation – An Alternative for New South Wales

Overview: –

Between 2022 and 2042, the remaining five coal-fired power stations in NSW are scheduled to close.
The plan in the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap is to replace the lost generation with solar and wind in remote Renewable Energy Zones but would Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) be a better option?

Tony will examine the status of electricity supply in NSW, look at the nuclear option and answer the questions “What about safety?” and “What about the Radioactive Waste?”

Presenter – Tony Irwin FIEAust MIET FAIE CPEng

Tony Irwin is a Chartered Engineer, Technical Director of SMR Nuclear Technology Pty Ltd and Chair of Engineers Australia Sydney Division Nuclear Engineering Panel. Tony worked for British Energy in the UK for more than thirty years commissioning and operating 8 nuclear power reactors.

In 1999 he moved to Australia and joined ANSTO where he managed fuel strategies and provided advice on nuclear issues to the Federal Government. He was subsequently appointed as Commissioning Reactor Manager and then the first Reactor Manager of ANSTO’s new OPAL research reactor. Tony is now a consultant. Tony is an Honorary Associate Professor and principal lecturer for Nuclear Reactors and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle at the ANU.

Details:

Date and Time: 1100, Wednesday 3rd. November 2021 (Sydney time)
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