As highlighted in the September/October 2024 issue of the Nuclear Institute\’s Nuclear Future magazine. The September/October 2024 edition of Nuclear Future features an in-depth profile of Professor Bill Lee, whose long and varied career has significantly contributed to nuclear materials research and the development of nuclear skills in the UK. Now an integral part of the Nuclear Futures […]
On 14th November 2024, Simon Middleburgh features on BBC Radio Four\’s Inside Science (1:20). The discussions were around the shortage of Medical Isotopes for Cancer Diagnosis. The segment discusses the meanings for Isotopes, the shortage of reactors and their maintenance, and where the shortage of supplies occur. It additionally goes over why it is used
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We would like to congratulate Dr Mark Ogden who has recently co-authored an article around the Uptake and Coordination Behaviour of Uranyl on Functionalised Silica. This is available for 50 days for free. Please use the following link to view it: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1jONp3IywUTWsy
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Dr Walter Villanueva attended the IAEA Coordinated Research Project (CRP) meeting on In-vessel Melt Retention Phenomena at the end of May this year. He represented the UK as a Chief Scientific Investigator (CSI) from Bangor University. He leads a Mechanical Benchmark on Finite Element Analysis of Reactor Pressure Vessel under in-vessel melt retention strategy. He
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Prof Simon Middleburgh, co-director of the Nuclear Futures Institute at Bangor University, has been invited to become a member of the committee of the French National Agency for Research (ANR) to evaluate and select the proposals for the DIADEM exploratory Priority Research Programme and Infrastructure call. Simon was chosen as a result of his experience
Bangor University\’s, Dr. Phylis Makurunje, Prof. Simon Middleburgh and David Williams were interviewed by the BBC on their work to support space exploration. The BBC visited the Nuclear Futures Institute and found out about the work we are doing on nuclear fuels to support moon bases and nuclear rocket engines. You can read more about
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We would like to welcome our new academics in nuclear medicine to Bangor University. Dr. Mark Ogden and Dr. Tim Smith have joined us and will support research into the medical uses of nuclear technology including radiopharmaceuticals, theragnostics, external beam therapies and more.
At 10:20, 30th July 2023, Dr. Michael Rushton was invited to comment on energy security on Sky News as it relates to nuclear power. Parts of the interview were widely syndicated, appearing on radio stations from LBC to Classic FM. The interview is available here for those with access to the Learning on Screen Service.
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On the 13th June Prof. Bill Lee (NFI co-director) contributed to the Royal Society of Chemistry\’s (RSC) \”Science and the Senedd\” event. This was the nineteenth time this annual event has been held and took place in Cardiff in the Senedd and at the Pierhead. The aim of Science and the Senedd is to bring
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On Saturday, 25th March 2023, PhD students from the 3rd Cohort of the Nuclear Energy Futures Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), including two PhD students from Bangor University (Harvey Plows and Conor Buchanan), travelled to Cambridge University for the 2023 Cambridge Festival. At this event, hosted at the New Museum site, the CDT students ran
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