PINE 2017
12:00 Wednesday September 6th – 13:00 Thursday September 7th
At The University of Manchester
PINE offers the opportunity for post-doctoral or equivalent level researchers to get together in an informal environment, share their work and learn what else is going in the nuclear energy research community.
More experienced post-docs will give presentations giving overviews of areas of research that the UK currently is focusing on. Representatives from the nuclear industry and funding councils will be on hand to offer career advice and insights into the future of nuclear energy research in the UK.
A complimentary lunch and evening social is offered to registered participants, funded by the Nuclear Champion Grant.
Wednesday 6th September
12:00 Lunch buffet and poster setup
13:00 PINE 2017 Opening
13:10 The main technical challenges for developing the next generation of reactors Prof. Juan Matthews, University of Manchester
14:10 From post-doc to academic Dr Amy Gandy. University of Sheffield
14:40 Water Layers on Actinide Oxide Surfaces Dr Bengt Tegner, University of Manchester
15:10 Coffee break
15:40 Submerged detection on the cores at Fukushima Dr Ashley Jones, University of Lancaster
16:10 Speaker from engineering to be confirmed
16:40 Speaker from earth and environmental sciences to be confirmed
17:10 Speaker from materials to be confirmed
17:40 Poster session and evening social
Thursday 7th September
09:00 Aidan Goldsworth from Rolls Royce
09:30 Mark Davies, consultant to EdF
10:00 Olivia Thompson from NNL
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Dr Muhammed Treifi, ONR-funded fellow
11:30 Outreach and technology transition session John Roberts and Alick Deacon
12:00 Pine 2017 Closing
Local Organising Committee
Toby Wright (School of Physics and Astronomy)
Paul Davies (School of Physics and Astronomy)
Ashley Wooles (School of Chemistry)
Joel Turner (School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering)
Robert Worth (School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering)
Registration
Full information regarding the information can be found on the eventbrite page:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pine-2017-tickets-35590972557
Registration deadline is August 25th but places are limited so we recommend you register as soon as possible.
Travel information
The event will be held in the Department of Physics and Astronomy which is in the Schuster Laboratory on the Oxford Road site of the University. For more information, including a campus map see here.
Plenty of accommodation options exist in close proximity to the university, for example these options that google shows.