Nuclear Power for Ireland: Facts and Fiction
18.03.2011
The prospects of Ireland starting up a civil nuclear power programme will be the focus of next lecture of the Annual College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) Public Lecture Series at UCC on March 23rd 2011. The lecture (actually three mini-lectures) will be a presentation by BENE (Better Environment with Nuclear Energy). Historically, the Irish Government’s policy had been firmly opposed to nuclear energy on the grounds of the risks it poses, yet some argue that nuclear energy is one of the cleanest, safest and economic forms of energy available to mankind today.

This lecture presentation is now intensely topical because of the consequences unfolding before our very eyes of the earthquake/tsunami damage to the nuclear power reactors in Japan. This opens up again the whole argument about the risks posed by nuclear power.

The lecture will be delivered on Wednesday, March 23rd 2011 at 7.30pm in Boole II Lecture Theatre. The lecture series is organised by Professor William Reville, Public Awareness of Science Officer, SEFS.

Full details of the lectures can be consulted by visiting website http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/Lecture2011.pdf

Admission is free, and as always, members of the public are invited to attend. Please note that the presentation starts at 7.30pm, not the usual 8pm start.

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