Press Conference

Nuclear safety arouses concern as Hong Kong is so close to the Pearl River Delta area where the current Daya Bay nuclear power plant will be joined by dozens of newly built reactors over the next decade.

 

In response to the situation, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) offers academic programmes on nuclear and risk engineering to train professionals in the field and help improve nuclear safety for the area. In the forthcoming press briefing, CityU will explain those programmes, suggest measures to strengthen nuclear safety, discuss the need to establish an independent body on nuclear safety, and offer some advice on energy mix.

 

The press briefing will be followed by a workshop titled “The Latest Development in Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Industry”, organised by CityU College of Science and Engineering in collaboration with the Hong Kong Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. A number of nuclear experts will discuss nuclear safety regulations, achievements and challenges in nuclear reactor safety in the US, evaluation of the radiation in the emergency planning zone, and advancements in nuclear safety and nuclear industry in China.

Details of the press briefing and the workshop:

 

Date:               8 January 2013 (Tuesday)

 

Time:              Press briefing – 12:45pm to 1:45pm

 

                        Workshop – 1:45pm to 6:00pm

 

Venue:            Lecture Theatre 13, 4/F, Academic Building 1 (near Lift 7), CityU

 

Speakers:    For Press Briefing

·          Professor Chieng Ching-chang (Visiting Professor of the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, CityU)

·          Dr Zhou Wenzhong (Assistant Professor of the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, CityU)

·          Dr Luk Bing-lam (Senior Engineer of the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, CityU)

 

  For Workshop

·         Mr Tony Roulstone (Course Director for the MPhil programme in Nuclear Energy, University of Cambridge)

·         Dr Zhou Wenzhong (Assistant Professor of the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, CityU)

·         Professor Shih Chun-kuan (Professor of the Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Science, National Tsing-Hua University)

·         Mr Pu Jilong (Safety Director of the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Corporation)

 

 

Media enquiries: Christina Wu, CityU Communications and Public Relations Office (Tel: 3442 6819 or 9841 2774)