Event Details
New Energy Policy and Nuclear Power in Taiwan
| Date: | 17 December 2012 |
| Time: | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm (6:30 pm for registration) |
| Venue: | Room B5-311 (AC1), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong |
| Organizer(s): | HKNS and Department of SEEM , CityU |
| Supporter(s): | HKIE-NE, HKARMS |
| Speaker: | Professor Chin Pan, Distinguished Professor, Department of Engineering and System Science, and Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University. |
| Language: | English |
| Contact Person: | Dr Louis Liu |
| Contact Email: | info@hkns.hk |
| CPD: | yes |
| Content: | There are three nuclear power plants with six units in operation now sharing about 20% of electricity in Taiwan. The safety and operational performance of these units has been excellent. The Speaker will address new Taiwan energy policy after the Fukushima accident and its impact on nuclear power development in Taiwan.
About the Speaker: Dr. Pan received his BS degree in nuclear engineering from National Tsing Hua University in 1979, MS and Ph.D degrees in nuclear engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 1983 and 1985, respectively. He served as the Chairman of the Department of Engineering and System Science of NTHU from February, 2001 to January, 2004 and the Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Research from December 2003 to July 2008. Dr. Pan was the Dean of College of Nuclear Science from August 2005 to July 2011. He has been serving as chairman of the Advisory Committee of Nuclear Safety in the Atomic Energy Council since October, 2008. He is now the Chief Principal Investigator (Director) of the Low Carbon Energy Center, a center of excellence at NTHU funded by the Ministry of Education through the |
| Remarks: | This seminar is free of charge and prior registration is required. Only on-line registration will be accepted. |
