SNE NEWS

Here is a round-up of the latest news from the Spanish Nuclear Society (The Editor):

• A new Board of Directors to govern the Spanish Nuclear Society was elected during the General Assembly of 22 May. The current President is Lola Morales and the Vice President, Francisco J. Lopez, will become President after the next General Assembly, on February 2013.

• The 38^th Annual Meeting that will be held from 17 to 19 October 2012, in Caceres, is already open for registration. All relevant information about the meeting is available at: www.reunionanualsne.es.
  
  The Plenary Sessions will deal with current important nuclear issues. The topics proposed for this year’s meeting are as follows:

  • The centralised temporary storage facility for irradiated fuel

  • Impact of Fukushima on the continuous improvement of safety

  • Challenges of the new nuclear generation

  There will be also three monographic sessions this year, which will focus on the following subjects

  • Nuclear emergency plans

  • New safety requirements: International organisations’ approach

  • Energy models and climate change

• The Young Generation Nuclear network is pushing actively in the area of education and training for young people, organizing new editions of its Annual Seminar on Safety of Advanced Reactors, Basic Course of Nuclear Science and Technology and Seminar on Nuclear Fusion at the ETS of Industrial Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, and the at the Polytechnic Centre of the University of Zaragoza.

• The Young Generation Nuclear network will present the candidacy of the Spanish City of Burgos for the 2014 edition of the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC)

• Nuclear España, the monthly magazine of SNE, which has been published since 1984, has produced two editions, 324 and 328, that featured information, in English and Spanish, on the 37^th Annual Meeting and the winter session entitled: Nuclear Power Plants in 2011: Experiences and Perspectives.

• SNE has published its annual call for candidates for the award of 5 scholarships, each to the value of € 3,000, devoted to encouraging the enrollment of students for Masters and/or postgraduate courses in nuclear science and technology. All information is posted on the website of the SNE (www.sne.es)             

• WiN Spain has created its own website, which was recently made available to the public. Visit it at: www.winspain.es

• 2012 marks the 30^th anniversary of the magazine of the SNE, Nuclear España (Nuclear Spain). To celebrate this occasion a special edition will be released in July-August and a special ceremony will take place at the 38^th Annual Meeting, in Caceres (see above).