ENS NEWS N° 48: Intro

Dear Reader,

For the past ten years I have had the great pleasure and honour to have been Editor-in-Chief of ENS NEWS. However, as the saying goes, ‘all good things must come to an end,’ and I have decided to retire and call time on a career that has spanned over thirty-five years. ENS will now set about appointing a new Editor-in-Chief.

I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you all - readers and contributors - for the great support that you have given to ENS NEWS during this period, and especially for putting up with the hundreds of editorials, articles and reports that I have either edited or written for you over the years. I hope that you have found reading them to be a useful, informative and enjoyable experience. As someone who is not from a nuclear science or engineering background (I’m sure that fact will not have escaped you!), I have always found editing ENS NEWS to be a very challenging, educational and stimulating experience; a lengthy collaboration that I will always remember fondly.

Finally, I would like to wish you all the very best for the future!

Best Regards,

Mark O’Donovan
Editor-in-Chief, ENS NEWS

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