Nuclear Industry Group
This is an IOP special interest group, which is a community of IOP members focused on a particular discipline, application or area of interest.
Special interest groups allow members to connect and share knowledge and ideas. The IOP funds groups to deliver a range of activities including events, prizes and bursaries. All of our groups are driven by members.
About the group
As a special interest, member-driven group, we are interested in all aspects of the nuclear industry. Our role is to:
- recognise the interests of a broad audience
- encourage links between physicists in the nuclear industry
- welcome members from a wide range of professional backgrounds
- appreciate diverse roles of physicists in civil and defence nuclear industries
You might be:
- employed in the industry
- a student considering a career in this sector
- someone with a general interest in this field
What the group does
We represent physicists involved with or interested in all aspects of the nuclear industry.
We look forward to welcoming you as a member and meeting you at an event.
Download our group flyer (PDF, 1.5MB)
Watch our group’s subtitled YouTube discussion on the UK’s nuclear future.
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Group prizes
We award two prizes each year to:
- encourage innovation in the industry
- promote the role of physicists in the industry
- reward effort and commitment to advancing the industry
The Early Career Prize
This prize is for physicists in the early stages of a career in the nuclear industry.
Find out more about the Early Career Prize.
The Career Contribution Prize
The prize is to:
- promote innovation in the nuclear industry
- promote the role of physicists in the nuclear industry
- reward effort and commitment to advancing the nuclear industry
Find out more about the Career Contribution Prize.
Physics resources
View resources from previous events
Nuclear Industry and Medical Physics Groups joint event 7 June 2019
The event was held at the IOP HQ in King’s Cross and aimed at synchronising the discussion and discourse of two different sectors when discussing radionuclides – a topic becoming more interesting to medical physics as the world begins to better manage and even look past the ubiquitous Technetium-99m. Several experts gave presentations across two sessions and a lively panel discussion of all the speakers drew each to a close. Here are some of the presentations given on the day:
- Jim Thurston – An overview of the uses of radioactive substances in medicine (PDF, 1.8MB)
- Beverly Ellis – Security of supply of medical radioisotope (PDF, 5.3MB)
- Peter Ivanov – Radiochemistry and nuclear metrology for life sciences and health application (PDF, 1.6MB)
- Andrew Robinson – Nuclear medicine metrology – traceability for clinical measurement (PDF, 2.3MB)
- David Parker – Cyclotron isotope production (some history, with particular reference to Birmingham) (PDF, 1MB)
- Tim Tinsley – Can we deliver a sustainable supply of medical radioisotopes by harvesting them from existing material? (PDF, 1.7MB)
- Jim Thurston – Dealing with radioactive waste arising from the medical use of radioactive substance (PDF, 1MB)
Nuclear education and skills capability: the role of international collaboration, 14 March 2018
Watch the YouTube video on Nuclear Emergency Support Team activities and what it means for the industry, by Jim Gulliford
From Magnox to Chernobyl, 28 September 2017
60 Years on from ZETA, 14 June 2017
- 60 Years on from ZETA (PDF, 5.4MB), by Chris Warrick
- Inertial Confinement Fusion (PDF, 2.7MB), by Kate Lancaster
- Compact Tokamaks with High Temperature Superconducting Magnets (PDF, 2.5MB), by David Kingham
Regulation of UK Nuclear New Build, 17 May 2017
- How the Office for Nuclear Regulation monitors the UK Nuclear New Build project to deliver nuclear reactors (PDF, 835KB), by Mike Finnerty
The UK's Nuclear Future, 28 February 2017
- Realising nuclear energy’s true potential: Reaching beyond the challenges of today (PDF, 7.9MB), by Dame Sue Ion
Nuclear Security, 15 November 2016
- Civil Nuclear Security and Cyber and Information Security (PDF, 3MB), by Robert Rodger and Graham Urwin
Generation IV Reactors: Opportunities and Challenges, 2 November 2016
- The promise of reliable, low-carbon, and economic nuclear energy with the potential to be sustainable (PDF, 4.5MB), by Richard Stainsby
Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste, 13 July 2016
Small Modular Reactors – the Real Nuclear Renaissance? 25 May 2016
- Can factory prefabrication and larger series of orders make small reactors economic? (PDF, 5MB), by Juan Matthews
Nuclear data, 12 April 2016
- Physics behind the production of nuclear data sets and extending data beyond neutron interactions (PDF, 930KB), by Dr Robert Mills
Farewell to Magnox, 28 October 2015
Watch presentations from a half-day seminar at the Wylfa Nuclear Power Station that marked the end of the use of Magnox reactors to produce electricity.
- Magnox Reactor Fleet In Pictures (PPT, 3.20MB)
- Welcome to Wylfa (PPT, 3.52MB)
- Magnox – the historical background (PPT, 5MB)
- Evolution of the Magnox Design (PPT, 6MB)
- History of the Wylfa Boilers (PPT, 3.52MB)
- Radioactive Waste Management (PPT, 5.34MB)
- The Future – Wylfa Newydd (PPT, 3.9MB)
- Hitachi-GE and the UK ABWR (PPT, 3.5MB)
Travels with a Cyclotron, 9 June 2015
- History and application of the UK’s cyclotrons used to produce images of lungs with a gamma camera (PDF, 5.4MB), by David Parker
Graphite Reactors, 24 March 2015
- Radiation Damage in Nuclear Graphite (PDF, 2.78MB), by Helen Freeman
From Fission to Fuel Gone, 20 November 2014
- The first significant stage in the decommissioning of the reactor (PDF, 6.7MB), by Trevor Chambers
Innovative approaches to optimise the management of higher-activity radioactive wastes, 17 September 2014
Jules Horowitz Reactor, 6 March 2014
- The UK’s contribution to the Joules Horowitz reactor (PDF, 5.2MB), by David Farrant
Group events
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Newsletter
- Newsletter, October 2021 (PDF, 1.04MB)
- Newsletter, December 2020 (PDF, 1.33MB)
- Newsletter, December 2019 (PDF, 1MB)
- Newsletter, November 2018 (PDF, 1.52MB)
- Newsletter, September 2017 (PDF, 2.23MB)
- Newsletter, September 2016 (PDF, 1.66MB)
- Newsletter, October 2015 (PDF, 1.38MB)
- Newsletter, September 2014 (PDF, 695KB)
- Newsletter, September 2013 (PDF, 474KB)
- Newsletter, December 2012 (PDF, 606KB)
- Newsletter, September 2011 (PDF, 911KB)
Committee and contacts
| Chair | Mr Dale McQueen, CPhys MInstP |
|---|---|
| Secretary | Miss Eve Moss, MInstP |
| Treasurer | Mr Tom Calverley, MInstP |
| Ordinary Member | Miss Kathryn Ambrose, MInstP |
| Ordinary Member | Professor Frederick Currell, FInstP |
| Ordinary Member | Miss Jennifer Liley, CPhys MInstP |
| Ordinary Member | Dr Christopher O'Leary, CPhys FInstP |
| Ordinary Member | Mr Andrew Perry, CPhys MInstP |
| Ordinary Member | Mr Jacob Plummer, CEng CPhys MInstP |
| Ordinary Member | Miss Juliet Porter, MInstP |
- Email: [email protected]