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Dame Judith Hackitt named interim chair of UK’s nuclear regulator
FORMER IChemE president Dame Judith Hackitt has been named the interim chair of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR).
Type: News
£70m for engineers to design and build advanced nuclear fuel plants
THE UK government is offering £70m (US$90m) for engineers to design and build plants needed to manufacture advanced nuclear fuels for the country’s next generation of nuclear reactors.
Type: News
Volunteer Spotlight: Vira Jogia
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
MPs criticise UK industrial strategy
Call for focus on missions such as greening industry
Type: News
The UK engineers working to kickstart the hydrogen economy
Engineers across the UK are researching hydrogen’s role in decarbonising industry, exploring ammonia for greener steel and repurposing offshore assets for hydrogen transport. Adam Duckett caught up with three of them to ask what they expect to achieve and the engineering challenges they will need to overcome
Type: News
Analytic Excellence: An Example from Synthetic Biology
Ahead of our coming webinar on developing a culture of analytic excellence, Adam Duckett catches up with David McClymont of The London DNA Foundry to discuss the impetus for the organisation’s application of data analytics to synthetic biology and the benefits that have been reaped
Type: Feature
Adam Duckett on the need to engage with equality, diversity and inclusion
Type: Feature
CPD Requirements are Changing – Are You Ready?
Alan Harper of IChemE’s Professional Formation Forum urges members to prepare for mandated CPD audits
Type: Feature
Get involved, says Claire MacLeod of IChemE’s Learned Society Committee Responsible Production Working Group
Type: Feature
ExxonMobil shareholders back climate report
62.3% force firm to disclose climate mitigation risk
Type: News
Light-controlled yeast produces biofuel
MODIFIED yeast that use light as a switch to change metabolic pathways have been used to produce the biofuel isobutanol.
Type: News
Chemical engineers will create artificial skin bioreactor to test cosmetics
CHEMICAL engineers at the University of Surrey in the UK are developing artificial skin for Unilever to test its cosmetics products on.
Type: News
New funding announced for UK decarbonisation projects
THE UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded around £90m (US$114m) in funding to help decarbonise homes and industry, which includes funding for five demonstration phase hydrogen projects.
Type: News
UK confirms it will not align with EU chemicals agency
THE UK Government has said that it will not align with EU chemicals policy, instead bringing in its own controversial system.
Type: News
China pledges to be carbon neutral before 2060
IN what has been called a surprise announcement by multiple media outlets, Xi Jinping, President of China, informed the United Nations General Assembly that China aims to be “carbon neutral” before 2060.
Type: News
SSE begins work with Siemens to integrate hydrogen production, storage and combustion
ENERGY firm SSE is developing plans to integrate hydrogen production, storage and power generation technologies at a project in the UK’s Humber region, in an effort to balance intermittent renewables and boost green energy use.
Type: News
Adam Duckett on opportunities for communication and digitalisation
Type: Feature
