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PRESS STATEMENT by the Minister for National Development

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Not for publication or  broadcast before 5.OOpm  Sunday 24 September 1978u

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APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE TECHNICAL STANDING COMMITTEES  "  ' OF THE"NATIONAL ENERGY RESEARCH,  DEVELOPMENT AND " Ã¢ÂÂ   DEMONSTRATION COUNCIL "  "

The Minister for National Development,  Mr Kevin

Newman, announced in Canberra today the membership of

seven Technical Standing Committees which he was Â·

establishing to assist the National Energy Research

Development and Demonstration Council in its work of

assessing and advising on applications for grants for

energy research and development.  ^

’’Response to the Government's new initiative to

stimulate increased energy research and development in

Australia was very pleasing and indicated that the

Government's policies are welcomed by the scientific and

industrial community.  It was essential, that the Council

have access to specialist expertise in the process of

formulating its advice on the large number of applications

now coming forward",  the Minister said.  .

The new arrangements,  which make available about

$15 million in additional funding for energy research and

development in 1978/79, represent a very significant

increase in Commonwealth support and offer a substantial

broadening of opportunity to encourage more research by a

wide range of interested groups,  including State bodies

and private enterprise. ’  ‘

The Technical Standing Committees now being formed

will cover all aspects of energy R&D and. will also advise.

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the Council on other matters relating to their particular

sphere of energy R&D expertise. Their titles are:

1. Technology of Fossil Fuel Resource Assessment

2. Coal Mine Site Technology '

3. Technology of Coal Utilisation

4. Technology of Synthetic Fuels

5. Solar-Thermal,  Conservation and Magneto  .  hydrodynamics

6. Technology of Nuclear Energy .

7. Solar-Electric, Hydrogen, Transportation, Batteries and Environment. '  -

Each Technical Standing Committee comprises

researchers and industrialists eminent in their particular

field. (Full details of membership of each Technical

Standing Committee are set out in Attachment A.) Mr Newman

said that additional members could be added to the Committees

and new Committees formed if necessary in the light of

experience with applications received. In addition, the

composition of the Committees would be reviewed from time

to time. .

Mr Newman said he wished to make it known how much  .  I

he appreciated the significant personal sacrifices the

Council and its Committee members were making in accepting

membership as all were busy people in their existing

activities. He said that he regarded their participation

in the work of the Council as a major contribution to the

Government's policy of an expanded energy research and

development program for Australia.

Canberra '

22 September 1978 '  Ã¢ÂÂ

ATTACHMENT A

NERDDC TECHNICAL STANDING COMMITTEES'

Technology of Fossil Fuel Resource Assessment

Chairman: Mr R. C. Spriggs Technical Director, .  Â·

Beach Petroleum N.L.Â·, Vic.

Members :

Mr K. AÃ¢ÂÂ Richards, Director, Ã¢ÂÂ   .  .

Esso Australia Ltd, N.S.W.

Mr Go Rose, Assistant Under-Secretary .(.Technical),   Department of Mines, N.S.W. '

.  Dr C. T. McElroy,

Partner, .  .....

McElroy, Bryan and Associates Pty Ltd, NoS.W.

Professor Emeritus I. McC. Stewart, .   Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle,-N.S.W.

Dr GÃ¢ÂÂ ,H. Taylor,. ChlcXv Fuel Geoscience Unit, C.S.I.R.O., N.S.W. '

Coal MineÂ· Site Technology

Chairman,: . . .  .  .. .

Mr I. E, Newnham, M.B.E., Director, . .

Mineral. .Research Laboratories. Ã¢ÂÂ  CoS.I.RoO., Vic.

Members:

Mr Ec Davies, Project Manager. - Mt Thorley.,. .  . Ro Â¥. Miller & Co, Pty Ltd, N.S.W.

Mr K. J. Figgis, Manager, BHP Central Research Laboratories, N.S.W.

Dr C. M. Gerrard, Ã¢ÂÂ   .  Ã¢ÂÂ

Acting Chief, Division of Applied Geom.echan.ics,  C.S.I.R.O., Vic.

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Mr T. A. Isokangas, Chief Mining Engineer - Surface, .  Utah Development Company, Qld. Â·

M r .0. Richards, Director of Mining Research, Australian Coal Industry . . .  '

Research Laboratories, N.S.W. '

Mr M. J. Smith, .  Ã¢ÂÂ   .

General Manager, .. .  ,

Newcastle Wallsend Coal Pty Ltd, N.S.W.

Mr V* E, Baker, "

Chief Engineer (System Planning), State Electricity Commission, Qld.

Mr G. E. Edwards, .

Manager Marketing (Technical), .... Coal and Allied Industries Ltd, N.S.W.

Mr P. .J. Laver, .

Manager, Coke, and Sinter, .....

Australian Iron and Steel, N.S.W.

Mr R. W. Urie, Manager, Research and Development,  State Electricity Commission, Vic. *

Mr F. H. Walker, .  "

Chief Control Chemist, .....

Electricity Commission, N.S.W.

Dr T. F. Wall, Department of Chemical Engineering,  University of Newcastle, N.S.W.

Technology of Coal Utilisation

Chairman; Dr R. G. Ward, General Manager, Research and New Technology

BHP Co. Ltd, Vic.

Members

Fuels

Chairman; Dr D. D. Brown, Deputy General Manager  CSR Ltd, N.S.W.

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Members:

Mr J. F. Cudmore, Chief Research Scientist, Australian Coal .Industry Research  Laboratories, N.S.W.

Mr R. S. Higgins, Principal Fuel Technologist, State Electricity Commission, Vic.

Mr J. E. Kolm,

'  Technical and Research Director, ICI Australia Ltd, Vic.

Mr D. E. Roney, ;  Ã¢ÂÂ   .

Senior Principal Research Scientist,.   Division of Mineral Chemistry, C.S.I.R.O., Vic. Â·

Dr N. White, Principal Research Officer, BHP Co. Ltd, Vic.

Solar-Thermal, Conservation and Magneto hydrodynamics

Chairman: ....

.  Professor C. N. Watson-Munro,  O.B.E. ,   Wills Professor of Plasma Physics,  University of Sydney, N.S.W.

Members: Â·

Professor ÃÂ. K. Messerle, Head, School of Electrical Engineering,  University of Sydney, N.S.W.

Mr R. N. Morse, '  :

Chairman, - -

Victorian Solar Energy Research  Committee, Vic.

Mr D. W. Saunders, Manager, Resources and Planning, State Energy Commission, W.A.

" Dr W. J. McG. Tegart,

Manager, .  .

BHP Melbourne Research Laboratories, Vic.

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Technology of Nuclear Energy , ,

Chairman: . . .  .

Professor Emeritus S. T. Butler,.. Director, Research Establishment, .  .  .  .  .. Australian Atomic Energy Commission, N*S.W.

Members:

Professor ÃÂ. H. Brennan, .

School of Physical Sciences, Flinders University, S.A.

Mr J. NÃ¢ÂÂ Elliston, Ã¢ÂÂ

General Manager - Exploration, ‘   Peko-Wallsend Ltd, N.S.W. _

Mr J. Eo Hayes, .

Chief Engineer, .....

Burmot Aust. Ltd, WoA,

Dr J. ,L. Symonds, Chief Scientist, Power and Energy, .... ..

Australian Atomic Energy Commission, NÃ¢ÂÂS,WÃ¢ÂÂ

Solar-Electric, Hydrogen, Transportation, Â·   Batteries and Environment Ã¢ÂÂ

Chairman: ... Â·

.  Professor L. EÃ¢ÂÂ Lyons, Professor of Physical Chemistry,  University of Queensland, Qld.

Members:

Dr Go de V. Gipps, .

Research Manager, .  .  ......

Philips Industries Holdings Ltd, N.S.WÂ»

Mr D. Gosden, Division of Science and Technology,'  Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, Tas

Dr M. A. Green, '

Department of Electrical Engineering.,.  University of .New South Wales, N..S.W.

Dr Do F. A. Koch, Chief, '

Division of Mineral Chemistry, C.S.I.R.O., Vic.

Professor R. E. Luxton, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Â·  '   University of Adelaide, S.A. Â· .

