Edward Obbard

Wind turbine and nuclear power station

UNSW expert says there is a distinct and strange difference in the way AUKUS nuclear technology is discussed compared to the potential widespread production of nuclear power in Australia.

Virginia Class submarine

UNSW Sydney nuclear materials engineer Dr Edward Obbard explains the difficulty in identifying and training the huge numbers of new workers required for Australia to build and maintain its own nuclear submarines.

a highway extends away the horizon in the australian outback

The tiny radioactive source lost in Western Australia may never be found.

Nuclear blockchain

UNSW experts will present a new shared ledger system to delegates at the IAEA Symposium on International Safeguards in Austria.

Submarine

Dr Edward Obbard says AUKUS agreement won’t lead to Australia developing nuclear weapons.

illustration of a scientists hands holding golden atoms in motion

The donation from the Sir William Tyree Foundation will expand Australia’s only nuclear engineering education program.