David Cope
Activities and views
In April 2013 Cope was one of a number of signatories to a letter in the Sunday Telegraph arguing that 'Nuclear energy brings significant public health and environmental benefits'. It argued that 'building a fleet of new nuclear power stations rather than one reactor at a time will lead to considerable economies of scale and lower costs for consumers. It will also provide the reliable, secure, low-carbon energy urgently needed in this country. However, we are becoming increasingly concerned at the apparent slow progress of negotiations between the Government and EDF Energy for Hinkley Point C, and we fear this aspiration could be undermined if a deal on the pioneer project is not resolved satisfactorily.'[1] Cope was listed as 'University of Cambridge' and his name appeared along side prominent scientific advocates of nuclear power including David King the former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government, Sue Ion Independent Consultant, Dr Malcolm Grimston Honorary Senior Research Fellow, ICEPT Imperial College, Professor Simon Biggs FREng Professor of Particle Science & Engineering University of Leeds, Professor Jon Billowes, Professor of Nuclear Physics The University of Manchester, Professor Colin Boxall The Lloyd's Register Foundation Chair in Nuclear Engineering and Decommissioning Lancaster University.
Career
- Visiting Professor Institute for Technology, Enterprise and Competitiveness, Doshisha University July 2012 – Present (1 year 2 months) Kyoto, Japan
- Director Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology April 1998 – March 2012 (14 years)[2]
Affiliations
- Science Media Centre, member of Board 2002-2003.
- Life Member, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge
Contact
- LinkedIn: David Cope
Notes
- ↑ Sir David King et al The Government should not delay on its nuclear power plans; Negotiations over Hinkley Point C are going too slowly telegraph.co.uk April 21, 2013 Sunday 6:59 AM GMT
- ↑ LinkedIn David Cope, accessed 14 August 2013.
