Pamela Naidoo-Ameglio speaks of radiation safety in uranium mining, managing waste, risk management approach, regulators, and stakeholders.
In her address at the 25th annual Kenneth Finlay Lecture, ANSTO Group Executive Pamela Naidoo-Ameglio examined what she has learnt on her journey from mining to nuclear safety. The yearly lecture is organised by UNSW School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering.
Australia has been mining uranium for more than 70 years, similar to the timeframe that Australia has been operating nuclear research reactors. While safety in mining operations has changed radically over that period, decreasing high fatality rates, nuclear safety approaches have always been consistent.
In her lecture, Pamela touched on radiation basics, similarities and differences in the safety systems, risk management approach, regulators, and stakeholders. She also discussed radiation safety in uranium mining and some aspects of managing waste.
In her address at the 25th annual Kenneth Finlay Lecture, ANSTO Group Executive Pamela Naidoo-Ameglio examined what she has learnt on her journey from mining to nuclear safety. The yearly lecture is organised by UNSW School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering.
Pamela is an executive leader who has been immersed in technology, mining, geoscience, operational, and corporate roles in public and private sector corporations. She focuses on the overlap of major projects and operations with stakeholder engagement and decision-making.
As Group Executive at ANSTO, responsible for nuclear medicine production, OPAL reactor, and nuclear waste operations, Pamela brings her strengths of translating business objectives into safe operational outcomes and inspiring teams to strive for sustainability and continuous improvement.
Pamela joined ANSTO in 2018 after 24 years in the mining industry including leadership roles at South 32, BHP, Rio Tinto and De Beers. She has a track record of successful project delivery, business improvement, inclusive communication and staff development.
Pamela led transformation of professional organisations such as the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA) and breaking down gender barriers, founding Women in Mining South Africa. She was recognised in the inaugural 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining (2013).
She is an Executive Director of Australian Nuclear Medicine (ANM), NED of the Housing Trust and geophysics consultancy Exige and is a past Board member of the AusIMM. She is a mentor for IMNIS and previously the AUSTMINE innovation mentoring programme and is an Advisory Board member of Australia Museum.
The annual Kenneth Finlay lecture honours the legacy of Kenneth Finlay, CEO of Exxon Coal and Minerals.
The Kenneth Finlay Memorial Lecture was established in 1995 in recognition of Kenneth’s pioneering work and leadership in improving safety in the Australian Mining Industry. The goals is to extend this sense of pioneering safety to the next generation of mining engineers.
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