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词条 John Large
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

     Major projects  Critical reviewer 

  3. Death

  4. Notes

  5. References

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}{{Use British English|date=April 2018}}John Henry Large (4 May 1943 – 3 November 2018){{efn|One of Large's three newspaper obituaries gives a different date of death, The Daily Telegraph giving 2 November 2018[1]}} was an English consulting Chartered Engineer primarily known for his work in assessing and reporting upon nuclear safety and nuclear related accidents and incidents,[2][1] work which has often featured in the media.[2][3]

Early life

Large was born in Woking, but grew up in the East End of London. He was the son of a Fleet Street printer and the landlady of three pubs near Bermondsey. He was educated at a secondary school in south-east London{{efn|Large's obituaries differ on which secondary school he attended, The Times giving Dulwich College[6] and The Guardian giving Wilson's Grammar School[2]}} then Camberwell School of Art, before studying engineering at Imperial College London.[2][6]

Career

After university, Large moved to the United States to work on U.S. nuclear weapons projects. This required him to take U.S. citizenship, but due to the risk of Vietnam War conscription he returned to the UK.[6]

From the mid-1960s until 1986 Large was an academic in Brunel University's School of Engineering, becoming a lecturer in 1971, where he undertook research for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.[1][2]

During the 1980s, Large was an advisor on nuclear issues to Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Tony Blair.[4]

In 1986, he founded the London-based consulting engineers Large & Associates, which specialised in analysis of and reporting on failure of engineering systems, particularly in the nuclear field, which at one time employed up to 40 people.[2][1]

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) invited Large to visit China, Korea and Iran to give advice on their nuclear programmes. He visited Japan on behalf of Greenpeace following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and his first technical assessment confirmed a triple reactor meltdown well before it was officially acknowledged.[2][5]

Large was a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[1]

Major projects

He advised the Government of Gibraltar on nuclear safety aspects of the repairs being undertaken to the nuclear propulsion reactor on board HMS Tireless during 2000.[6][6]

Large formed and led the nuclear risk assessment team involved in raising of the sunken and severely damaged Russian nuclear submarine Kursk in 2001 - the world's first successful recovery of a nuclear powered submarine.[4][7] Large was among those awarded a medal by the Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering for the recovery.[6]

He provided technical evidence in the Friends of the Earth legal action over the failure of the steam generators of the Southern California San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in 2013.[8][9][10]

He reported upon the so-called 'carbon anomaly' that resulted in the temporary shutdown and resumption to power generation under restrictive conditions of 18 French nuclear power plants in 2016-17.[11] Separately, he advised on related quality control issues in Japan.[12][13]

Critical reviewer

At times, Large was critical of the nuclear power industry, and was commissioned by Greenpeace and other national and international NGOs to provide technical analysis on nuclear issues.[6][14][15][16]

In 1985 Large was invited by House of Commons Environment Committee to submit evidence on environmental issues associated with radioactive waste at the UK's irradiated fuel reprocessing works at Sellafield. He provided the Committee with a technical note on the breakaway corrosion of Magnox nuclear fuel, demonstrating the then hitherto undisclosed highly unstable pyrophoric reaction. Resulting from this disclosure, he provided evidence on the secrecy practised by the UK nuclear industry.[6][17]

In 2003 Large submitted a paper for publication to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers about the danger of a terrorist attack on UK nuclear installations. The paper was passed to the UK security services and then suppressed on the advice of the UK government,[18] although the work was subsequently published overseas in revised form.[19]

In November 2014, following a spate of overflights of French nuclear power plants by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), Large provided evidence to the French Parliament (in the open session of Office parlementaire d'évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques relating to the vulnerabilities of plants to drone intrusion. The Large & Associates' report on the drone activity, commissioned by Greenpeace France, remains confidential but aroused considerable media speculation.[20]

Death

Large died on 3 November 2018 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm, at the age of 75. He was survived by his partner Jenny Sherrell and a daughter from an earlier relationship.[21][22] Large and his partner lived in a converted neoclassical gatehouse of the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, London,[22][23] which they had renovated from a damaged and neglected condition.[24]

Notes

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References

1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.expertsearch.co.uk/cgi-bin/find_expert?2800 |title=John Large|publisher=Expert Search |accessdate=2006-07-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060723131346/http://www.expertsearch.co.uk/cgi-bin/find_expert?2800 |archivedate = 2006-07-23}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.nce.co.uk/profile-john-large/798790.article|title=Profile: John Large|date=24 January 2002|publisher=New Civil Engineer|accessdate=2009-07-03|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221091203/https://www.newcivilengineer.com/profile-john-large/798790.article|archivedate=2016-12-21}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.largeassociates.com/czLargeAssociates/LArchive.htm|title=Snippets-Large Associates|date=15 January 2017|publisher=Large Associates|accessdate=2017-01-01}}
4. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/12/06/john-large-nuclear-scientist-oversaw-raising-russian-kursk-submarine/ |title=John Large, nuclear scientist who oversaw the raising of the Russian 'Kursk' submarine from the seabed - obituary |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=6 December 2019 |accessdate=26 January 2019}}
5. ^{{cite episode |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001836 |title=John Large, William Goldman, Dr Sarah Ntiro, Richard Baker, Patsy Rodgers |series=Last Word |series-link=Last Word |time=0m44s |publisher=BBC Radio 4 |last=Burnie |first=Shaun |date=25 November 2018 |accessdate=4 December 2018}}
6. ^{{Cite journal|url=http://www.largeassociates.com/LA%20reports%20&%20papers/Kursk/TirelessKurskForensic.pdf|title=Forensic Assessments of the Nuclear Propulsion Plants of the Submarines HMS Tireless and RF Northern Fleet Kursk|author=John H. Large|publisher=Institution of Mechanical Engineers seminar: Forensic Investigation of Power Plant Failures|format=PDF|date=March 2005|accessdate=2009-07-03|postscript=}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.largeassociates.com/LA%20reports%20&%20papers/Kursk/KurskRINA.pdf|title=The Recovery of the Russian Federation Nuclear Powered Submarine Kursk], Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, World Maritime Technology Conference, Sans Francisco, October 2003}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1302/ML13023A137.pdf|title=In the Matter of Southern California Edison Company, San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station, Units 2 and 3, Response to Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's Factual Issues, 1st Affidavit of John Large |date=22 January 2013|accessdate=22 January 2013}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.largeassociates.com/LA%20reports%20&%20papers/3218%20San%20Onofre/R3218-A2%2003%2029%2013%202.260%20Declaration.pdf|title=In the Matter of Southern California Edison Company, San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station, Units 2 and 3, Comments on the NRC and SCE Responses of January 30, 2013, 2nd Affidavit of John Large,|date=14 February 2013|accessdate=3 April 2013}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.largeassociates.com/LA%20reports%20&%20papers/3218%20San%20Onofre/R3218-A1%20SUMMARY%2002%2008%2013.pdf|title=Review of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and other Documents Relating to the Procurement and Design of the San Onofre Replacement Steam Generators|date=27 March 2013|accessdate=3 April 2013}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.largeassociates.com/CZ3233/Note_LargeAndAssociates_EN_26092016.pdf|title=Review: Irregularities and Anomalies Relating to the Forged Components of le Creusot Forge, 26 September 2016|accessdate=15 January 2017}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.largeassociates.com/CZ3235/R3235-A1FINAL2410-16.pdf|title=Review: Irregularities and Anomalies Relating to the Nuclear Reactor Primary Coolant Circuit Components Installed in Japanese Nuclear Power Plants - Part 1 French Carbon Anomaly Correlation to Japanese Nuclear Power Plants=24 October 2016|accessdate=15 January 2017}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.largeassociates.com/CZ3235/R3235-A2-12-12-16-FINAL.pdf|title=Review: Irregularities and Anomalies Relating to the Nuclear Reactor Primary Coolant Circuit Components Installed in Japanese Nuclear Power Plants - Concluding Parts 2 & 3 - Potential Flawed Components Resident in Japanese Nuclear Power Plants=10 December 2016|accessdate=15 January 2017}}
14. ^{{Cite journal|url=http://www.largeassociates.com/LA%20reports%20&%20papers/3099%20Tuwaitha/r3099-a2.pdf|title=Video and Other Material and Data acquired by Greenpeace International at and around the Iraq Tuwaitha Nuclear Site During 2003|author=John H. Large|publisher=Greenpeace|format=PDF|year=2004|accessdate=2006-07-23|postscript=}}
15. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-06-21/Expert__nuclear_facilities_are_vulnerable_to_intelligent_intentional_attacks.html/print|title=Expert: nuclear facilities are vulnerable to intelligent intentional attacks|publisher=Russia Today|date=21 June 2009|accessdate=2009-07-03|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625151901/http://www.russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-06-21/Expert__nuclear_facilities_are_vulnerable_to_intelligent_intentional_attacks.html/print|archivedate=25 June 2009|df=}}
16. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1496229.ece|title=Official secrecy is back on the rise|author=Peter Millar|date=11 March 2007|publisher=The Sunday Times|accessdate=2009-07-03 | location=London}}
17. ^{{Cite journal|title=House of Commons, First Report from the Environment Committee, Session 1985-86, Radioactive Waste, Vol 1, 12 March 1986}}
18. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/comment/story/0,3604,876359,00.html|title=The threat that's bigger than ricin|author=Paul Brown|publisher=The Guardian|date=17 January 2003|accessdate=2009-07-03}}
19. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.largeassociates.com/LA%20reports%20&%20papers/3081%20Nuclear%20Terrorism/pej2.pdf|title=The Implications of September 11 for the Nuclear Industry|author=John H Large}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Survol-de-Paris-et-des-centrales-Ce-qu-il-faut-savoir-des-drones-utilises-716938|title=CE QU'IL FAUT SAVOIR DES DRONES UTILISÉS|publisher=Paris Match|accessdate=26 February 2015}}
21. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/14/john-large-obituary |title=John Large obituary |last=Brown |first=Paul |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 November 2018 |accessdate=15 November 2018}}
22. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-large-obituary-gvjwnrlfl |title=John Large obituary |newspaper=The Times |location=London |subscription=yes |date=23 November 2018 |accessdate=3 December 2018}}
23. ^{{NHLE |num=1211326 |desc=Royal Artillery Barracks Number 1 and 2 South West Gate |grade=II}}
24. ^{{cite report |url=https://planning.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/online-applications/files/B5604427E612F8B2F8E2060B11D240C6/pdf/14_3521_L-HERITAGE__DESIGN___ACCESS_STATEMENT-275165.pdf |title=Heritage, Design And Access Statement Relating to the Extant Condition of The Gatehouse |publisher=Royal Borough of Greenwich |date=4 December 2014 |accessdate=7 December 2018}}
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7 : Academics of Brunel University|Alumni of Imperial College London|British nuclear engineers|Fellows of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers|People from South London|1943 births|2018 deaths
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