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...leadership role. Adopt a systematic and holistic approach to risk identification, assessment and management. Comply with legislation and codes, but be prepared to seek further improvements. Ensure good communication with the others involved. Ensure that lasting systems for oversight and scrutiny are in place. Contribute to public awareness of risk. Many serious incidents...

...leadership of Louis Essen, who had earlier made accurate measurements of the speed of light. It is now at the Science Museum in London. [This is a black-and-white photograph of two men examining the first practical atomic clock.] Figure 1 Louis Essen (right) and the first practical atomic clock With these clocks, physicists soon discovered that ‘atomic time’ is far...

...leadership, and a clear, strong statement of intent by government. And Scotland has very much done that and unequivocally stated it wants to expand this renewable energy sector. Once you have that, then you come on to the next difficult bit, where you're setting up the legal, the regulatory, financial frameworks and that will bring investment and create development. And...