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Nuclear Research and Development Advisory Board

Answer

The ad hoc Nuclear Research and Development Advisory Board has met three times since it was established earlier this year. The dates for these meetings were as follows:

27 March 2012;

24 April 2012; and

31 May 2012.

The membership of the Nuclear Research and Development Advisory Board is detailed in the following list.

The Nuclear Research and Development Advisory Board is funded by the Government Office for Science.

The cost of the three meetings to date is £586.40. This includes room bookings, refreshments and lunch for a visiting French delegation.

At present, there is no web presence for the Advisory Board. However, the board has agreed that a summary of minutes from meetings will be made available to anyone upon request.

Membership Nuclear Research and Development Advisory Board

Sir John Beddington: Government Chief Scientific Advisor, GO-Science

Professor David MacKay: Chief Scientific Adviser, DECC

Dr Stephen de Souza: Head of Nuclear and Radioactive Waste

Professor John Perkins: Chief Scientific Adviser, BIS

Dr Graeme Reid: Head of Research Funding Unit, BIS

Mr George Beveridge: Deputy Managing Director, Sellafield Ltd

Professor Richard Clegg: Global Nuclear Director, Lloyds Register

Professor Steve Cowley: Chief Executive Officer, UK Atomic Energy Authority

Mr Stuart Crooks: Chief Technology Officer, Nuclear Generation, EDF

Professor Robin Grimes: Director, Imperial College Centre for Nuclear Engineering

Mr Norman Harrison: Director, Strategic Development, Babcock International

Professor Paul Howarth: Managing Director, National Nuclear Laboratory

Dame Sue Ion: Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Professor Francis Livens: Radiochemistry, University of Manchester

Mrs Jean Llewellyn OBE: Chief Executive, National Skills Academy Nuclear

Professor Rebecca Lunn: Engineering Geosciences, University of Strathclyde

Dr Graeme Nicholson: Director, Science and Technology, AWE

Mr Keith Parker: Chief Executive, Nuclear Industry Association

Professor Richard Parker: Director of Research and Technology, Rolls-Royce

Professor Nawal Prinja: Technical Director, AMEC Nuclear

Professor Andrew Sherry: Director, Dalton Nuclear Institute, University of Manchester

Dr Adrian Simper: Strategy Director, Nuclear Decommissioning Agency

Dr Mike Weightman: HM Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

113367; 547 cc151-2W

Session

2012-13

Subjects

Nuclear power Research

Link

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