Speaker: Professor Neil Hyatt, Chief Scientific Adviser to Nuclear Waste Services, Aegis, Professor of Deep Time (University of Bristol)
Exploring the past, present and future of radioactive waste management in the UK.
This presentation will explore the past, present and future of radioactive waste management in the UK. The UK was a pioneering nuclear nation, a legacy of which is one of the largest nuclear decommissioning and remediation programmes in Europe. The most hazardous radioactive waste arising from this decommissioning programme will require isolation and containment in a deep underground geological disposal facility, for the thousands of years it will take for the radioactivity to safely decay. Through this presentation, we will explore how this waste is generated through nuclear activities and decommissioning, and the challenge of its safe, secure and environmentally responsible treatment, packaging and disposal.
All welcome!
This talk is part of the Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR) series.
BIOGRAPHY
Professor Neil Hyatt is Chief Scientific Adviser to Nuclear Waste Services, Aegis Professor of Deep Time at The University of Bristol, and adjunct Professor of Nuclear Materials at Washington State University. Neil has a wealth of experience in the treatment and management of radioactive waste, and has held national and international leadership roles supporting academia, industry and the government. He has most recently been a member of the government’s independent Committee on Radioactive Waste Management. Within NWS, Neil is responsible for brining scientific evidence to the heart of organisational decision making, and management of risk, to ensure it is adequately informed.