Difference between revisions of "Sue Ion"
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| − | Sue Ion began working at BNFL in 1979. She is now BNFL's Executive Director of Technology, a position she has held since 1992. Ion is BNFL's most senior female employee controlling an annual research and development (R&D) budget of about | + | Sue Ion began working at BNFL in 1979. She is now BNFL's Executive Director of Technology, a position she has held since 1992. Ion is BNFL's most senior female employee controlling an annual research and development (R&D) budget of about million and some 1000 employees. |
She is a long-term advocate of nuclear power. "I got a prize at O-level and chose a book on nuclear power. I've always seen it as a high-tech, forward-looking industry that benefits mankind", she says. {{ref|council}} | She is a long-term advocate of nuclear power. "I got a prize at O-level and chose a book on nuclear power. I've always seen it as a high-tech, forward-looking industry that benefits mankind", she says. {{ref|council}} | ||
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== An Influential Voice== | == An Influential Voice== | ||
| − | She is the President of the [[British Nuclear Energy Society]]. Ion also represents the UK on a number of international review and oversight committees including the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] Standing Advisory Group on Nuclear Energy and the [[Euratom]] Science and Technology Committee. | + | She is the President of the [[British Nuclear Energy Society]]. Ion also represents the UK on a number of international review and oversight committees including the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]], Standing Advisory Group on Nuclear Energy and the [[Euratom]] Science and Technology Committee. |
She is currently Vice President of the UK's [[Royal Academy of Engineering]] and on the UK Government's [[Council for Science and Technology]]. {{ref|cst}} | She is currently Vice President of the UK's [[Royal Academy of Engineering]] and on the UK Government's [[Council for Science and Technology]]. {{ref|cst}} | ||