Norman Harrison
|
This article is part of the Nuclear Spin project of Spinwatch. |
Norman Harrison is President of the Nuclear Institute and the Director of Strategic Development at Babcock International Group. [1]
Background
Harrison was appointed Chief Executive Officer of UKAEA in February 2007, having first joined the organisation in 2003 as Director of Dounreay and a Member of the UKAEA Board. He was acting Chief Operating Officer of UKAEA from August 2006 until becoming CEO.
His career before UKAEA was spent in the nuclear power generation sector. With British Energy (BE) he was Station Director at Heysham 1 in Lancashire before being appointed Director of Sizewell B which was BE's flagship pressurised water reactor power plant, the post he held prior to joining UKAEA.
He is also a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.[2]
Affiliations
- Harrison is the industry expert of the Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board (NLFAB), which advises the Secretary of State on the adequacy of funding provisions for waste management and decommissioning of proposed new nuclear plant.
- Independent Governor at the Manchester Metropolitan University.
Notes
- ↑ Nuclear Institute selects Babcock Director as new President, Babcock International Group website, Page last updated at 18 Jan 2011, acc 3 September 2012
- ↑ ' Norman Harrison Appointed Chief Executive of UK Atomic Energy Authority', UKAEA website, 8 February 2007.
