United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority(UKAEA) was established in 1954 by the UK Government to oversee the country's nuclear research programme and development of the industry. In 1956 Calder Hall was commissioned by the UKAEA turning UK into "the first country in the world to adopt nuclear power on an industrial and commercial scale". In 1957 after a fire at Windscale, a nuclear complex near Calder Hall, which reportedly caused "32 deaths and 260 cases of cancer" from the leaked radiation, UKAEA changed its name to Sellafield. In 1971 BNFL parted ways with UKAEA. (Independent on Sunday, November 27, 2005)


UKAEA has commissioned the services of the following PR companies:

Key Personnel

Chief Executive Dipesh Shah
Chairman Mrs Barbara Thomas Judge
Director, Major Projects & Engineering Colin Bayliss
Director, Safety & Assurance John Crofts
Chief Financial Officer Andrew Jackson

John Collier was a former Chairman of UKAEA.

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