Executive Director of Regulation and Deputy Chief Nuclear Inspector
Donald has worked in the UK nuclear industry for more than 30 years and has extensive experience as a successful senior industry leader, regulatory leader and nuclear safety professional. During his career he has worked across the defence, civil operations, decommissioning and nuclear new build sectors, making notable contributions to each.
Having most recently held the appointment of Director of ONRs Operating Facilities Division, Donald has since been appointed to the recently created post of Executive Director Operations. In this capacity, he has assumed responsibility for the day to day leadership of ONRs regulation of the UK Nuclear Industry.
Within ONR, Donald has held a range of senior regulatory appointments: as Director of ONR’s Operating Facilities division, as Director of it’s Cross ONR division, as Head of ONR’s Emergency Planning and Response team, as Head of Radioactive Materials Transport regulation, and as ONR lead for delivery of the Generic Design Assessment of Hitachi’s UK-ABWR reactor design. He has also, in the more distant past, held a wide range of site inspector and project delivery lead roles.
Donald has an honours degree in Physics, and master’s degrees in Medical Physics/ Radiation Protection and Business Administration. He is a long-standing Member of the Society of Radiological Protection and is a Chartered Radiation Physicist.
Register of Interests
| 1 | Companies, partnerships, trusts or other bodies of which you are a paid employee. | None |
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| 2 | Companies and organisations in which you or your family or close associates: | None |
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| b) is/are a Director or Partner, or | ||
| c) has/have shares or securities with a nominal value of more than £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issues share capital, and | ||
| d) could be involved in the supply of goods or services to, or have business dealings with the ONR | ||
| 3 | Non-profit making organisations (e.g. charities, housing associations) where you or your close family are Trustees, or on the Committee of Management or other controlling body and which might receive grants, carry out activities designed to promote or develop the organisation, or have other significant dealings with the ONR. | None |
| 4 | Any land or property in which a member has a direct interest and is clearly within ONR's sphere of activities. | None |
| 5 | Membership of local authorities, health authorities and trusts, the Magistrates Bench, and relevant voluntary sector bodies. | None |