Alan Martin
worked in and around the nuclear industry for over 45 years. He spent some years at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment working initially on nucleonic instrumentation and later in radiation protection. He then became involved in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme and this included some years as a Senior Lecturer in Radiation Protection at the Royal Naval College. Subsequently, he worked in a specialist nuclear consultancy and for the last 15 years of his career he ran his own company, providing consultancy and technical services to the industry, government and regulators in the UK and overseas.Dr Sam Harbison
trained as a nuclear physicist at Queens University, Belfast; UCLA in California; and London University. He began his career with the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority at Windscale in Cumbria in 1962, was a Senior Lecturer in Radiation Protection at the Royal Naval College from 1969 until 1975 and subsequently worked for HMNII until he retired, as Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations, in 1998. In retirement, Dr Harbison is a Nuclear Health and Safety Consultant and has provided advice to numerous national and international organizations including the OECD NEA, the IAEA, the British Space Agency, the HSE and Sellafield Limited. He has published more than 50 scientific and policy papers on a wide range of topics from fundamental nuclear physics to risk assessment and nuclear regulation.Mrs Karen Beach
qualified as a health physicist whilst working for the Ministry of Defence. After 15 years working in a variety of areas – radiation protection advice, nuclear regulation, dosimetry, emergency response, training and environmental monitoring she spent a year working for the National Radiation Laboratory in New Zealand, gaining experience regulating the use of ionising radiation in the medical and industrial sectors.Mrs Beach is currently a Radiation Protection Adviser and Radioactive Waste Adviser for Research Sites Restoration Ltd (RSRL), formerly the part of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). She has an interest in the training and development of radiation protection professionals new to the nuclear industry.