Safety expert and SRP member from Sellafield Limited, Rex Strong, has been awarded an OBE in The King's Birthday Honours for his services to the civil nuclear industry. Rex joined SRP in 1988 and in his 46-year career at Sellafield, he has worked his way from Safety Assessor to Head of Nuclear Safety – with many roles in between – whilst also lending his expertise to the wider nuclear industry in the UK and beyond. Read the full…
29th Jun 2023News Archive
Articles from June 2023
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"Tuesday 20 June was marked by two memorable events, the first a torrential downpour amidst an extended dry and hot spell from the early hours until 08.00 precisely, and the second was an invitation as a representative from SRP (together with Jennifer Humphries, Amber Bannon, Val Atkinson and Lisa Smith) to attend the annual Parliamentary Links Day at the Houses of Parliament. This is an annual event aiming to strengthen the dialogue between the…
27th Jun 2023
ICRP announced in April its intention to carry out an open nomination process to fill its vacant Vice-Chair position after the retirement of Donald Cool. It has recently announced that current Main Commission member Dr Simon Bouffler (who is also an SRP Fellow), has been elected as the next Vice-Chair of ICRP effective immediately. Simon has been a member of the ICRP Main Commission since 2017, and before that, served on Committee 1 (2017-2021)…
23rd Jun 2023
As well as the President's Review of the twelve months to April 2023, we have included many highlights of the year in the Annual Review, together with short Committee reports and lots of photos
23rd Jun 2023
The Certificate of Professional Development in Radiation Protection course is run by the Association of University Radiation Protection Officers (AURPO) and the University of Strathclyde in order to assist those seeking a career as a radiation protection professional to demonstrate the required core of knowledge and core competencies in accordance with Annex 3 of the HSE Statement on RPAs or the environment agencies' RWA Syllabus. Applications…
23rd Jun 2023
This year's theme is 'Make Safety Seen' and we're delighted to announce that SRP Fellow and Honorary Secretary, Mary Allan (AWE), has been selected by the judges to be in this year's top 50 and SRP President, Jennifer Humphries (Sellafield Ltd), has been selected in the top 100.
23rd Jun 2023
This week we mark our 60th anniversary by publishing posters of all our Past Presidents and our current Honorary Fellows. These were on display at the Annual Conference and we now share them with the full membership.
2nd Jun 2023
The 5K fun run video from the Annual Conference is now available to view - it was a very cold morning for the runners!
2nd Jun 2023
Read this month's blog by Director of Engagement, Sarah Hunak. She talks about how she took part in a round table discussion last week on science communication at the 8th joint Congress of the Spanish Radiological Protection Society and Spanish Medical Physics Society, and her trip to Kuala Lumpur to visit family (after 14 years).
2nd Jun 2023