Professor Francis Livens has
been reappointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Nuclear Decommissioning
Authority. This reappointment will take effect from 1 December 2026 and will
last for three years, ending on 30 November 2029.
The reappointment has been
conducted in accordance with section 3.6 of the Governance Code on Public
Appointments, in consultation with the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
Professor Livens is Professor
of Radiochemistry at the University of Manchester. He was Chair of the Nuclear
Innovation & Research Advisory Board from 2020 to 2024, advising Government
on Advanced Nuclear Technologies, and is a member of the Office of Nuclear
Regulation Independent Advisory Panel. He has also performed numerous other
advisory roles in the UK and internationally, as a recognised expert in
radiochemistry in particular plutonium and nuclear materials. He led the Dalton
Nuclear Institute from 2016 to 2023 where he was responsible for coordination
of nuclear research and education across The University of Manchester. He is
particularly focused on the linkages between Science & Engineering and
Humanities, addressing the societal, cultural and organisational aspects of
implementing nuclear technologies in modern societies. He was previously the
Research Area Lead for Nuclear Materials at the Henry Royce Institute.
Professor Livens is a Fellow
of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and of the Nuclear Institute, a Senior
Visiting Fellow of the UK National Nuclear Laboratory and Member of the
International Institute of Strategic Studies.
Appointed as Non-Executive
Director: 1 December 2020
Reappointed for a second term: 1 December 2023
Reappointed for a third term: 1 December 2026 (term starts)
Current term ends: 30 November 2029