Rick Short

Rick Short

Rick Short is a Nuclear Materials Steering Group Member.

Rick manages the >£10m/yr research and development portfolio that NDA maintains to support UK civil decommissioning strategy development. This portfolio also helps to drive innovation in the industry and provide the key skills that the NDA Group will need over the coming decades to carry out its mission. Rick works closely with academics, industry experts, UK Research and Innovation and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to ensure a coordinated and comprehensive approach to decommissioning R&D.

Amongst numerous technical journal articles and internal industrial reports, Rick also maintains a number of publicly available information and strategy documents such as the NDA 5 year R&D Plan and NDA Group University Research Strategy. Since moving to NDA, Rick has effectively leveraged multiple sources for funding equivalent to >£20m to directly support NDA-funded R&D into decommissioning, and regularly chairs both internal and external review panels to assess proposals for large research programmes.

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