An executive consultant with a diverse background in the multi-disciplinary science underpinning radioactive waste management.

Previous responsibility, as a member of the Nagra (Switzerland) Management Team, for one of the most advanced repository programmes in the world and, as Director of the International Services and Projects Division, for the successful development of an international consulting service, the operation of the Grimsel Test Site and the foundation of the ITC school.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Internationally established reputation in the nuclear waste management field with extensive experience in expert groups, advisory panels, programme committees, etc.
  
• Coordinated a wide range of multi-disciplinary R&D programmes, often implemented as international collaborations
  
• Contributed to planning, implementation, documentation or review of all major geological disposal performance assessments in Switzerland and Japan
  
• Initiated seminal geo-microbiology, radionuclide migration and natural analogue projects
  
• Author / co-author of 3 books and over 250 technical publications (papers, reports, articles and book chapters)
  
• Developed the concept and implemented the establishment of Nagra's international services division
  
• Actively involved in advanced Knowledge Management, repository design, site characterisation and safety assessment studies
  

EXPERIENCE:

2005 - date

Executive Consultant

Consultant in the field of nuclear waste management. Work has been carried out for, or in collaboration with, Nagra, Obayashi, NUMO, RWMC, JNFL, JNC/JAEA, MRC, MRI, ARIUS, Monitor Scientific, PSI, Nirex, CoRWM, JNES, KAERI, Quintessa (Japan) and Bedrock Consulting.

Teaching

• ITC; Course coordinator "Repository Design and Engineering", 19-30 Sept., 2005
  
• Nagoya University; Visiting Professor, Dept. of Environmental Engineering and Architecture, April - June, 2006; October - December 2007
  

2006 - date

1987 - 2004
Nagra (Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste)

1998 - 2004
Director, International Services and Projects

• Partner network in Japan established, including all major nuclear waste R&D organisations
  
• Multi-decade Grimsel phase VI initiated with 13 partners from 9 countries + EU
  
• Organisation of the secretariat and member (ad personam) of the NUMO International Technical Advisory Committee
  
• International Training Centre concept developed and now established as an independent association
  
• International service turnover expanded from 500 kCHF to 7 MCHF
  

1991 - 1997
R&D Coordinator

• Integration, review and global development of Nagra's entire technical R&D programme (including Grimsel IV and V)
  
• Coordinator of the Kristallin-1 project - a synthesis of the 20-year, 250 M CHF characterisation of the crystalline basement of N. Switzerland
  
• Production of the Kristallin-1 main report (synthesis overview); technical review of other key reports (Geosynthesis and Performance Assessment)
  
• Public communication activities: IAEA media briefings, Australia lecture tour (produced as video), "Traces of the Future" international video project
  
• Chairman of Scientific Basis of Radioactive Waste Management XXI (Davos, Switzerland) and editor of the conference proceedings
  
• Successful completion and documentation of the Pocos de Caldas project (16 technical reports, J. Geochem. Explor. Special edition)
  

1987 - 1991
R&D Coordinator (HLW)

• Development and coordination of Nagra's R&D programme following Project Gewaehr 1985
  
• Technical management of performance assessment, natural analogue, geochemistry and microbiology projects
  
• Initiation of Nagra / PNC joint radionuclide migration project at Grimsel
  
• Japan national coordinator / support of H3 project (2 month attachment to PNC, Tokyo)
  

1983 - 1987
Eidg. Institut für Reaktorforschung (EIR, the Swiss Federal Institute for Reactor Research; now the Paul Scherrer Institute)

Research Scientist

• Contributed to Project Gewähr 1985 (demonstration of radwaste disposal feasibility in Switzerland) and edited the English overview report (NGB 85-09)
  
• Development / review of chemical thermodynamic databases
  
• International Pocos de Caldas project, Technical Committee and coordinator of geochemistry, testing PA models
  
• Planning of Grimsel radionuclide migration experiment
  
• Development of quantitative geomicrobiological models
  

1979 - 1983
Fluid Processes Unit, Institute of Geological Sciences (IGS, UK)

The Fluid Processes Unit of IGS (now the British Geological Survey - BGS) was established to provide technical support for the geological disposal of waste in the UK and ran the HLW site selection / characterisation programme

Radiochemist

• Established radionuclide sorption laboratory and all required radioanalytical infrastructure
  
• Provided sorption data for LLW disposal site (Drigg) and potential deep disposal sites (Altnabreac, Harwell)
  
• Initiated geomicrobiological and natural analogue (L. Lomond) studies
  
• Developed simple solute transport models
  

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Ph. D. in Chemistry (Nuclear Geochemistry), Glasgow University, 1979

"Tracer applications of radiocaesium in a coastal marine environment" focused on investigations of the impact of liquid waste releases from the Windscale reporcessing plant.

Professional Training:
Management, Team Building; (Krauthammer, CH)
Professional German; (EF Institute, D)
Introductory Japanese; (EII, J)

Additional Information:
Date of Birth: 25th May 1954
Nationality: British / Swiss
Languages: English, German, basic French