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Dame Sue Ion

Non-Executive Director

Dame Sue Ion is chair of the Engineering, Science and Technical Capability Assurance Committee.  She is currently Honorary President of the National Skills Academy for Nuclear and a member of the Office for Nuclear Regulation’s Independent Advisory Panel. Dame Sue has spent over three decades in the nuclear sector, notably as British Nuclear Fuels Limited’s (BNFL) Chief Technology Officer (1992 – 2006). She has since moved on to advisory roles examining broader energy matters, taking up the post of Chairman of the UK Government’s Nuclear Innovation Research Advisory Board (2014 –2016), and has sat on a number of advisory committees associated with the UK’s energy requirements.

Dame Sue holds honorary and visiting professorships at the University of Manchester and Imperial College London respectively, and currently serves as a member of Board of Governors of the University of Central Lancashire. Dame Sue is a Fellow of both the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society, where she chairs and serves on several standing committees.

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AWE announces new Strategic Alliance with the University of Strathclyde

As part of AWE’s partnerships with UK academia in support of our mission, we are pleased to announce a new Strategic Alliance with the University of Strathclyde to drive innovation in nuclear science and technology. Joining the University of Bristol, Cranfield University, Heriot-Watt University, and Imperial College London, the University of Strathclyde has become AWE’s […]

AWE Recognised Among Top Ten in the 2025 REDI Index for Religious Inclusion AWE is proud to announce its inclusion in the top ten of the 2025 Religious Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) Index

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AWE named a top ten inclusive employer

It’s official; we’re a top ten inclusive employer in the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation 2025 Religious Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) Index. It means we join the ranks of Thames Water, Direct Line Group, John Lewis Partnership and Rolls-Royce. We take inclusion seriously and we believe in walking the walk. That’s why we have several initiatives in […]

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Academia exchange: AWE sponsored PhD student’s international experience

An AWE sponsored PhD student from Bangor University, Moli, has recently returned from a unique and inspiring four-month international exchange programme that provided valuable insights into the wider nuclear industry and contributed to her PhD research which uses computational methods to explore and assess the nuclear forensics signatures of exotic materials and how they evolve over […]

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