I joined NNL in 2010 in the Fuel and Radioisotope Technology team based at the NNL Preston Laboratory in Lancashire. I had previously studied for a Masters degree in Materials Science at Oxford University, gaining experience in high temperature electronics for aerospace through my Masters research project and through vacation placements with GE Aviation Systems. After graduating, I worked for eight months in EU chemical regulation for Chemtura, an international chemical company, before coming to NNL. I began my career in NNL primarily providing technical assistance to the UK's Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP) as part of a group which had supported SMP and its predecessor for over 20 years. MOX is recycled nuclear fuel composed of a mixture of uranium oxide and plutonium oxide. My work included operating and analysing the test fuel product of the 4-storey tall full scale replica uranium-active development rig located at Preston Lab. It was certainly an exciting experience to operate such a large rig and really emphasised one of the key advantages of the Preston Lab in terms of the industrially-relevant scale at which experiments can be conducted.
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