Our Trainers

Greg Antill

Greg has nearly 20 years’ experience working in the nuclear industry, the last 12 being directly associated with radiation protection.

He has provided advice to a number of significant projects which have included:

• Decommissioning a UK Cs-137 sealed-source production facility;
• Research and decommissioning programmes for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority;
• Reactor outage support at Sizewell B PWR for British Energy;
• Decommissioning programmes at the AWE, Aldermaston.

Greg is now a Senior RPA and focuses on UK Department of Trade and Industry projects in Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as supporting a number of other UK projects.

Greg’s practical experience shows through in his training presentations. He presents in a relaxed and informal manner which encourages audience participation at all times.

Gordon Gallacher

Gordon has extensive experience in solid radioactive waste plant on nuclear licensed sites and criticality accident dosimetry and radiation emergency response.

Gordon’s recent project experience includes working as a Building Health Physicist in a solid radioactive waste plant at UKAEA Harwell. This has included a variety of duties, such as: provision of Local Rules; carrying out area designation review; investigation into elevated bioassay samples and elevated doses; provision of general radiation protection advice to staff in the facility; provision of radiological risk assessments; checking of environmental discharge calculations for stacks; provision of written arrangements for non-classified staff; assessment of radon levels in key areas and radon dose for key staff; external and internal dose estimates and assessments; provision of radiological protection advice in facility emergency exercises; production of quarterly reports which summarise radiological protection issues; attendance at a variety of HAZOPs (hazard and operability studies); attendance at routine safety meetings; and attendance at safety inspection walkabouts.

Gordon’s highly technical background enables him to explain some of the more complex course content with ease and clarity.  He consistently achieves excellent feedback from attendees.

Penny Oliver

Penny is a highly qualified and experienced RPA having completed both a BSc (Hons) Earth Sciences and Post Graduate Radiological Protection Course.

Penny has extensive experience as a Radiation Protection Adviser. For ten years she provided advice to UKAEA in many of their major facilities.  This included working for the main actinide facility; the liquid effluent treatment plant, the post-irradiation examination facility and the solid waste handling facility.

Penny recently was the radiation protection adviser for an important decommissioning project at AWE Aldermaston. This work included managing the dose uptake during the decommissioning, preparing regular health physics reports on the facility, reporting and managing the environmental monitoring of the facility and preparing appropriate facility specific method statements and risk assessments for staff and management.
Penny has provided emergency on-call response to many Nuvia clients including UKAEA Harwell, NAIR and other commercial organisations.

Penny’s extensive project work allows her to provide practical examples and anecdotes to support the theory and enhance the enjoyment of the course.

Ian Pearman

Ian has been in the Radiation Protection field for over 22 years.

Ian’s experience spans the nuclear and non-nuclear industries and includes the measurement of radiation along with advising on best practice and legal compliance. His key skills include: ALARP studies, Alpha Decontamination, Beryllium, Beta/Gamma Plants, Decommissioning, Decommissioning Operations, Decommissioning Waste Sentencing, Decontamination, Gamma Spectrometry, Health Physics, ILW Retrieval, Immobilisation - Cementation, Ionising Radiation Safety, Land Remediation, LSA/NORM, Method Statements, Pressurised Suit Operations, PU & Alpha Plants, Radiation Dosimetry, Radioactive Waste Management, Radiological Land Surveys, Radiological Risk Assessments, Radon Monitoring, Reactor Decommissioning, Risk Assessments, Shielding Assessments, Tritium, Waste Assessment Criteria.

Ian is a lively presenter who can use his practical experience to apply the training material to real situations producing animated and interesting training courses.

Lorna Proctor

Lorna joined Nuvia as a health physicist after completing a MSc in Radiation and Environmental Protection.

Since starting in 2003  Lorna has been involved in a wide variety of work which includes provision of radiological advice to both clients and Nuvia personnel, shielding assessments using MicroShield software, land remediation, ALARP studies, provision of radiological training, dose assessments, IRR requirements, radiological environmental impact assessments, emergency exercise planning and dosimetry requirements. She is also involved in running the Gamma Spectrometry system at Harwell, and during several projects has gained experience in operation, analysis, calibration and maintenance of the system.

Lorna is a young and enthusiastic course presenter who can already draw upon considerable practical experience for the benefit of delegates

Mark Sliney

Mark has worked in the Nuclear Industry for almost 20 years and has spent the last 16 years in radiation protection.

Mark has a wealth of experience in many aspects of health physics safety training and radiation protection. He recently achieved his accreditation, prior to which he provided support to a number of RPAs working for clients such as UKAEA, MOD, DTi and the NDA plus a number of commercial organisations, colleges, and universities. This work gave Mark considerable exposure to a wide range of radiation protection challenges allowing him become a highly competent and respected RPA.

Mark is the deputy Radiation Safety Training Manager and has delivered numerous very successful courses both at Harwell and at client premises – he is a clear and straightforward presenter and always gets good feedback.

Nick Trafford

Nick Trafford has over 20 years’ experience in direct radiological protection activities, working in various roles in both the nuclear (operational and decommissioning of UK nuclear power plant) and non-nuclear sectors (industrial, medical and veterinary etc).

He has worked as RPA and radiological protection trainer, providing both RPA legislative advice and radiological protection training to a wide variety of UK industries (at all levels of experience, up to and including RPAs).

Nick is presently a Senior RPA based at Harwell and provides services to a wide variety of commercial customers requiring experienced RPA advice and training.

Nick is an experienced trainer, who is well known for his flamboyant style which keeps the audiences' attention at all times.

Martyn Wigmore

Martyn has worked in radiation protection for over 20 years has a wealth of experience in many aspects of the industry.

When Martyn first joined Health Physics he was involved with the day to day running of nuclear reactors, accelerators and facilities. Since then the emphasis has slowly changed towards more decommissioning, demolition and land remediation work.

Martyn is currently working on the design and build of two new remote handling facilities and upon the collection and disposal of redundant radioactive materials from many parts of the country. His experience and skills are extensive:

ALARP Studies, Asbestos, Beryllium, Beta/Gamma Plants, Bid Management, BPEO, Confined Space Work, Containment Design, Decommissioning, Decommissioning Operations, Decontamination, Emergency Planning, Groundhog, Hazardous Facilities - Maintenance, Hazardous Facilities - Operations, HAZOPs, Health & Safety, Health Physics, Human Factors, ILW Retrieval, Immobilisation - Cementation, Ionising Radiation Safety, Land Remediation, LSA / NORM, Manipulators, Materials Testing Reactors, Mechanical Inspection and Production Engineering, NII Licensing Requirements, Nuclear Site Licence applications, Occupational Health & Safety, Package Movement Safety Cases, Pressurised Suit Operations, PU & Alpha Plants, Radiation Dosimetry, Radioactive Waste Management, Radioactive Waste Retrieval, Radiological Consequence Analysis, Radon Monitoring, Reactor Decommissioning, Risk Assessments, Shielding Assessments, Tender/Bid Preparation, Transport Flask Design, Tritium, Waste Packaging
An experienced trainer who is not prepared to hurry the topic until everyone has grasped the principles.  Excellent feedback is always received.

Jonathan Wright

Jonathan joined Nuvia Health Physics in 2001, after spending three and a half years working as a safety consultant

Since joining Nuvia Jonathan’s work has included shielding assessments, land remediation work, ALARP studies, provision of radiological training, IRR reviews as well as various decommissioning projects.  He qualified as an accredited Radiation Protection Adviser in 2004. He has also considerable experience in providing operational advice on the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (and associated Exemption Orders), REPPIR (Radiation Emegency Preparedness) and The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transport Pressure Equipment Regulations 2007.

Since May 2003 Jonathan has acted as the project manager for the Health Physics support provided for two Sizewell B refuelling outages, managing a team of over sixty health physics personnel. His core skills include:

ALARP Studies, Fault & Hazard Schedules, HAZOPs, Health Physics, Ionising Radiation Safety, Radiological Consequence Analysis, Radiological Risk Assessments, Reactor Outages, Risk Assessments, Safety Case Author, Shielding Assessments.

Jonathan really enjoys providing training courses and his enthusiasm is reflected in the very positive feedback he receives.