Martin Walkingshaw

Affiliation

Nuclear Waste Services

Biography

Martin Walkingshaw became Chief Operating Officer of Nuclear Waste Services on 31 January 2022, when the organisation was formed to unite LLW Repository Ltd with Radioactive Waste Management Ltd - the two previously separate waste management businesses owned by the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.. Martin started his nuclear career in 1982 as a BNFL engineering apprentice. Over the next 25 years he held a variety of roles in Spent Fuel, Intermediate and High Level Waste Plants at Sellafield. Martin left Sellafield to join the team at LLWR in 2006, was appointed to the Board in 2011, becoming Deputy CEO in 2018 and CEO in 2021.