Thomas Carey

Affiliation

UKNNL

Biography

Dr Tom Carey is the leader of the UK National Nuclear Laboratory’s (NNL) Research and Technology Theme focused on decontamination science, his background being in materials chemistry. Tom began his career at the UK’s Sellafield nuclear site where he worked as part of NNL’s materials and corrosion capability providing support to spent fuel reprocessing operations. Later, he joined the decontamination capability supporting decommissioning projects in the UK. In his current role, Tom works collaboratively with both academia and industry to develop innovative technologies with the aim of making decommissioning operations safer, cheaper and faster at legacy sites and in new build projects.