Ian Jackson has a technical and policy background in nuclear regulation coupled with strong strategic-level business skills gained from consulting to central government Departments, nuclear site management firms, nuclear energy utilities and private equity and institutional investors in the finance sector. Ian is former nuclear regulator and advisor to the British government with 24 years experience in the nuclear sector; 10 years in industry, 6 years in regulation and policy, and 8 years in independent private practice. He has advised many public and private sector organisations on nuclear issues, working extensively within central government, the financial sector and industry at senior level. He served as Associate Director for Nuclear Strategy and New Nuclear Build at Halcrow Group, a $700 million global infrastructure firm. Ian is the author of Siting New Nuclear Power Stations: Availability and Options for Government published alongside the 2007 Energy White Paper by the British Secretary of State Alistair Darling. Ian wrote the British government's anti-terrorism Strategic National Guidance to local authorities on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) clean-up, published by Environment Minister Eliot Morley in 2004. He received the Environment Agency's plain language award in 1999 for his public consultation and report to Ministers on the regulation of atomic weapons sites. Ian's business book Nukenomics: The Commercialisation of Britain's Nuclear Industry was published in April 2008. Ian Jackson is an Associate Fellow in the Energy, Environment and Development programme of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, a leading global think-tank.
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My Business Book
Nukenomics
My business book Nukenomics: The Commercialisation of Britain's Nuclear Industry was published in April 2008 by Nuclear Engineering International Special Publications. Nukenomics was reported in the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Observer and the Wall Street Journal Europe. Nukenomics is available on www.Amazon.co.uk (£20)
"An engrossing and provocative study", Pat Burling, RoSPA Occupational Safety & Health Magazine, July 2009 (UK)
"this excellent review of the issues involved... is densely written, contains a great deal of economic detail, and pulls no punches", Prof Geoffrey Eichholz, Health Physics Journal, Dec 2008 (USA)
Chatham House Expert
Ian Jackson is an Associate Fellow in the Energy, Environment and Development programme of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, a leading global think-tank based in London. He has lectured on the economics of nuclear waste disposal issues (2008), the prevention of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East (2009), and new nuclear build prospects in the UK (2010).
Top 20% Ranked Expert
Ian Jackson is a GLG Scholar, ranked in the Top 20% of the world's leading nuclear experts by management consultants Gerson Lehrman Group (2009). GLG connects the world's leading institutions with the world's leading experts.
OECD Nuclear Study
I was a contributing author to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) 2004 expert group study on environmental performance standards at nuclear power stations. I wrote the Chapters on Decision Aiding Strategies and Best Available Techniques (BAT), applying economic assessment methods to nuclear decision-making. The study was published by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in 2004.
Nuclear Energy Presentation
Environment Agency Award
I received the Environment Agency's plain language award in 1999 for my public consultation and report to Ministers on the regulation of Britain's atomic weapons sites.
Nuclear Siting Report
My report Siting New Nuclear Power Stations: Availability and Options for Government was published alongside the May 2007 Nuclear Energy White Paper by the British Secretary of State Alistair Darling. The report received widespread national media coverage and appeared on the front page of The Guardian newspaper and in New Scientist magazine. It was later influential on the £12.5 billion acquisition of nuclear energy utility British Energy by Electricite de France (EDF), completed in January 2009.
Strategic National Guidance
I was the author of the UK government's anti-terrorism Strategic National Guidance to public local authorities on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) clean-up, published by Environment Minister Eliot Morley in 2004. The guidance was published jointly by Defra and the Home Office and is available on the Cabinet Office's UK Resilience website.
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