Mina Golshan

Deputy Chief Inspector and Director for the Sellafield, Decommissioning, Fuel and Waste Division, Office for Nuclear Regularion (ONR)

Dr Mina Golshan is Deputy Chief Inspector and Director for the Sellafield, Decommissioning, Fuel and Waste Division at the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). Her team covers the regulation of 22 sites out of the 37 licensed nuclear sites in Great Britain. Her division also provides advice to the UK Government on waste management and decommissioning policy matters.
In addition to her responsibilities as a DCI, she is ONRs Senior Responsible Officer for the State System of Accountancy and Controls (SSAC) Project, established to set-up the UK’s domestic Safeguards regime. Dr Golshan has a wide regulatory experience and covered a range of roles within ONR including establishing its Regulatory Oversight function in 2012.
With a PhD in experimental physics, her earlier career involved a period of time with the Health and Safety Executive and a number of positions in the research and Development and consultancy in the public and private sectors.
Dr Golshan has an extensive international experience including as Country Group Chair at the IAEA nuclear safety and waste management Conventions. She was appointed as the IAEA’s Chair of Waste Safety Standards Committee in 2018.

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