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Membership

NDAWG membership diagram

The Health Protection Agency (HPA), the Environment Agency (EA), the Food Standards Agency (FSA), and the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) have jointly established the National Dose Assessment Working Group (NDAWG). This initiative results from a recommendation in the consultative exercise on dose assessments (CEDA) organised by the FSA.

Chair

John Cooper (HPA)

Regulators/agencies

Rob Allott, John Titley (EA)
Stuart Conney, Paul Kennedy, David Webbe-Wood (FSA)
Patrick Stephen (NII)
Steve Chandler (DEFRA)
Paul Dale (SEPA) (Steering group member)
Robert Larmour (Dept Environment (NI))
Havard Prosser (National Assembly for Wales)
Will Munro (FSA Scotland)
Stuart Hudson (Scottish Executive)
Gerald Hudd (Somerset County Council)

Industry

Tim Parker (BNFL)
Laurence Austin (British Energy, representing Nuclear Licensees’ Safety Directors’ Forum)
Michael Gaunt (Rolls-Royce, representing Nuclear Licensees’ Safety Directors’ Forum)
Andrew Corns(GE healthcare)
Katie Davis (Nuclear Decommissioning Authority)
Andrew Craze (Nuclear Decommissioning Authority)
Catherine Retberg (Springfields Fuels)
Robert Beveridge (MOD)

Specialists/NGOs

Steve Jones (Westlakes Scientific Consulting)
Barrie Lambert (Consultant)
John Hunt (Consultant)
Mike Thorne (Consultant)
Philip Day (Consultant)
Pete Roche (Consultant representing Greenpeace)
Ian Fairlie (Consultant)
Jill Sutcliffe (Consultant)
Peter Marsden (Small users representative)

Secretariat

Jane Simmonds (HPA)
Wayne Oatway (HPA)

Terms of Reference

The agreed terms of reference of the group are:

1. To facilitate the exchange of data and views between all parties on assessment methodologies and to promote the use of best practice and consistent

methodologies through dissemination of NDAWG guidance.

2. To advance the understanding between groups who are likely to have differing objectives and views on dose assessment methods.

3. To meet on a regular basis (every 6 months) to discuss matters of mutual concern, and developments arising out of research, case histories (e.g., recent

consultations) or changes in government policy.

4. To identify, discuss and evaluate research which will progress dose assessment methods.

5. To initiate debate beyond the group on key issues, as necessary (for example via the Society for Radiological Protection).

6. To keep abreast of international developments on dose assessment methodologies, and to provide feedback to the appropriate UK authorities for input

into EU bodies.

7. To facilitate the development of coherent transparent methods for the assessment of radiation dose to the public from all pathways which arise as a

result of the operations at nuclear and non-nuclear sites. This includes consideration of the use of dose and risk coefficients in dose assessments but

not their derivation, although NDAWG will keep informed of developments in this area.

Revised at the 13th NDAWG meeting (April 2008).