Professor Laurence Williams OBE

Professor of Nuclear Policy & Regulation

l.williamsobe@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 382365

  • MSc: Nuclear Reactor Technology
    University of Aston in Birmingham, 1971鈥�1972
  • BSc: Mechanical Engineering
    Liverpool Polytechnic, 1966鈥�1970

Research interests include nuclear safety, nuclear security, nuclear safeguards, governmental organisation for the regulation of nuclear industries; international nuclear safety standards harmonization; nuclear licensing; nuclear emergency planning, the management of radioactive waste; the tolerability of risk, the societal impact of the use of nuclear energy and the safety and regulation of fusion power plants.

Current Research Projects: The development of Design Safety Guidelines for Fusion Power Plants; Tritium Fuel Cycle to support the deployment of Fusion Power Plants; The safety and regulation of fusion power plants for global deployment.

I am willing to supervise a PhD

2024

  • Published
    Elbez-Uzana, J., Williams , L., Forbes, S., Dodaro, A., Stieglitz, R., Airila, M. I., Holden, J. & Rosanvallon, S., 26 Jan 2024, In: Nuclear Fusion. 64, 3, 037001.
    Research output: Contribution to journal