The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has announced Lorraine Baldry OBE is to become Chair of Sellafield Ltd.

With extensive experience in senior roles across a range of international companies and high-profile public sector organisations, Ms Baldry will take up her new position on 01 May 2018.

In her role as Chair of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Council, Lorraine Baldry has already gained valuable experience of working within the nuclear industry. She has also worked for major organisations including Thames Water, the Olympic Delivery Authority and London and Continental Railways Ltd.

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NDA Chief Executive, David Peattie, said: "I am extremely pleased to welcome Lorraine as Chair of the Sellafield Ltd Board. Her contribution will be valuable to Sellafield Ltd, as it continues to make progress in cleaning up the hazards left from the earliest days of the UK’s nuclear industry.

"Her unique blend of experience, from a diverse range of organisations in the private and public sector, will help Sellafield provide a continued focus on safety while making decommissioning progress and delivering value for the UK taxpayer."

Ms Baldry said: "I am privileged to be given this opportunity, as Chair of Sellafield Ltd, to help the organisation in its mission to clean up some of the most complex nuclear facilities in Europe.

"The next few years will be an important time for Sellafield as we look towards the end of nuclear fuel reprocessing and making accelerated progress in decommissioning and hazard reduction."

(LM)