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ISST Breakfast Briefing: Nuclear Security
An introduction to key topics in nuclear security from Emeritus Professor Laurence Williams, followed by an open discussion around the policy and technology challenges these present.
This event is aimed primarily at policymakers, researchers and students interested in nuclear energy and matters of security. Spaces are limited to a maximum of 20 people.
The ISST Breakfast Briefing events are hosted by the Institute for Security Science and Technology (ISST); Imperial College London’s hub for security research. These events convene thought leaders and relevant stakeholders to discuss the grand challenges in security, and aim to facilitate knowledge and opinion sharing and networking.
Event Chair: Professor Bill Lee, Co-Director of the Institute for Security Science and Technology
About Laurence Williams
Laurence Williams FREng (Chair) is an Emeritus Professor of Nuclear Safety and Regulation. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London, within the Centre for Nuclear Engineering; and Visiting Professor at King’s College London. Laurence is an international authority on nuclear safety and security regulation. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineering and a Fellow of the Nuclear Institute.
Professor Williams’ additional roles include:
• Visiting Senior Fellow at the National Nuclear Laboratory
• Chair of the Defence Nuclear Safety Committee
• Member of the High Scientific Council of the European Nuclear Society
• Chair of the Nuclear Institute Editorial Board for Nuclear Future
• Member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s International Advisory Group on Chernobyl
About the Institute for Security Science and Technology (ISST)
The Institute for Security Science and Technology is Imperial College London’s hub for security research.
The Institute was founded in 2008 as one of Imperial College’s Global Challenge Institutes. These were set up to promote interdisciplinary working to meet the greatest challenges faced by society. The Institutes each serve as focal points for multidisciplinary activities and interfaces to external stakeholders, as well as formulating and applying new areas of knowledge, technological solutions and scientific advice.
Geo-political uncertainties, climate change and changing cyber and physical attack methods give rise to a constantly evolving security landscape. At the ISST we envisage, design and coordinate the application of science and technology to answer the grand security challenges raised.