Daniel Mathers is an Environmental Scientist with a BSc and MSc in Engineering Hydrology from Newcastle University. He is now leading the internationally recognised capabilities of the Radioactive Waste and Contaminant Assessment team. Daniel has been Team Manager since 2002 and is involved in projects providing expertise in contaminated land, remediation assessment and the safety of radioactive and chemical wastes to nuclear and industrial site operators.
Daniel has a total of 9 years experience in technical delivery, project management and staff management within BNFL. He is actively involved in ensuring technical quality, efficient and effective delivery and identifying opportunities for business development. Since joining BNFL in 1996, Daniel has worked within environment and safety teams as a risk assessment specialist. During this time he has developed risk models and presented the subsequent evaluations to customers and their regulators. This includes models to demonstrate the environmental impact and cost of plans to remediate legacy soil and groundwater contamination at Sellafield, probabilistic impact assessments of historic and potential leakage from liquid Intermediate Level Waste tanks and risk-based radiological capacity limits for the Drigg Low Level Waste site in Cumbria.
