Fellow

Established Nuclear professionals who have significant autonomy and can demonstrate they have made 6-10 "significant contributions" to the nuclear sector over and above their job role.
This can include things like:

• having published papers
• having sat on or chaired important committees
• having spoken at conferences
• having engaged in significant mentorship
• having made outstanding technical contributions
• having campaigned or educated the public about nuclear
• having made contributions to primary, secondary or tertiary education
• and/or many similar activities. 

Nuclear Institute Fellows are established nuclear professionals from a wide range of technical and non-technical disciplines, who apply personal behavioural standards and exercise judgement based on an understanding of the Nuclear Professionalism Standard®, as applicable to their role and work context, to ensure their decisions and actions support nuclear safety and security, both now and in the future.

Recognition as a Fellow of the NI demonstrates your standing and influence as a leading nuclear professional.

If you don’t have an NI Fellow or mentor working with you on your application, or you’re not sure if you’re at the right level to apply and/or aren’t sure how to demonstrate that you meet the criteria, we’re here to help!
We will have an expert pre-assess your suitability and give you suggestions on how to have the best chance of being accepted.

Please send your CV and any specific questions that you have to membership@nuclearinst.com  with the subject line “Pre-assessment request” 
 
If you are an Affiliate or Associate, we recommend our self-service mentor matching platform to find a dedicated member to discuss your application with. Just choose the relevant competency from the pre-set “hard skills” list when creating your profile (“support for applying for Member or Fellow”, “support for applying for CEng”, etc.)

We are licensed by the Engineering Council, the Science Council and the Society for the Environment, to assess applicants for entry onto the respective professional registers, at the registration grades of Chartered Engineer, Chartered Scientist, Chartered Environmentalist, Incorporated Engineer and Engineering Technician.

Applicants should check the eligibility criteria before completing an application:
CEng
IEng
EngTech
CSci
CEnv

Applicants for CEng or IEng via the standard route must have qualifications recognised by the Engineering Council (check here).

Applicants for CSci via the Standard route must be educated to Master’s degree level in a scientific subject.
Applicants for CEnv must be educated to Master’s degree level.

If you don't have the right qualifications, please ask us for an equivalence application to support your CEng or IEng, CSci or CEnv application.

Please note that you must either be, or be in the process of applying to become, an NI Member or Fellow before you can apply for an additional professional registration. If you have a question, please contact membership@nuclearinst.com

Complete the relevant application form for Fellow (MF2 or MF3) plus the Fellow Reference form and email it to applications@nuclearinst.com with the supporting documentation requested on the form.

If you are also applying for professional registration, please ensure to include the relevant RF-X form.
 
And if you don’t meet the standard academic criteria for the registration you’re applying for, please also include the relevant MFER-X form. 

You can find the application forms for all grades on the Nuclear Professionalism Standard page

If also applying for Professional Registration, please make sure you've read the previous section (Professional Registration)

All enquiries should go to membership@nuclearinst.com

Fees and Payment

View our current Membership Fees 

We will add your application fee (£60 for Associates or £90 for non-members) after your application has been received but before your application goes to committee. This will be added to your online account and should be paid before the committee date. We will email you once it's been added online.

Any fees for Member, Fellow or Professional Registration will be added after the grade or registration has been officially approved. If you are part of a company scheme and they are paying for you, we will invoice them directly. Otherwise, we will either add the fees to your online account, or set up a Direct Debit if you returned a DD form.

2026 Application dates

The closing date for the Membership Committee to consider membership and professional registration applications in 2026 are:

Please note: If we receive your application more than a week prior to the deadline, we will take the opportunity to pre-assess it. We will give you feedback if there are sections where enhancement would give you a better chance of acceptance. However, if we receive it within a week of the deadline it will go for assessment as is.