Safety Directors' Forum

Safety Directors Forum

The SDF consists of senior leaders from every current nuclear site licence holder in the UK, prospective nuclear site licence holders, and every MoD authorised nuclear site.

The current chair is Pam Duerden (Nuclear Restoration Services) supported by vice chairs, Mark Treasure (EDF Energy) and Paul Rees (AWE Aldermaston). Meetings are held on a quarterly basis, the full SDF Terms of Reference can be found here.

Chair: Pam R. Duerden

Vice Chair: Paul Rees

Vice Chair: Mark Treasure

Safety Directors Forum-Regulator (SDF-R) Meeting

The SDF-R meeting is the primary interface between the SDF and senior members of the relevant regulators (ONR, EA, SEPA, NRW, DNSR).

Meetings are held biannually, full terms of reference can be found here.

The current strategic objectives for the SDF are:

S01 - Conventional health and safety performance

Identify underlying factors affecting health & safety performance; benchmarking health & safety performance and review of risk profiling.

SO2 - Resourcing

Address resourcing challenges facing the nuclear industry such as recruitment of talent; knowledge transfer in a changing work force; supply chain resourcing.

SO3 - SDF Strategic Planning

Review SDF and how to best structure the forum to enable delivery. 

SDF Sub-Groups

Operating under the SDF are a number of specialist sub-groups covering topics such as radiological protection, conventional health & safety, and human performance. Membership of sub-groups consists of subject matter experts from across the nuclear industry, including regulators.

Through the SDF, SDF-R, and SDF Sub-Groups, the SDF aims to:

• Provide guidance to support operations across the whole lifecycle of the UK’s nuclear facilities so they are conducted safely, securely and with care for the environment and with a proportionate approach to risk;
• Drive continuous improvement in the safety, security and environmental standards applied across the UK’s nuclear industry through sharing good practice;
• Inform and influence Government Policy and regulatory approaches to ensure they are proportionate to the risks.

The Forum has a strong focus on improvement across the industry. It has in place a number of subject-specific groups looking in detail at issues facing the industry.

• Facilitate continuous improvement opportunities within the member organisations by sharing best practices in respect of operational safety standards and implementation arrangements.
• To formulate agreed industry policies and practices. 
• Provide a forum for effective sharing of knowledge and experience.

The following sub-groups have pages on this website - follow the link in the acronym to visit the sub-groups page: