Liz Harvey

Liz Harvey

Senior Consultant

Dr. Liz Harvey has a first class honours MSci in Chemistry from Bristol University, and a PhD in Mineral Physics from Cambridge University. She has four years experience in research into radioactive waste management, with particular focus on wasteforms for actinides and HLW. She is an associate member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Liz’s PhD is entitled “Actinide Immobilisation in Zirconate and Titanate Ceramics”. Her research focused on the synthesis, characterisation and chemical durability of rare-earth pyrochlore ceramics for the immobilisation of plutonium and other actinides within single and multi-phase ceramic materials. Through this work, she developed her expertise and knowledge relating to the incorporation and retention of radionuclides in various wasteforms, including ceramics and HLW glasses. Her studies included a period working at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), where she worked on the development of high density pyrochlore ceramics for chemical durability studies. This work required application of a range of solid-state synthesis and analytical skills.

Since joining Galson Sciences Limited, Liz has been involved in a number of projects, for a variety of UK and overseas clients, including:

British Energy Generation Ltd (BEGL): Support for two BPEO studies concerning the management of spent ion exchange resins.
Japan Nuclear Utility Services Company (JANUS):
– Provision of an international review on the use of risk-informed decision making for the regulation of decommissioning and waste management activities.
– Implementation of an international survey of operational experiences in the use of primary loop recirculation pumps at European BWR reactors.
ONDRAF/NIRAS:
– Design of a storyboard illustrating the likely evolution of the Belgian supercontainer EBS concept for disposal of category C wastes.
– Development of a systematic structural configuration for an online data management system.
NDA Radioactive Waste Management Directorate: Support in the development of strategy for monitoring a UK geological repository for radioactive waste. This support has included assistance in the organisation and documentation of international workshops on monitoring objectives and strategies, and development of a programme for defining baseline monitoring requirements.
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL): Development and review of screening arguments and disposition statements for Features, Events and Processes (FEPs) forming a component of the Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) license application.
Sellafield Ltd: Support for a BPEO study concerning bulk retrievals from the First Generation Magnox Storage Pond (FGMSP).