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You know, at this point, it’s hard to even get angry about it. I don’t expect anything but failure, misery, incompetence, and insanity from this govt, the media, and anyone else who thinks they’re my better. Everyone in charge is a ‘tard at this point. I only care about my people and keep showing up as long as the money spends and keep putting aside useful things for the Greater Depression. For a further set of medical journals covering 1858-1867, search our catalogue by ship’s name within series MT 32. The Chair of the Board is accountable to the Secretary of State for our activities and performance in implementing our strategy and annual business plan, for formulating the Board’s strategy for discharging our statutory functions and duties and for providing effective leadership and direction of the Board.

The A&RAC provides advice and assurance to the Board on all matters within its remit. The committee oversees audit and financial reporting, advises and reports on the plans, activities and performance of internal and external audit, and provides an assessment of assurance reliability and integrity. The committee oversees the effectiveness and quality of the group risk management framework and monitors risk exposure against group risk appetite. During the year the A&RAC has: Work together to establish respectful and inclusive working environments so our people can perform at their best Magnox is responsible for the safe and secure closure of former Magnox nuclear power stations and research facilities, removing all the fuel from the stations, taking down the buildings and managing the waste. Magnox will also manage the decommissioning of seven advanced gas cooled reactor stations, as they stop generating nuclear power and progressively move over to the NDA group over the next ten years. In April 2023 Dounreay became a division of Magnox, responsible for safely and securely cleaning-up and demolishing Britain’s former centre of fast reactor research and development. Because many of its facilities were once the home for experimental research, Dounreay’s work requires innovation as well as great care.

This agenda has progressed substantially in the year and the success of the first annual sustainability conference for leaders and subject matter experts was pivotal. External speakers shared best practice and inspired us on our impressive journey regarding sustainability. Sometimes other elements of life aboard ship were recorded too, but rarely do logs provide personal information on the officers and crew of a particular ship. Medical officers’ journals (see section 6) are the logs most likely to contain information on individuals.

In preparing the accounts, the Accounting Officer is required to comply with the requirements of the Government Financial Reporting Manual and in particular to: In addition to proposing and monitoring performance against the NDA’s strategy, the Board is accountable for the NDA’s culture (including the range of ESG expectations), governance, risk appetite (working with HMG and regulators), oversight of internal control and risk management processes, ensuring effective arrangements are in place to provide assurance on operations, programmes and projects, stakeholder relationships, and succession planning for the Executive Leadership Team. The Board sets the NDA’s vision, values and standards of conduct and behaviour. It is also responsible for ensuring that these and its culture are aligned, regularly assessed and monitored. The full report is available at: Survey reflects increasingly positive stakeholder’s view of NDA - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Matthew joined the NDA in December 2015 from DLA Piper UK LLP where he was a Senior Associate in the litigation and regulatory team. Prior to this he was a legal advisor at the Environment Agency. I would never divulge the information I know, regardless of whether the information was classified or FOUO or not, and regardless of whether I am under any specific NDA. It isn’t wise. I stand to gain no benefit, while potentially divulging sensitive information. I care about things like that.In collaboration with the Group Leadership Team and the Sustainability Steering Group, there is clear leadership with decision making capability in the NDA, helping to expedite progress. Across the NDA group there is the Sustainability Working Group with representatives from each operating company, and the Sustainability Next Generation group which leads the cultural legacy workstream. In addition, complementary sustainability steering and working groups drive progress within each operating company. There are various types of naval logs and they do not all contain the same kind of information but most of them reveal: Nuclear Waste Services is the UK’s leading nuclear waste management organisation, focused on managing the UK’s nuclear waste, safely and securely, for generations to come. This includes delivering a Geological Disposal Facility ( GDF). Under our obligations as an executive non-departmental public body, we adopt a best practice approach in terms of our corporate governance oversight and reporting. The Board therefore voluntarily adheres to the requirements outlined in Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 in respect of its decision making, and reports on stakeholder considerations accordingly. The following Governance Statement provides an insight into the corporate governance framework for the NDA and our group entities during 2022/23. The framework is used to measure our performance and effectiveness in the delivery of strategic and operational objectives. The NDA’s Governance Framework

Sustainability is one of the NDA’s critical enablers, added for the first time as part of our 2021-2026 Strategy published 2021, with the objective to ensure that mission outcomes and the journey to deliver them are sustainable.The Group CEO is responsible for the leadership and operational management of the NDA. As CEO they are accountable to the Board and as Accounting Officer to Parliament for: NDA activities, public funds employed, ensuring targets are met and for implementing the strategy and plans approved by the Board and DESNZ. Board committees Increasingly, we’re building a more accurate picture of the work that has been completed across our 47 outcomes and that which is still left to do.

The primary focus of the Board has been on the fair treatment of colleagues impacted across the group alongside community partners in the Dounreay area David is a Chartered Engineer and began his career at BP. During his 33 years with the company, his roles included Head of BP Group Investor Relations, Commercial Director of BP Chemicals, Deputy Head of Global Exploration and Production, Head of BP Group Planning, and finally as Head of BP Russia where he was responsible for BP’s interests in the TNK-BP joint venture as well as its businesses in the Russian Arctic and Sakhalin. He was also BP’s lead director on the board of TNK-BP and Chair of its Health, Safety and Environment Committee. David was also Chief Executive of Fairfield Energy, a late-life North Sea oil and gas producer. Ros is Senior Independent Director, Remuneration Committee Chair and the Designated Director for Employee Engagement for Computacenter plc. She is Senior Independent Non-Executive Director for Victrex plc as well as Lead Independent Director for Aperam S.A. She is also on the board of the community interest company Eton Community CIC. Chris Train OBE On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Dr Ros Rivaz for her dedication and leadership as Chair and to offer our ongoing thanks to the workforce and other stakeholders for their efforts to deliver our vitally important work. Observe the Accounts Direction issued by the Secretary of State with the approval of HM Treasury, including the relevant accounting and disclosure requirements, and apply suitable accounting policies on a consistent basis

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Alan joined the NDA in April 2018. and has responsibility for all operations, including health and safety. A Chartered Civil Engineer and a Chartered Structural Engineer, Alan completed his nuclear training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston and has an MBA from Strathclyde Business School in Glasgow. Before joining the NDA, Alan was Capital Projects and Engineering Director for Viridor, part of Pennon, Deputy Project Director for EDF Energy’s New Build Nuclear Programme and Director of Projects for British Energy. Alan is also an NDA-nominated Non-Executive Director of Nuclear Waste Services. Emma Ferguson-Gould