Adrian Bull

Adrian is Associate Director and BNFL Chair in Nuclear Energy and Society at the Dalton Nuclear Institute, part of The University of Manchester. His focus is on Government policy around nuclear and energy, and on stakeholder and community engagement on nuclear issues.

In addition to his University role, Adrian is a Senior Advisor at US-based nuclear communications consultancy Full On Communications and he is the UK Government’s representative on the OECD-Nuclear Energy Agency High-level Group on Stakeholder Engagement, Trust, Transparency and Social Sciences.

He is also the President-Elect of the UK's Nuclear Institute, where he will take up the 2-year term as President from January 2026.

Adrian has an Engineering degree from the University of Cambridge. He joined British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) where he held a series of technical roles before moving into the areas of strategy and energy policy.

In 2006 he left BNFL and joined Westinghouse as Stakeholder Relations Manager for the UK - a role which later expanded to cover Europe, Middle East and Africa. He joined the UK National Nuclear Laboratory in 2012 as External Relations Director, and worked there until 2022 - the last 18 months on a part-time basis alongside his position at Manchester.

He joined the University in January 2021, working 2 days per week in the Dalton Nuclear Institute.

Adrian was awarded an MBE in the 2018 New Years Honours List for his work on public understanding of nuclear energy issues. 

Board member - Nuclear Institute

UK Representative - OECD NEA High Level Group on Stakeholder Engagement, Trust, Transparency and Social Science

Adrian usually works Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday