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Katherine Morris

Katherine Morris

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-7589

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I am the Director of the Radioactive Waste Disposal and Environmental Remediation National Nuclear User Facility (RADER NNUF) and the Sellafield Effluent and Decontamination Centre of Expertise (SEDCOE). I work in the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences. 

Research Interests

My research focuses on the behaviour of radioactive contaminants in engineered and natural environments. The nuclear fuel cycle leads to radioactively contaminated land, effluents and radioactive wastes that need to be cleaned-up. Understanding the behaviour of radioactive contaminants in these environments is essential in managing our radioactive legacy and in delivering new nuclear power. My work uses multiple approaches to understanding radionuclide behaviour in the environment integrating biogeochemical, spectroscopic and radiochemical techniques to gain a fuller picture of radionuclide behaviour in heterogeneous systems. This work includes research on multiple contaminants including longer lived radionuclides such as strontium, technetium, uranium, neptunium and plutonium and has led to direct impact at nuclear facilities. With my collaborators, I have developed state of the art approaches that allow us to interrogate the behaviour of these key radioactive contaminants in complex environments. Funded projects involve work on radioactive waste disposal, engineering biology, effluent clean up and radioactively contaminated land. My work is funded through industry and the research councils and the Radwaste Disposal and Environmental Remediation National Nuclear User Facility is open for collaborations in these areas.

Research interests

Environmental radiochemistry, biogeochemistry, synchrotron speciation and imaging techniques.

My research has been funded via the NERC Biogeochemical Gradients and Radionuclide Transport (BIGRAD) Consortium, NERC proposals on imaging, radioactive hot particles and radioativity in natural environments and EU proposals on microbiology in radioactive waste disposal. I also receive industrial funding from sponsors such as Sellafield Ltd., Radioactive Waste Management Ltd., the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Areva Mining and BP.

External positions

Director, Radioactive Waste Management Research Support Office, Radioactive Waste Management Ltd t/as Nuclear Waste Services

1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2024

Research Highlights, Institutes and Platforms

  • Manchester Energy
  • Energy
  • Dalton Nuclear Institute
  • Manchester Environmental Research Institute

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  3. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  4. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  5. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  6. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  7. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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