As the UK’s lead civil national laboratory for nuclear fission, UKNNL works closely with Government to drive forward the nation’s nuclear ambitions. Their mission is to enable and deliver nuclear outcomes for Government, and to support the growth of the entire UK nuclear sector. To do this, they will:
– Be a custodian of national capabilities and infrastructure critical for national and energy security
– Become government’s lead civil technical and strategic advisor for nuclear fuels and nuclear materials
– Carry out research to continue securing the safe operation of nuclear plants domestically and internationally
– Deliver practical nuclear research and enable decommissioning programmes
– Provide expertise and facilities to be a platform for the private sector to accelerate the deployment of technology to market –
Champion and nurture advanced nuclear skills
Their purpose is Nuclear Science to Benefit Society.
Lee is currently CEO of Fuel Cell Systems Ltd (FCSL). Industry insiders often talk about Hydrogen’s Chicken and Egg problem: Vehicle manufacturers cannot sell hydrogen vehicles without a refuelling infrastructure; Infrastructure & fuel network providers cannot recoup their investment if there are not enough vehicles using hydrogen. The result is Gridlock! Our approach has been to redefine the Chicken and Egg problem as simply “Refuelling Infrastructure is too expensive”. Now that’s an engineering problem we can fix!
Prior to FCSL, Lee spent eight years at UK Fuel Cell manufacturer Intelligent Energy, completing his time there as Chief Sales Officer. Leading the global commercial team and launching Intelligent Energy’s low carbon hydrogen products in to three market sectors: automotive, power generation and aviation. Lee’s involvement with the hydrogen industry started back in 1995 when among other projects he supported the field trials of SOFC CHP.
