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Deep thinking…. Regulating geological disposal

Posted by: Juliet Long, Posted on: 4 February 2019 - Categories: Regulated industry

I lead our Legacy and Waste Team in our Radioactive Substances and Installations Regulation group, working with Government and our national partners. Amongst other things we support our regulation of the clean-up of old nuclear sites and the management of …

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Year of Engineering: Meet Una McMahon

Posted by: Una McMahon, Posted on: 12 July 2018 - Categories: Flood

Una McMahon is a flood risk officer at the Environment Agency. She has worked for the Environment Agency for two years and holds a masters in town and country planning. She’s part of a team at the Environment Agency working …

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Starcross: Lovers of science

Posted by: Emma Howard Boyd, Posted on: 5 March 2018 - Categories: Community

Earlier this year, on #womeninscience day, we were drawing attention to the opportunities for aspiring scientists at the Environment Agency. Our aspiration is for our laboratories, like all parts of the organisation, to be as diverse as the communities we …

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The search for a new generation of engineers

Posted by: Steve Moore, Posted on: 1 February 2018 - Categories: Climate change, Flood, Other areas of our work

Helping to protect the country from flooding is key to my role and, indeed, that of the Environment Agency. Over the years, many communities have seen flood defences built, maintained and operated in ways that reduce the risk of flooding. …

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Celebrating our female engineers for International Women in Engineering Day

Posted by: Alison Baptiste, Posted on: 23 June 2017 - Categories: Uncategorized
Alison Baptiste

...impact on me. There I worked on water supply, roofing solutions and micro-hydropower and saw the hugely positive impact engineering can make. Clean water, a roof over your head and...

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Flood risk engineers: the next generation

Posted by: John Curtin, Posted on: 16 March 2017 - Categories: Flood

John Curtin with recent flood foundation course graduates Penny Cox and Aoife Harte [Right].14 years ago I led the creation of our first flood risk engineering degree programme. Today sees...

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Flood defence engineers need construction toys, mud and the outdoors

Posted by: Rebecca Sharpe, Posted on: 9 October 2015 - Categories: Community, Flood

In this blog, flood risk management engineer Rebecca Sharpe writes about why her role is rewarding and says girls and boys should be encouraged to get into engineering. I am a flood risk management engineer, working in Asset Performance. I’m …

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