Skip to content

Dr Dominic Jones

Executive Director, Safety, Sustainability, Health Environment & Quality

Dominic is the Executive Director for Safety, Sustainability, Health Environment and Quality (SHEQ) at AWE. He is responsible for developing and deploying effective Company policies, strategies and processes to maintain AWE’s Licence to Operate and safely deliver the Company’s requirements.

Prior to taking up this role in March 2023, Dominic was Director of Nuclear Threat Reduction, supporting national security and working with internal and external customers to define and deliver technical solutions. In this role, he supported several national and international events and continues to represent AWE as a scientific advisor to Government.

Dominic led the transition of AWE to become an Arm’s Length Body within the Ministry of Defence in 2021.

Dominic joined AWE in 2007 and became the Head of Radiation Protection (Corporate RPA) in 2009. During this time, he also provided technical input to the UK response to the Fukushima incident in Japan and acted as a technical advisor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for expert missions overseas.

Prior to joining AWE, Dominic worked as a consultant on several waste management and decommissioning projects within the civil nuclear sector.

Dominic graduated from the University of Manchester with an MChem (Hons) and PhD in Nuclear Chemistry and lives in Hampshire with his family.

Latest news

A seismology graph

Latest News

Detecting the undetectable

At AWE Blacknest, experts in forensic seismology work behind the scenes to support the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). Their mission? To detect and verify potential nuclear tests worldwide by analysing seismic data. Our seismologists play a key role in upholding global security and arms control through cutting-edge research, international collaboration, and advanced monitoring techniques.

Latest News

AWE physicists celebrated at STEM for Britain 2025

Two aspiring physicists from AWE were recently honoured as finalists at the prestigious STEM for Britain 2025 event, an annual competition which provides a unique platform for early career research scientists, engineers and mathematicians to present ground-breaking work to policymakers, industry leaders and academics. This is the third year AWE has sponsored the event, demonstrating […]

Mark Whiting

Latest News

William Penney Fellow appointed to full professor

We are delighted to announce that Mark Whiting, one of our esteemed William Penney Fellows, has been promoted to full professor at the University of Surrey – a key strategic partner for AWE.

Search Sitemap