Stephen Whittingham
Vienna, Austria, Europe
Mr. Stephen Whittingham has more than 40 years of international experience in the nuclear transport sector. He joined the nuclear industry in 1980 working on the design and development of a new BWR spent fuel cask design, PDSR compilation, and submission for competent authority design approval and European validations. Subsequently, he was responsible for the package design safety cases and submissions for package design approval for a fleet of PWR and BWR spent fuel casks operated in Europe for the delivery of spent fuel to the reprocessing plants in France and the UK. He joined the UK Competent Authority in 2004 and developed the compliance inspection program for non-nuclear operators. He was a member of the UK government decommissioning and waste strategy groups where he represented the UK at many international meetings. During this time, he served for two terms as Chairman of the European Association of Competent Authorities (Transport Safety Competent Authorities), which was formed in 2008 with a membership of 23 European states. Mr. Whittingham joined the IAEA in 2013 and retired in February 2022. His role in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was the Head of the Transport Safety Unit and the scientific secretary of the Transport Safety Standards Committee (TRANSSC). His responsibilities included management of the IAEA SSR-6 Transport Regulations, associated IAEA guidance documents, and transport safety regulator capacity building in IAEA Member States.
In addition to a Master of Science degree in Management Applications and bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Mr. Whittingham has an Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) and a Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Engineering.
Areas of Expertise
- Decommissioning strategies
- Fuel materials and irradiation effects
- Fuel performance and reliability
- Fuel rod analyses
- Interim storage options analysis
- Licensing
- Licensing Analysis
- Regulatory assistance and support
- Spent fuel storage options and economics
- Waste acceptance criteria development
