Michelle Smith, a Nuclear Site Health and Safety Inspector at the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), will be presenting at Hazardex Live 2025 on the Regulatory Expectations for DSEAR Compliance in the Nuclear Sector.

Michelle will delve into the legal and regulatory aspects of DSEAR, outlining ONR’s nuclear site health & safety strategy and detailing regulatory expectations as applied during inspection, investigation, and enforcement. Michelle will highlight potential pitfalls and their causes, supported by accident examples, “learning from normal work” and leading indicators.

About the author:

Michelle Smith is a Nuclear Site Health and Safety (NSHS) Inspector within the Nuclear Internal Hazards and Site Safety (NIHSS) specialism at the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). She graduated from the University of Nottingham with a degree in Chemistry of Materials and started her career as a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Inspector in 2001, inspecting various industries, including major hazard sites; and working on policy across the chemical industry. In 2009, Michelle relocated to Australia, where she worked as an Accident & Fraud Investigator for WorkSafe Victoria, a state regulatory body. After taking a career break, she joined ONR in 2019 and has since dedicated the past four years to inspecting Sellafield Limited. Michelle has a particular interest around learning from normal work, organisational culture, and human factors.