Jenny Kent
Jenny Kent
Senior Consultant
Dr Jenny Kent has degrees in geology from Imperial College, London (BSc Hons.) and environmental radiochemistry from the University of Southampton (PhD). Jenny is a Chartered Chemist and a Chartered Scientist, a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the Geological Society. She has nine years of relevant experience, including:
radioactive waste and spent fuel management and storage,
safety assessment for geological disposal of radioactive waste, environmental monitoring and site characterisation,
research and method development in the fields of gamma and alpha spectrometry and tritium analysis, and
research into the transport and accumulation of radionuclides in estuarine environments, including extensive fieldwork and sampling, laboratory analysis, method development and data analysis (including GIS).
Since joining GSL, Jenny has been involved in a wide range of projects, including:
She prepared a comprehensive review of drying, conditioning and packaging, and storage options for the management of Magnox spent fuel and managed a follow-on project on the impact of long-term pond storage of Magnox spent fuel, funded under the NDA’s Direct Research Portfolio (DRP).
She was lead author of a review of interim Higher Activity Waste (HAW) store performance and monitoring and a review of package monitoring and inspection requirements. She supported the development of a common statistical methodology for package monitoring and inspection strategies.
She prepared a site characteristics summary report for the Hunterston A site and contributed to a viability assessment for near-surface disposal of intermediate-level waste through collation of parameter values for the near-field, geosphere, marine environment and biosphere.
She supported the production of a list of features, events and processes (FEPs) for the Belgian Category A (low-level waste) disposal facility.
She supported the development of the LLWR 2011 Environmental Safety Case by producing a Level 2 report on Management and Dialogue, covering Requirements R1, R2 and R4 of the Near-Surface Guidance on Requirements for Authorisation.
She acted as technical secretariat for revision of the Radioactive Waste Management Directorate Design System Technical Specification and was responsible for completion of all change control documentation.
She prepared a summary report on environmental monitoring around nuclear reprocessing facilities in the UK for a Japanese client.
Prior to joining GSL, Jenny spent three years supporting the environmental monitoring programme at AWE, which ensured the site’s compliance with the Environment Agency’s requirements. Jenny’s PhD was a multidisciplinary project involving radiochemistry, geochemistry and estuarine oceanography. She studied the transport and accumulation of radionuclides in estuarine environments, specifically organically bound tritium in sediments from the Severn estuary.