Dr Samir Sarkar Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Lead, manage, and provide strategic direction to the Waste, Transport and Decommissioning Section, including developing a compliance monitoring program for legacy sites, operational waste facilities and waste management facilities and decommissioning of nuclear and radiation facilities. • Provide high level support to the CEO of ARPANSA in areas of technical policy development, including the development of radiation protection and nuclear safety guidelines, particularly in the areas of radioactive waste management, transport of radioactive materials, and decommissioning activities.• Coordinate ARPANSA’s efforts to prepare for receiving a licence application for the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (NRWMF).• Represent ARPANSA and Australia at appropriate national and international forums• Member and Australian Representative, IAEA Transport Safety Satandards Committee

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Lead, manage, and provide strategic direction to the National Uniformity Program for regulatory framework in close collaboration with other jurisdictions• Managing the Radiation Health Committee that is responsible for developing policies and publications for the promotion of uniform national standards for radiation protection used by Commonwealth, the States and Territories• Manage implementation of international best practice (IBP). Develop and manage procedures for risk assessment and gap analysis for implementation of international standards.• Alternate Leader and Leader Australian Delegation at the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management 27 June- 8 July 2022, Vienna, Austria• Alternate Leader and Leader Australian Delegation at the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management 21 May- 1 June 2018, Vienna, Austria. • Provide high-level support to the CEO of ARPANSA, and specialist advice in the areas of strategic regulatory and technical policy.• Strategic and policy development, including compliance monitoring, administering regulations and development of regulatory guidelines• Leading and managing regulatory assessment of technologically complex project and compliance monitoring•Providing regulatory advice and technical guidance to the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (NRWMF) project at ARPANSA and at the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DIIS)• Member and Australian representative, IAEA Waste Safety Standards Committee

Sydney, Australia

•Lead, manage, and provide strategic direction to the National Uniformity Program for regulatory framework in close collaboration with other jurisdictions•Managing the Radiation Health Committee that is responsible for developing policies and publications for the promotion of uniform national standards for radiation protection used by Commonwealth, the States and Territories•Leading and managing advice and services on legislative and regulatory policy, processes and systems, including quality management system•Alternate Leader and Leader of Australian Delegation at the Convention for Nuclear Safety Vienna, Austria 2017•Provide authoritative and independent advice on the nuclear and radiation health and safety and regulations to the CEO, Minister, and international organisations•Prepare and oversee reports for the CEO and Parliament• Strategic and policy development, including compliance monitoring, administering regulations and development of regulatory guidelines• Providing regulatory advice and guidance to the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (NRWMF) project at ARPANS and at the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DIIS) • Leading and managing the regulatory assessment and compliance monitoring• Member and Australian representative, IAEA Transport Safety Standards Committee (TRANSSC)

• Leading and managing assessment of technologically complex projects• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with various stakeholders including other Commonwealth Departments, State and Territories, and international organisations• Leading safety assessment and compliance monitoring• Provide authoritative and independent advice on the nuclear and radiation health and safety and regulations to the CEO, Minister, Radiation Health Committee and Nuclear Safety Committee, and international organisations • Strategic and policy development, including compliance monitoring, administering regulations and development of regulatory guidelines • Develop and manage risk assessment policy and program for administering regulations• Coordinate with other agencies for national uniformity and leading the Australian Competent Authority Forum for safe transport of radioactive material• Prepare and oversee reports for the CEO and Parliament • Member and Australian Representative, IAEA Transport Safety Standards Committee (TRANSSC)

• Manage & directly contribute to regulation of commonwealth entities in relation to nuclear safety and radiation protection to protect health and safety of people and to protect the environment• Directly contribute to the Branch Management to achieve corporate goals• Provide authoritative and independent expert advice on the nuclear and radiation safety and regulations to the CEO, Minister, Radiation Health Committee and Nuclear Safety Committee, and international organisations • Leading and managing safety assessment and compliance monitoring of nuclear installations (e.g. nuclear fuel operations, waste operations, radioisotope production facilities) and key areas of OPAL reactor • Strategic and policy development, including compliance monitoring, administering regulations and development of regulatory guidelines • Develop and manage risk assessment policy and program for nuclear and radiation facilities and radioactive material• Coordinate with other agencies for threat assessment of nuclear installations and nuclear material • Prepare reports for the CEO and Parliament on regulation of nuclear installations and radiation facilities, and transport of radioactive material• Liaise with stakeholders and other Commonwealth, State and international agencies on issues related to nuclear safety and regulation• Leading the Australian Competent Authority Forum for safe transport of radioactive material• Member and Australian representative, IAEA Transport Safety Standards Committee (TRANSSC)

• Manage & directly contribute to regulation of commonwealth entities in relation to nuclear safety and radiation protection to protect health and safety of people and to protect the environment• Directly contribute to the Branch Management to achieve corporate goals• Provide authoritative and independent expert advice on the nuclear and radiation safety and regulations to the CEO, Minister, Radiation Health Committee and Nuclear Safety Committee, and international organisations • Leading and managing safety assessment and compliance monitoring of Nuclear Installations• Leading safety assessment of key areas of OPAL reactor• Manage & directly contribute to regulation of commonwealth entities in relation to nuclear safety and radiation protection to protect health and safety of people and to protect the environment• Strategic and policy development, including compliance monitoring, administering regulations and development of regulatory guidelines • Develop and manage risk assessment policy and program for nuclear and radiation facilities and radioactive material• Coordinate with other agencies for threat assessment of nuclear installations and nuclear material• Prepare reports for the CEO and Parliament on regulation of nuclear installations and radiation facilities, and transport of radioactive material• Member and Australian representative, IAEA Transport Safety Standards Committee (TRANSSC)

• Contribute to regulation of Commonwealth entities in relation to nuclear safety and radiation protection; Compliance monitoring of nuclear and radiation facilities• Provide specialist advice and assistance to the Management in regulation of nuclear and radiation facilities• Leading and managing safety evaluation of ANSTO spent fuel management, radioactive waste management and radioisotope production facilities.• Accident analysis of OPAL reactor for the purpose of licensing; regulatory assessment of key areas of OPAL reactor• Contribute to all-agency group for dealing with radiological emergency• Application and validation of computer codes for assessing radiological consequences• Develop policy guidelines and criteria for the regulatory assessment of nuclear and radiation facilities• Liaise with stakeholders on issues related to regulation policy and nuclear & radiation safety

Syndey

• Lecturing Nuclear Medicine Physics and Nuclear Physics• Undertake research and development • Developing and delivering program for Distance Education• Supervising research fellow and post-graduate research student • Leading the development and management of strategies for research and publications

Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Activities included post-irradiation examination of nuclear fuel of commercial nuclear power reactors (BWR) involving development of burn-up determination techniques, characteristics of fission products migration in spent fuel; determination of oxygen/uranium ratio in failed fuel elements and development of characterisation techniques for trans-uranium elements. Development of strategies for management of radioactive waste (low-, intermediate- and high-level) and spent fuel, and modelling for design of transport casks for spent fuel and radioactive waste. Management of radioactive waste and spent fuel facilities.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Nuclear Science

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Nuclear Science

Master Of Business Administration (Mba) (Technology Management)