Approach to Fusion Safety
About
Fusion is inherently safer than fission due to the absence of nuclear chain reactions. However, operating fusion power plants will not be risk free. There will still be numerous hazards that will need careful management in order to safely build, operate and ultimately decommission a fusion power plant. Ensuring a robust safety demonstration that covers all radiological and non-radiological hazards is therefore vitally important for the future permissioning and consenting of fusion power plants.
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Continuing Professional Development
This event can contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as part of the IET's CPD monitoring scheme.
09 Sep 2026
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Organiser
- Nuclear TN
Speakers
Omar Afify
Head of Safety Case - UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
Omar Afify is a safety engineering leader with extensive experience in safety case development and high‑hazard risk management across nuclear fusion, oil & gas, and complex industrial environments. As Head of Safety Case at the UK Atomic Energy Authority, he provides strategic direction and technical authority on regulatory compliance, hazard management and organisational safety capability. He is experienced in safety case authorship, technical safety, hazard and risk management, and has carried out projects for a variety of major hazard facilities both in the UK and internationally. He joined UKAEA in 2020, where he is responsible for managing the delivery of complex safety case programmes for the Joint European Torus (JET), Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) and other high hazard facilities across multiple UKAEA sites