Risk, Regulation and Innovation: What needs to change? In November 2025, the Nuclear Regulatory Review described a sector preoccupied with paperwork at the expense of real safety and deeply conservative in the face of innovation. The Prime Minister called it a mindset of process over outcome and asked for the lessons to be applied across
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Recent fires are testing more than our fire service By 28 July, fire and rescue services in England and Wales had responded to 706 wildfires in 2026. More than 200 of those incidents were recorded in less than two weeks, during another spell of prolonged hot and dry weather. In North Wales, a wildfire in
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Submission by Hazards Forum to the House of Lords Select Committee on National Resilience Background In March 2026, the House of Lords Committee on National Resilience published a call for written evidence for its inquiry into national and local preparedness and resilience. It was inviting interested individuals and organisations to submit their views on these
Robots we can trust: Unlocking the UK’s potential in smart machines Introduction The Hazards Forum event, ‘Robots we can trust: Unlocking the UK’s potential in smart machines’, chaired by Marc McBride from the Emerging and Future Technology Interest Group, focused on the rapid advancement of robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) and how they are redefining
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We spoke to Richard Roff, the Chair of Engineered System Hazards (IG2) Interest Group. As the Chair of the IG 2, can you tell us what your group covers and the main purpose of it? We aim to be a community of interest: our interest group shares knowledge and ideas about the management of risks
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Hazards Forum’s Head of Marketing and Communications, Elinor Davies recently interviewed Chair of our next event, Marc McBride ahead of the event. Watch the interview here. We’re thrilled to have you chair our Robots we can trust: Unlocking the UK’s potential in smart machines event this month, what are you looking forward to most, on the evening?
