Michael Van De Mortel

Michael van de Mortel is Head of Operations at UKAEA Remote Applications in Challenging Environments (RACE and a Chartered Engineer with more than two decades of experience delivering advanced engineering and robotics programmes. He has led multidisciplinary teams, major infrastructure and nuclear safety work packages, and technology-development initiatives across the UK and Europe. His current focus includes operational strategy, radiation-hard robotics, technology commercialisation and strengthening industrial capability for future fusion and nuclear applications.