Oak Ridge - AtkinsRealis, a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world, announces that Jim Rugg, President of the US Nuclear business has been recognized by the National Safety Council (NSC) as one of 2024 CEOs Who 'Get It'.

The annual award recognizes leaders who have developed safety strategies around risk reduction, safety management solutions, leadership and employee engagement and measurable performance benchmarks.

'Safety is a foundational core value that steers everything we do as an organization,' said Jim Rugg, President, US Nuclear, AtkinsRealis. 'This award is truly a team award, recognizing how everyone within the company interacts, communicates and conducts themselves to ensure everyone's safety, security and well-being.'

Mr. Rugg was appointed President of AtkinsRealis US Nuclear in February 2023. Throughout his career, which began in environmental, safety and health, he has fostered corporate cultures that have safety as their foundation. Open lines of communication between Mr. Rugg and AtkinsRealis employees are encouraged through an 'Ask Jim' inbox to which he personally responds to and the Good Catch Program, which is used to proactively identify potentially unsafe conditions or behaviors and suggest process improvements. Ongoing safety training, on-site inspection and assessments, biannual employee surveys and psychological safety initiatives further promote the health and welfare of the workforce and empowers everyone to actively contribute to creating a safe workplace.

'Jim's experience and dedication to our core values of safety, innovation, collaboration and integrity ensures that we are safeguarding our team members and maintaining the high standards our industry is known for,' said Joe St. Julian, President, Nuclear, AtkinsRealis.

The Company's commitment to safety standards and training have been well recognized. In 2023, it led an independent safety review of Norfolk Southern' s safety-first culture. AtkinsRealis also received the NSC's inaugural Culture Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Safety Champion Award in 2023. An interview with Mr. Rugg is available in Safety+Health magazine.

About AtkinsRealis

Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRealis is a world-leading professional services and project management company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in key strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear, Operations & Maintenance and Capital. News and information are available at www.atkinsrealis.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

About AtkinsRealis' Nuclear Business

AtkinsRealis has over 70 years of global nuclear expertise, delivering nuclear technology products and full-service solutions to nuclear utilities around the world. AtkinsRealis is the steward of CANDU nuclear technology, operating on four continents, and provides advisory and engineering services to other nuclear developers. With an innovative technology portfolio, including access to over 500 patented solutions, AtkinsRealis solves technically complex challenges across the whole nuclear lifecycle from design and new build through asset management and from life extension and late life management through decommissioning and waste management. AtkinsRealis operates and manages government nuclear research sites, transforming ageing infrastructure and safely managing legacy nuclear waste. AtkinsRealis is also involved in developing medical radioisotopes for cancer research through its partnership with TerraPower.

About the National Safety Council

The National Safety Council is America's leading nonprofit safety advocate - and has been for 110 years. As a mission-based organization, we work to eliminate the leading causes of preventable death and injury, focusing our efforts on the workplace and roadways. We create a culture of safety to not only keep people safer at work, but also beyond the workplace so they can live their fullest lives.

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