Office for Nuclear Regulation

(asked on 15th July 2014) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) safety and (b) security events were reported to him by the Office for Nuclear Regulation in each 12 month period since May 2010; and what action was taken to correct the problems highlighted in each such case.


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Matt Hancock
This question was answered on 21st July 2014

Information provided to my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State on reportable nuclear safety and security events since May 2010 (including transportation of radioactive material) can be found in the following published documents, which also describe actions taken by the regulator:

Nuclear safety - Office for Nuclear Regulation quarterly statements of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations: http://www.onr.org.uk/quarterly-stat/index.htm

Transportation of radioactive material - Radiological Consequences Resulting from Accidents and Incidents Involving the Transport of Radioactive Materials in the UK – 2010 and 2011 respectively: http://www.hpa.org.uk/Publications/Radiation/CRCEScientificAndTechnicalReportSeries/HPACRCE024/ and http://www.hpa.org.uk/webc/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1317135870611

Nuclear security - The state of security in the civil nuclear industry and the effectiveness of security regulation, April 2009 to March 2011 and April 2011 to March 2012 respectively: http://www.onr.org.uk/ocns/ocns0911.pdf and

http://www.onr.org.uk/documents/cn-security-annual-review.pdf

ONR Annual Reports - Office for Nuclear Regulation Chief Nuclear Inspector’s Annual Report 2013: http://www.onr.org.uk/documents/cni-annual-report-2013.pdf and Office for Nuclear Regulation Annual Report and Financial Position (including Chief Nuclear Inspector’s Annual Statement) 2013/14: http://www.onr.org.uk/documents/2014/onr-annual-report-1314.pdf.

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