Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment the Office for Nuclear Regulation has made of the threat posed to the security of nuclear facilities by unmanned aerial vehicles; and if he will make an assessment of the implications for UK nuclear infrastructure of the evidence presented to the session of the Office parlementaire d'évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques of the French parliament on 24 November 2014.

Civil nuclear safety and security are priorities for the Government. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) regulates safety and security at UK licenced nuclear sites and site licensees are required to demonstrate appropriate security plans against a range of relevant threats, which are updated on an on-going basis. The details of these threats are not released on grounds of National Security.

DECC officials are currently reviewing the evidence from the session of the French Parliament and relevant findings will be taken forward with the ONR.