HSE Nuclear sample e-bulletin

Welcome to the 16th edition of HSE's Nuclear e-Bulletin.

The e-Bulletin provides an update of the latest news and information from HSE's Nuclear Directorate, which incorporates the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII), the Office for Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS) and the UK Safeguards Office (UKSO). Listed below is a summary of topics which have been published on the nuclear pages of the HSE website.

SAFETY EXPERTS COMPLETE THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY (IAEA) REGULATORY REVIEW OF HSE's NUCLEAR DIRECTORATE - (Published October 2009)

At the request of UK Government, the IAEA conducted an Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) mission between 5-13 October. The mission was the second of three planned IRRS missions for the UK.

IAEA commended some new areas of good practice, recognised the significant progress made in some areas since the 2006 mission and identified further areas where they feel ND can improve its regulatory effectiveness. The reviewers also closed out many of the findings from the 2006 IRRS mission. A final report of the mission will be published towards the end of the year.

Further information: http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/regulatoryreview/index.htm

On 13 October the IAEA released a statement on the IRRS mission

http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/PressReleases/2009/prn200911.html

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