Decommissioning and radioactive waste management/Quinquennial Review
- Urenco (Capenhurst) Ltd's strategy for
decommissioning its nuclear licensed site - A Review by HM Nuclear
Installations Inspectorate
- Rosyth Royal Dockyard Ltd's strategy for
decommissioning the Rosyth nuclear licensed site - A Review by HM
Nuclear Installations Inspectorate
- Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd's strategy for
the decommissioning of the Devonport nuclear licensed site - A
Review by HM Nuclear Installations Inspectorate
- BAE SYSTEMS Marine Ltd's strategy for the
decommissioning of the Barrow nuclear licensed site
A Review by HM Nuclear Installations Inspectorate
- AWE plc's strategy for the decommissioning
of its nuclear licensed sites - A review by HM Nuclear Installations
Inspectorate
- The decision on the application to carry out a
decommissioning project at Hinkley Point A Power Station under the
Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning)
Regulations 1999
A report prepared by HM Nuclear Installations Inspectorate on behalf of
the Health and Safety Executive
- The Regulation of Radioactive Waste in Great
Britain : Statement to European Parliament
HM Chief Inspector's statement to the European Parliament Petitions
Committee made on 17 April 2002
- UKAEA's Strategy for the Decommissioning of its
Nuclear Licensed Sites - A review of HM Nuclear Installations
Inspectorate
Findings of a review by HSE's NII, in consultation with the Environment
Agencies, of the strategy of UKAEA for decommissioning its nuclear
licensed sites. (December 2002)
- A review by HM Nuclear Installations
Inspectorate Magnox Electric plc's strategy for decommissioning its
nuclear licensed sites
Findings of a review by NII, in consultation with the environment
agencies, of the Magnox Electric plc (Magnox Electric) decommissioning
and waste management strategies for its nuclear licensed sites.
(February 2002)
- A review by HM Nuclear Installations Inspectorate
of the British Energy Plc's strategy for decommissioning of its nuclear
licensed sites
- Amersham plc
Findings of a review by HSE's NII, in consultation with the Environment
Agency, of the strategy of Amersham plc for decommissioning its nuclear
licensed sites. (May 2002)
- A review of the strategy of Imperial
College of Science, Technology and Medicine for the decommissioning of
its nuclear site
Findings of a review by HSE's NII, in consultation with the Environment
Agency, of the Strategy of Imperial College of Science, Technology and
Medicine (Imperial College) for decommissioning its nuclear licensed
site. (May 2002)
- Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations Ltd
Findings of a review by HSE's NII, in consultation with the Environment
Agency, of the strategy of Rolls Royce Marine Power Operations Limited
for decommissioning its nuclear licensed sites. (May 2002)
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Standards and Guidance
- COCO 2 - A Model to Assess the Economic Impact of an Accident
A report jointly funded by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and HSE. The COCO-2 report is a model for assessing the potential economic costs likely to arise off-site following an accident at a nuclear reactor. It builds on work presented in the model COCO-1 developed in 1991 by considering economic effects in more detail, and by including more sources of loss. It describes the methodology and discusses the results of an example calculation. This calculation is only for illustrative purposes on the effects of the new modelling compared with the original COCO and does not imply any figures for any site or accident sequence.
This work has been widely mentioned in our regulatory work and publicly during the development of HSE's Safety Assessment Principles for nuclear facilities (SAPs06), an example being T/AST/005 Demonstration of ALARP
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Control and instrumentation
- The use of computers in safety-critical applications
- Managing Competence for Safety-related Systems
The Health and Safety Executive in partnership with the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET) and the British Computer Society (BCS), have published guidance to help companies manage the competence of staff who are involved with electronic safety-related systems e.g. access protection for nuclear reprocessing, fly-by-wire in aircraft, shutdown systems in the petrochemical industry and offshore and safeguarding arrangements for machinery and industrial automation. The guidance is published in two parts and is available free via the links below.
- Licensing of safety critical software for nuclear reactors. Common position of seven European nuclear regulators and authorised technical support organisations (Revision 2010)
This document describes the work of a group of regulator and safety authorities' control and instrumentation experts, which has been supported by the EC and WENRA. The document provides common technical positions on licensing issues raised by the design and operation of safety critical software used in nuclear power plants for the implementation of safety functions. It includes revisions of the common position and recommended practices of the EC consensus document published in May 2000: "Common position of nuclear regulators for the licensing of safety critical software for nuclear reactors (EUR 19265)"
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Nuclear safety research
Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7)
The Framework Programme (FP) is the European Union's main instrument for funding research and technological development (RTD). FP7 will take over from the current programme (FP6) on 1 January 2007 and will run for seven years.
If you are interested in undertaking internationally collaborative RTD projects, you should consider bidding for support from FP7. HSE, in common with other UK Government agencies, wishes to encourage UK businesses, research organisations and universities to participate in the nuclear fission and radiation protection part of the Euratom FP7 programme. To encourage the participation of UK organisations in collaborative research projects, provided the priorities of the proposed work match HSE's strategy or research needs, HSE will offer some financial assistance to enable bids for Euratom FP7 funding to be prepared.
Contact Nuclearresearchandsupport@hse.gsi.gov.uk marking correspondence FP7 programme.
Further information on FP7 can be obtained using the following links:
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Emergency preparedness
- Civil
Nuclear Emergency Planning - Consolidated Guidance
The arrangements for responding to emergencies at civil nuclear sites
are co-ordinated and agreed by the Nuclear Emergency Planning and
Liaison Group (NEPLG) which brings together representatives of
responding Agencies and nuclear operators under DBERR's chairmanship. This
a live version of the guidance which is updated as necessary.
- Programme of Nuclear Emergency Exercises
A programme of exercises at UK nuclear sites is carried out to test
emergency readiness. Level 1 (civil) / Grade C (MoD) exercises are tests
of nuclear operator's on site arrangements and are witnessed and
assessed by HMNII and /or MoD as appropriate. Level 2 / Grade B
exercises test off-site response plans made under the Radiation
(Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) (REPPIR) Regulations
2001 and are assessed by HMNII. Each year one Level 2 and one Grade B
exercise are upgraded to also test Lead Government Department response
arrangements and are identified as Level 3 or Grade A respectively.
- Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 (REPPIR)
Background, guidance and associated links related to the Regulations.
Policy framework
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