HSE seminar on the Revised Safety Assessment Principles for Nuclear Facilities

26^th January 2007

The SAPs are guidance for NII inspectors when making judgements on dutyholders safety cases and date back over many years. The publication of the revised version, following an extensive stakeholder engagement process, was in December 2006. This seminar was the final stage of the engagement process. The day was a mixture of presentations (HSE’s Nuclear Directorate (ND), other regulators and industry) and discussion periods themed around particular areas of concern.

Aim of the seminar

To provide an overview of the revised SAPs and how they will be used, evaluate stakeholders views on the process of revision and allow stakeholder to comment on the final version.

Objectives

To guide stakeholders through the revised SAPs, the main philosophy and approach chosen
To review how the SAPs were revised and demonstrate how ND has worked with partners such as the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator (DNSR) and the Environment Agency (EA) and has engaged stakeholders
To explain the role of SAPs and how ND use them in regulatory permissioning
To provide a forum whereby stakeholders can seek clarification and comment on the published version
To solicit views from stakeholders on how the revision of SAPs was managed
To provide closure on the SAPs project and outline the plans for the TAGs / TIGs (Technical Assessment Guides / Technical Inspection Guides)

Programme

Time	Session	Speaker
09:30	Arrival, Registration & Coffee
10:00	HSE / ND Welcome	Mike Weightman, Chair
10:15	Overview of the revision process	Alun Williams (ND Project Director)
10:30	SAPs - the main features	Geoff Vaughan (ND Project Manager)
11:00	Coffee
11:30	Views from other regulators Environment Agency Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator	Alan McGoff Andrew McFarlane
11:50	Views from the industry: Defence licensees ¹ Current civil licensees ² Perspectives on new reactor build ³	Adam Hearnden (BAe-Systems) ¹ Andy Buchan (Safety Directors Forum) ² Keith Parker (NIA) ³
12:35	Identification of main issues for discussion	Chair to open to the floor
13:00	Lunch
14:00	Discussion Forum - addressing each theme in turn	Chair
15:30	Coffee
16:00	Summary of main discussion points- what’s next? TAGs / TIGs Programme	Chair/Alun Williams
16.30	Final summary & Close	Chair