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E156:05 26 November 2005
A statement on incidents at nuclear installations in Britain that meet Ministerial reporting criteria is sent to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Secretary of State for Scotland and is published every quarter by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
For the period 1 July 2005 to 30 September 2005 there were no incidents at a nuclear licensed installation that met the reporting criteria
Notes to Editors
1. The arrangements for reporting nuclear incidents were announced to Parliament by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy on 30 April 1987 (Hansard col. 203-204). A minor modification to the arrangements was announced in HSE press notice E108:93 of 30 June 1993.
2. Normally each incident mentioned in HSE's quarterly incident statements will already have been made public by the licensee or site operator, either through a press statement or by inclusion in the newsletter for the site concerned.
Statement of Nuclear Incidents at Nuclear Installations: Third Quarter 2005 - single copies of each free from the Information Centre, Nuclear Safety Directorate, HSE, Room 004, St Peter’s House, Stanley Precinct, Bootle L20 3LZ.
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