E086:06 30 August 2006

Quarterly statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations

A statement on incidents at nuclear installations in Britain that meet Ministerial reporting criteria is reported to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Secretary of State for Scotland and is published every quarter by the Health & Safety Executive.

For the period 1 April 2006 to 30 June 2006 there were no incidents at any of the nuclear licensed installations that met the reporting criteria.

Single copies of 'Statement of Nuclear Incidents at Nuclear Installations: Second Quarter 2006' are available free from Nuclear Safety Directorate, Division 4a, Building 4 NG1, Redgrave Court, Merton Road, Bootle, L20 7HS, Tel: 0151 951 3484.

Notes to Editors

1 The arrangements for reporting 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.

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