Investigation
Stage 2: Decide whether to investigate - Additional
Guidance
NSD-specific incident selection
criteria
All events reported as INES1 and above, and those meeting
Ministerial reporting criteria:
- will be subject to a preliminary investigation by NSD
- that involves action by an inspector at a site visit
- with the outcome recorded in the visit report
All incidents (INES or otherwise) where it is immediately
evident, or where initial enquiries, or a preliminary investigation of the
incident reveal that:
-
there appears to be a significant challenge, or potential
significant challenge, to nuclear safety
- it appears there was, or could have been, a significant breach of
nuclear site licence conditions or other relevant statutory provisions
- there has been, or there was potential for, a release of
radioactivity that was above or approaching the statutory reporting
limits, or a dose to an individual above the dose limit
- the licensee has acted knowingly in not taking conservative action
- there have been a number of incidents that have the same apparent
cause
will be the subject of a more formal investigation by NSD and a specific investigation report will be
produced.
An investigation report may also be produced for
those incidents that have been investigated as a result of political or
public concern that do not fall within the above criteria.
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