Useful links

Requesting parties

• Westinghouse Electric Company
• EDF and AREVA UK EPR™ Reactor

UK government departments, agencies and public bodies

• Department for Communities and Local Government works to ensure the right development, in the right place, at the right time. Also works to protect and enhance the environment through the planning system.
• Department for Energy and Climate Change brings together much of the Climate Change Group, previously housed within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), with the Energy Group from the Department for Business (BERR).
• Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) provides government policy and advice on environmental, agricultural and rural issues.
• Department for Transport (DfT) oversees the delivery of a reliable safe and secure transport system.
• Department for the Environment (Northern Ireland) Working in partnership to improve the natural and built environment, plan and manage development in a sustainable way, increase road safety and support local government.
• Environment Agency – the leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales.
• Health and Safety Executive – the Health and Safety Commission is responsible for health and safety regulation in Great Britain. The Health and Safety Executive and local government are the enforcing authorities who work in support of the Commission.
• Office for Nuclear Regulation is responsible for the UK safety regulation of nuclear power stations. Its primary goal is to ensure that those it regulates have no major nuclear accidents.
• Information Commissioner's Office – an independent UK supervisory authority responsible for data protection and freedom of information.
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority – a non-departmental public body responsible for overseeing and managing the clean-up of the UK's civil nuclear legacy.
• Radiation Protection Division (formerly NRPB) – part of the Health Protection Agency. A non-departmental public body providing an integrated approach to protecting UK public health with radiation protection as part of health protection in its remit.
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) – public body responsible for environmental protection in Scotland.
• Scottish Executive – the devolved government for Scotland.
• Welsh Assembly Government (English) and Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru (Welsh) – the devolved government for Wales.

UK nuclear industry – organisations and committees

• British Nuclear Energy Society – provides information on nuclear sector issues and opportunities for members to meet and debate issues locally, nationally and internationally.
• Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE) – an independent expert advisory committee focusing on the health effects of natural and man-made radiation.
• Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) – the trade association and representative body for the British civil nuclear industry.
• Nuclear Research – the Nuclear Research Programme is managed within HSE's Nuclear Safety Directorate (NSD) and is devoted to nuclear industry specific issues.
• Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee (NuSAC) advises the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) on matters regarding nuclear safety policy, its implementation at nuclear installations and on the adequacy and balance of HSC's nuclear safety research programme.

International organisations

• European Atomic Forum (FORATOM) – Brussels-based trade association for the nuclear energy industry in Europe. Foratom acts as the voice of the industry in energy policy discussions involving the EU institutions and provide a 'bridge' between the industry and the institutions (Members of the European Parliament and key policy-makers in the European Commission).
• IAEA International Nuclear Information System (INIS) and Nuclear Knowledge Management Section – INIS processes most of the world's scientific and technical literature on a wide range of subjects from nuclear engineering, safeguards and non-proliferation to applications in agriculture and health.
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – works with its member states and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.
• OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) – an agency within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) responsible for maintaining and further developing, through international co-operation, the scientific, technological and legal bases required for the safe, environmentally friendly and economical use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
• World Nuclear Association (WNA) – seeks to promote the peaceful worldwide use of nuclear power as a sustainable energy resource.

International nuclear regulators

• Canada – Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
• Finland –The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland (STUK)
• France – Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN)
• United States - Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)