Published by the Health & Safety Executive
May 2000

Further copies of the report are available on request from:
HSE, Nuclear Safety Division Information Centre,
Room 004, St Peter's House, Balliol Road,
Bootle, Merseyside L20 3LZ
Telephone: 0151 951 4103
Fax: 0151 951 4004
e-mail: ND.infocentre@hse.gsi.gov.uk

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STRUCTURE:

• Executive Summary
• Licensing of the AWE sites to Hunting BRAE Ltd
  Summarises the background to the initial licensing of the AWE sites by HSE in 1997, and provides feedback on NII's experience of regulating the sites whilst Hunting BRAE Ltd was the licensee;
• The Re-tendering Exercise
  Sets out the background to the recent re-tendering exercise for the management contract, and the consequent relicensing exercise;
• Licence Application by AWE plc
  Describes the process which HSE followed in considering the application made by AWE plc for new nuclear site licences.
• Organisation
• Location
• Activities

ANNEXES:

• Annex 1
  describes the regulatory framework within which the AWE sites operate
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Annex 2 - Glossary
• Annex 3 - References

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Added to web site 18 May 2000