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Intervention reports - 2012

Intervention reports are written by our inspectors following visits to the sites we regulate. They are used to record findings and, if appropriate, any significant actions we require the site operator to carry out in order to improve matters.

Publishing executive summaries of these reports is one part of ONR’s aim to be open and transparent by helping all of our stakeholders, including the public, understand our work.

Non-site specific

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-081 N/A November 2012 ONR Level 4 Meeting Hartlepool / Heysham 1 Consolidated Hazards Safety Case Project
12-080 N/A December 2012 Review meeting on the fuel route safety case within Nuclear Generation Limited (NGL)
12-079 N/A December 2012 Teleconference between ONR Bootle, Cheltenham and EDF-NGL at Barnwood and E Kilbride. Level 4 progress teleconference No 1 on EDF-NGL Design Authority Fukushima work streams 10 December 2012
12-078 N/A December 2012 Boiler Closure Unit Licence Compliance
12-076 14 December 2012 Level 4 Meeting on three graphite Nuclear Safety Requirements Specifications (NSRS)
12-073 22 November 2012 The Park House Hotel. Level 4 meeting with EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Limited. Presentation and discussion of AGR Graphite Monitoring Processes and the activities of the Monitoring Assessment Panel
12-070 N/A October 2012 Level 4 Meeting (Part of the ongoing Intervention ME-15)
12-069 N/A November 2012 Fuel Integrity Update Meeting - 1 November 2012
12-068 17 September 2012 Planned Inspection of nuclear-related software packages at  EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd
12-066 6 and 28 October 2012 Interim Review of recent Reactor Pressure Vessel Inspection on findings Doel 3 and Tihange 2
12-065 14, 22, 23 October 2012 Presentation of the Hartlepool and Heysham 1 Graphite Core Safety Case NP/SC 7570
12-064 N/A October 2012 Level 4 meeting to allow EDF-NGL to advise ONR on the status and progress of their revised external hazards flooding studies
12-063 N/A October 2012 Level 4 meeting with EdF Energy NGL at Barnwood, Gloucester
12-062 N/A October 2012 Planned technical exchange meeting to discuss human and organisation factors research
12-061 23 August 2012 Meeting to establish a shared understanding of the Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA) across the Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) and Fuel Route programmes, priorities and strategy in NGL
12-060 N/A August 2012 Technical Exchange meeting on the human and organisational factors section of the Nuclear Research Index
12-059 14 September 2012 Sizewell B dry fuel store project - Management meeting, 6 September 2012

Berkeley [Nuclear Site Licence 92]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-005 32, 34 August 2012 Routine compliance inspection and information exchange

Bradwell [Nuclear Site Licence 92]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-009 N/A October 2012 Radiological Protection Inspection
12-008 34, 36 September 2012 Bradwell - routine compliance inspection including decommissioning project updates and Annual Review

Chapelcross [Nuclear Site Licence 15]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-007 23 December 2012 Site Inspection 27-28 November & 12-14 December 2012
12-006 N/A October 2012 Discussion of Transition Programme

Dungeness A [Nuclear Site Licence 94]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-010 7, 32, 34 November 2012 Information exchange
12-009 23, 32, 34, 35 October 2012 Compliance Inspection against LC23, LC32, LC34 and LC35
12-008 N/A August 2012 Planned intervention undertaken as part of a series of strategic interventions to assess compliance with the Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations (EIADR)
12-007 11 August 2012 Demonstration of Magnox Ltd's Emergency and security arrangements

Dungeness B [Nuclear Site Licence 61]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-028 N/A December 2012 Procedure Use and Adherence Inspection
12-026 24, 26, 28 December 2012 Dungeness B - Planned intervention
12-024 22, 23, 26, 32 October 2012 Dungeness B - Planned intervention
12-023 28,34 September 2012 Internal Hazards level 4 and Leak Management intervention
12-022 6, 24 September 2012 Planned Intervention undertaken as part of the planned intervention strategy for the Civil Nuclear Reactor Programme
12-021 23, 27, 36 August 2012 Planned inspection at Dungeness B

Hartlepool [Nuclear Site Licence 59]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-012 59 November 2012 EDF Energy - Nuclear Generation Ltd -Hartlepool  Planned Intervention
12-011 12, 22, 23, 24, 28 October 2012 Planned Intervention undertaken as part of the planned intervention strategy for the Civil Nuclear Reactor Programme
12-010 27, 28, 36 September 2012

Planned intervention
12-008 22, 26 August 2012 Planned inspection at Hartlepool, undertaken as part of the planned intervention strategy for the Civil Nuclear Reactor Programme

Heysham 1 [Nuclear Site Licence 60]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-031 N/A December 2012 Planned Inspection
12-030 7, 27, 28 November 2012 Planned intervention (12-030)
12-029 7, 26, 28 October 2012 Reactive Intervention - Forced, Double Reactor Outage (12-029)
12-028 N/A October 2012 Reactive intervention (12-028)
12-027 22, 23, 24, 28 October 2012 Heysham 1 Power Station licensed site, undertaken as part of a series of planned interventions outlined in the Integrated Intervention Strategy
12-026 11, 26 September 2012 Planned and Reactive Intervention
12-025 32, 34 September 2012 Attendance at Level 4 meeting on management of intermediate level waste bypass/blowdown filters
12-024 6, 26, 27, 36 August 2012 Planned and reactive inspection

Heysham 2 [Nuclear Site Licence 60]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-015 7, 11, 23, 27, 28, and 34 December 2012 Integrated Intervention Strategy (IIS) Inspection
12-012 4, 7, 11, 12, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32 and 34 October 2012 Integrated Intervention Strategy (IIS) Report 9 & 22-26 October 2012
12-011 7, 11, 12, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32, 33 September 2012 IIS Site Inspection
12-010 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 23, 24, 25, 26 & 28 August 2012 Integrated Intervention Strategy (IIS) site inspection

Hinkley Point A [Nuclear Site Licence 95A]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-006 11, 22, 32, 34, 35 October 2012 Site Inspection undertaken as part of a series of routine interventions set out in the Integrated Intervention Strategy document
12-005 7, 26, 35 August 2012 Planned inspection (12-005)

Hinkley Point B [Nuclear Site Licence 62A]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-024 28 November 2012 Hinkley Point B Reactor 3 return to service after 2012 statutory outage - graphite integrity aspects
12-023 28 November 2012 On site inspection of structural integrity activities as part of the 2012 Reactor 3 statutory outage intervention
12-020 11, 23, 26, 36 Ocober 2012 Planned Intervention (12-020)
12-019 28 Ocober 2012 Pre-outage planned intervention for  R3 statutory outage at HPB
12-017 28 October 2012 Structural integrity intervention on Examination, Inspection, Maintenance and Testing
12-016 22, 28 October 2012 Intervention at EDFE - NGL Hinkley Point to inspect electrical related activities under LC28 during Reactor 3 Periodic Shutdown
12-018 9, 22, 26, 28 September 2012 Pre-outage planned intervention for R3 statutory outage at Hinkley Point B
12-015 28 October 2012 Mechanical Engineering Inspection of the fuel route, active maintenance facility and gas circulator maintenance facility
12-014 17 October 2012 Site Inspection to support Reactor Outage Intervention Strategy, focussing on LC17
12-013 36 September 2012 Planned Intervention [12-013]
12-012 N/A October 2012 Second Radiological Protection Inspection during Reactor 3 (R3) Statutory Outage 2012
12-011 N/A September 2012 Hinkley Point B - Initial Radiological Protection Inspection prior to Reactor 3 (R3) Statutory Outage 2012
12-010 7, 22, 28 August 2012 Pre-outage planned intervention for reactor 3 statutory outage at  Hinkley Point B,  including inspections against LC22, LC7 & LC28
12-009 23, 24, 36, 6, 11, 27 August 2012 EDF Energy- Hinkley Point B planned intervention
12-008 28 August 2012 Intervention at EDFE - NGL Hinkley Point B - Pre-outage electrical meeting for Reactor 3 Periodic Shutdown

Hinkley Point C reports

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-228 N/A December 2012 Level 4 Meeting on Internal Hazards - 13 December 2012
12-227 N/A January 2012 Level 4 Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) Structural Integrity meeting
12-225 N/A December 2012 Level 4 ONR Intervention with NNB GenCo on Emergency Diesel Generator Technical Specification development
12-224 N/A December 2012 EDF Energy Nuclear New Build Generation Company (NNB GenCo) Fault Studies Meeting
12-221 N/A December 2012 Level 4 Human Factors inspection of NNB's 'de-risking' activities related to early work and placing of major contracts meeting
12-220 N/A December 2012 Level 4 Hinkley Point C Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) Monthly Update Meeting
12-219 14, 19 December 2012 Level 4 HPC NSSS Quarterly Review Meeting - 18 December 2012
12-216 N/A December 2012 Level 4 Balance of Nuclear Island Mechanical Engineering Meeting
12-215 N/A December 2012 Intervention to assess NNB GenCo’s organisational capability
12-206 N/A October 2012 Civil Engineering Hold Point Discussion
12-205 N/A November 2012 Marking of Site Boundary with Hinkley Point A & B
12-204 N/A October 2012 New Build Chemistry Update Meeting
12-201 14, 19 October 2012 Nuclear Steam Supply System
12-199 17 November 2012 NNB GenCo Level 4, Procurement. Meeting to seek assurance that adequate arrangements are in place for the procurement of goods and services
12-198 N/A October 2012 Manufacturing Inspection Department
12-194 N/A October 2012 Civil Engineering  Workstream 4 - Meeting number 12
N/A N/A September 2012 Meeting to monitor  progress in  responding to assessment findings relating to the Hinkley Point C Design
12-192 N/A September 2012 Planned intervention at EDF Energy Nuclear New Build Ltd as part of continuing engagement on Fukushima Response
12-189 19 September 2012 Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS)
12-184 N/A September 2012 Civil Engineering Workstream 4 - Meeting number 10

Hunterston A

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-007 36 December 2012 Site visit 4-7 December 2012

Hunterston B [Nuclear Site Licence 13]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-031 23, 24, 8 December 2012 Planned compliance inspection of Hunterston B power station 3 - 6 December 2012
12-030 22 November 2012 Planned Level 4 intervention on Hunterston B (HNB) Consolidated Hazards Safety Case
12-029 12, 26, 32 November 2012 Hunterston B Planned Intervention
12-028 7, 21, 27, 28 October 2012 Hunterston B Planned Inspection
12-027 28 October 2012 Electrical Inspection
12-026 N/A September 2012 Steels and Boilers Structural Integrity Inspection for 2012 Statutory Outage of Reactor 3
12-025 12, 22, 27, 28 September 2012 Reactor 3 2012 Statutory Outage: Control and Instrumentation (C&) Inspection
12-023 N/A September 2012 EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd (EDFE NGL) Hunterston B, Reactor No. 3 Statutory Outage 2012 – Start-up and Associated Meetings
12-022 28 September 2012 Hunterston B Reactor 3 return to service after 2012 statutory outage - graphite integrity aspects
12-021 28 September 2012 Site Inspection - Electrical - 5th September 2012
12-019 N/A August 2012 Project Inspector Outage Inspections (Conduct of Outage) [2]
12-018 17, 26, 28, 30 August 2012 Project Inspector Outage Inspections (Conduct of Outage) [3]
12-017 17 September 2012 Site Inspection to support Reactor Outage Intervention Strategy, focussing on LC17 (12-017)
12-016 23, 28 September 2012 Hunterston B - Outage fire inspection 5-6 September 2012
12-015 N/A September 2012 Mechanical Engineering Inspections In Support Of Reactor 3, 2012 Statutory Outage
12-014 N/A August 2012 Visit to discuss pre-outage readiness
12-011 N/A August 2012 Initial radiological protection inspection prior to Reactor 3 (R3) statutory outage 2012

Oldbury [Nuclear Site Licence 57A]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-067 N/A August 2012 Planned Intervention - Management Arrangements for EHSS&Q Site Inspectors, INSA Engineers and Heads of Profession
12-013 11 October 2012 Visit to Oldbury Nuclear Licensed Site for October’s Level 1 emergency demonstration exercise
12-009 16, 26, 27 August 2012 Intervention Report Oldbury Planned Inspection

Sizewell A [Nuclear Site Licence 96]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-009 N/A November 2012 Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning Regulations (EIADR) Sizewell A audit intervention
12-008 23 October 2012 Licence Condition 23 Compliance Inspection
12-007 32, 35 September 2012 Progress Meetings LC32 and LC35 Inspection - 25 and 26 September 2012
12-006 22 August 2012 Organisational Learning (OL) intervention

Sizewell B [Nuclear Site Licence 63]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-036 7, 10, 23, 24 December 2012 Faults Studies Specialist Inspection incorporating Planned LC23 Inspection for December 2012
12-033 7, 10, 11, 22, 26, 27 November 2012 Planned Inspections undertaken as part of the planned intervention strategy for the Civil Nuclear Reactor Programme
12-031 19, 21 October 2012 Sizewell B Dry Fuel Store Meetings on Stage Submission 3 (SS3) and routine Project Management Meeting
12-030 12, 34 September 2012 Planned Inspection undertaken as part of the planned intervention strategy for the Civil Nuclear Reactor Programme
12-029 N/A September 2012 Level 4 Meeting on the ILW Resin Project
12-028 N/A September 2012 Planned intervention at Sizewell B (SZB) to monitor EDF NGL progress in managing structural integrity at Sizewell B
12-027 23, 7 September 2012 EDF Energy – Nuclear Generation Ltd - Sizewell B - Planned Intervention
12-026 22 August 2012 Level 4 Meeting on Sizewell B Severe Accident Resilience Enhancements
12-023 14, 19 August 2012 Sizewell B Dry Store Project Management Meeting
12-022 14, 19 July 2012 Dry Store Structural Integrity Level 4 Meeting 

Torness [Nuclear Site Licence 14]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-027 24 December 2012 Torness Site Inspection
12-026 7, 8, 11, 22, 28 November 2012 Planned Compliance Inspection at Torness
12-025 11, 14, 23, 27 October 2012 Site inspection
12-024 26, 34, 2, 11 September 2012 Undertake licence condition compliance inspections in line with the planned inspection programme contained in the Torness Integrated Intervention Strategy (IIS)

Wylfa [Nuclear Site Licence 58A]

IR no LC no(s) Issued Title
12-032 7, 26, 28 November 2012 Wylfa Planned Inspection 27-30 November 2012
12-031 N/A November 2012 Radiological Protection Inspection - Ionising Radiations Regulations Compliance
12-030 11, 12, 23, 37 October 2012 Planned inspection
12-028 N/A October 2012 Inspection of the Licensee’s proposals for maintenance and testing of the building roofs of Secondary Dry Cell Store Number 5 (SDSC5) prior to return to service
12-027 11, 12, 34 October 2012 Planned inspection (12-027)
12-026 N/A September 2012 Assessment of Internal Challenge at Wylfa
12-025 7 September 2012 Electrical Systems Specialist Inspection Licence conditions: LC7 Date - 11 September 2012
12-024 6, 36 September 2012 Planned inspection (12-024)
12-023 7, 22, 28 August 2012 Electrical inspection at Wylfa Power Plant
12-022 6, 26, 28 August 2012 Planned inspection (12-022)
Updated 2013-03-25