The changing environment of the national and international nuclear industry present a number of challenges for ONR.
To successfully meet these challenges and deliver its outcomes and activities, ONR has six operational programmes that reflect key nuclear industry sectors.
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Regulates the safety of operating and defueling nuclear power stations and licensing and permissioning of proposed new nuclear power stations
Regulates safety on a variety of nuclear fuel sites, including fuel cycle, nuclear research, waste management and decommissioning sites.
Regulates safety during the transport of radioactive material by road and rail in Great Britain, and advises on its transport by air and sea within UK territorial waters.
Regulates security in the UK’s civil nuclear industry in order to prevent the theft or sabotage of nuclear material an/or the sabotage of nuclear facilities
Regulates safety at defence sector nuclear sites, including submarine and atomic weapons facilities, working closely with the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator.