Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Nuclear
LLC reports
This report is issued as part of the Health and Safety Executive's commitment to make information about inspection and regulatory activities relating to the above site available to the public. It is for distribution to members of the Bradwell Power Stations Local Community Liaison Council (LCLC) and covers activities associated with the regulation of safety at Bradwell Power Station. These reports are distributed quarterly. Site Inspectors of HM Nuclear Installations Inspectorate attend LCLC meetings and will be happy to respond to any questions raised there by members of the LCLC. Any other persons wishing to inquire about matters covered in this report should contact HSE, Nuclear Directorate Information Centre on 0151 - 951 - 4103.
Bradwell was visited for site inspections on four occasions during this quarter, the visits having both a routine element and reactive element, the dates were as follows:
22 - 24 January 2002The visits were used to carry out planned inspections as per my programme. The first visit included a team inspection of the proposed Management of Change of the introduction of shift Production Technicians and Generic Day and the last covered a meeting with two of my colleagues, station and the Environment Agency on the Wetlands project. Agency.
- During these visits the site inspector carried out planned inspections of the licensee's compliance with:
(i) the conditions attached to the Site Licence;
(ii) the Ionising Radiations Regulations; and
(iii) other relevant health and safety legislation.
Where these inspections revealed that improvements to the site's arrangements were required the site inspector raised them with the Station Manager and is regularly monitoring the Station's response.
- No demonstrations were carried out during this period
- As part of planned inspections the site inspector examined the licensee's arrangements for the recording and investigation of events on the station, and where appropriate undertook independent investigations to the extent that was warranted by the significance of the event. No formal investigations were carried out during this quarter. In general the site inspector is content with how these matters have been progressed by the Company.
NII and representatives of the station attended a meeting on 13 February 2002 at which the Environment Agency gave details of the Wetlands project.
The Inspectorate has powers under the License to issue Consents, Approvals and Directions. In addition the Inspectorate uses Licence Instruments to issue Specifications and Agreements under the conditions attached to the Licence. During the period the following formal regulatory documentation was issued.
approving the arrangements to control any change to the Bradwell Power Station organisation or resources which may affect safety. These arrangements covered the introduction of the new Licence Condition 36, Control Of Organisational Change.
agreeing to the Paper of Principle for the Replacement of Passport Work Management System at Bradwell. This was a generic paper for Berkeley, Bradwell, Dungeness A, Hinkley Point A, Oldbury, Trawsfynydd and Wylfa Power Stations, and Berkeley Centre.
Published on the HSE web site 2 June 2003