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 Clyde Local Liaison Committee and covers activities associated with the regulation of nuclear safety at HM Naval Base Clyde. These reports are distributed quarterly. Site Inspectors of HM Nuclear Installations Inspectorate normally attend LLC meetings and will be happy to respond to questions raised there or subsequently by members of the LLC. Any other person wishing to inquire about matters covered by this report should contact the HSE, Nuclear Directorate Information Centre on 0151 - 951 - 4103.
1. Visits are made to the HM Naval Base Clyde for the purpose of undertaking routine plant and project inspections or meeting site management or safety representatives. The Base consists of two sites at Faslane and Coulport. NII inspectors visited these sites during the quarter as follows:
19 - 22 April
14 - 17 June
2. NII's normal method of business is to inspect HM Naval Base
Clyde in accordance with a planned inspection programme and to
discuss any matters arising with site staff. Inspections are
undertaken for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the relevant
provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act (1974) including
the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (IRRs), and the Radiation
(Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001
(REPPIR) at the two sites.
Meetings are also held routinely to discuss matters that affect the
continued safe operation of the base. Discussions are also held with
the Ministry of Defence Regulator, on matters of mutual interest.
3. In this period, the following matters in particular have been covered:
a. Attendance at the planning meeting for the Evening Star 04 exercise later in the year.
b. Attendance at, and assessing the adequacy of the arrangements during the Short Sermon exercise at Coulport, in conjunction with staff from the Ministry of Defence Regulator. The demonstration was considered to be a satisfactory test of the arrangements.
c. Inspecting the site's compliance with the requirements of regulations 7, 8, 25, and 30 of The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (IRRs). No significant issues were raised.
d. Discussions with the Argyll and Bute Council emergency planning
officer about the exercises and demonstrations planned for the
forthcoming months; and reviewing the lessons learned from Short
Sermon 03.
e. Attending the meeting of the Nuclear Accident Response
Organisation, Regulatory Interface Forum, at which emergency exercise
planning matters, and the response of the Base to the lessons learned
at previous exercises are discussed and progressed.
4. In general, the site inspections have indicated that the site staff are satisfactorily managing and controlling the activities at the base, and no significant issues were identified.
Nothing to report.
The Inspectorate has taken no formal enforcement action on the Base during this period.
Published on the HSE web site 23 August 2004