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HM Nuclear Installations Inspectorate

HM NAVAL BASE CLYDE

Quarterly report for 1 January to 31 March 2005

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

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.

This report will be put onto the HSE Website at www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/ home under “Local Liaison Committee Reports”.

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INSPECTIONS

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:

8 – 11 February

15 – 17, March, and

30 March

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ROUTINE MATTERS

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.

In this period, the following matters in particular have been covered:

  1. Attending the annual Clyde Local Liaison Committee meeting;
  2. Discussions in preparation for the forthcoming demonstrations of the emergency arrangements at the remote submarine berths in the highlands;
  3. Joint attendance, with the MoD regulator, at the regular Regulator Interface Forum which reviewed the administration arrangements of the Nuclear Accident Response Organisation at the Base for compliance with regulations 7, 10, 13 and 14 of the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 (REPPIR).;
  4. Discussions with the Radiation Protection Adviser, and others, for the arrangements for compliance at the Base with regulations 7 and 8 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (IRRs); and for the co-operation between employers at the Base..
  5. A meeting was held with the Safety Representatives for the Clyde Naval Base.

No significant issues were identified. In general, the site inspections have indicated that the site staff are satisfactorily managing and controlling the activities at the base.

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NON-ROUTINE MATTERS

Nothing to report this quarter

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REGULATORY ACTIVITY

The Inspectorate has taken no formal enforcement action on the Base during this period.

Clyde Naval Base Site Inspector

HM Nuclear Installations Inspectorate

5 April 2005