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Statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations

HSE Press Release: E076:04 - 3 June 2004

A statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations in Britain during the first quarter of 2004 is published today by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). It covers the period 1 January to 31 March 2004. During this period there were no incidents at civil licensed nuclear installations that met the reporting criteria.

The statement is published under arrangements that came into effect from the first quarter of 1993, derived from the Health and Safety Commission's powers under section 11 of the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974.

'Statement of Nuclear Incidents at Nuclear Installations: First Quarter 2004' - single copies of each free from the Information Centre, Nuclear Safety Directorate,
HSE, Room 004, St Peter's House, Stanley Precinct, Bootle L20 3LZ.

Notes to editors

1. The arrangements for reporting incidents were announced to Parliament by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy on 30 April 1987 (Hansard col. 203-204). A minor modification to arrangements for reporting on nuclear incidents was announced in HSE press notice E108:93 of 30 June 1993.

2. Normally each incident mentioned in HSE's Quarterly Incident Statements will already have been made public by the licensee or site operator, either through a press statement or by inclusion in the newsletter for the site concerned.

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