ONR vacancy: Project Planner
Job vacancy details are now available for the post within the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), based in Bootle, Merseyside (Cheltenham may be considered as a location) – as Project Planner.
LLC Q1 2012 report Capenhurst – Urenco UK Limited
Nuclear Local Liaison Committee Quarterly report for the period 1 January to 30 March 2012 (Q1) for Capenhurst – Urenco UK Limited
LLC Q4 2011 report – Rosyth Royal Dockyard
Nuclear Local Liaison Committee (LLC) quarterly report for the period 1 October – 31 December 2011 (Q4) for Rosyth Royal Dockyard, now available online.
ONR quarterly news update January – March 2012 (Quarter 4)
The Quarterly News from the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is part of its efforts to carry out its work with greater openness and transparency. In the ’Quarter 4′ update we cover: ONR corporate update, Fukushima – one year on,…
Nuclear Project Assessment Reports (PARs) – Devonport Royal Dockyard
Project assessment reports for Devonport Royal Dockyard [Nuclear Site Licence 50B] are now available online: Request for agreement to implement the Interim Safety Justification (ISJ) solely for the docking of HMS Torbay in 15 Dock; Agreement to impleme…
Quarterly site report for Sizewell A Site – Q4 2011
This report is issued as part of the Office for Nuclear Regulation’s (ONR’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 Sizewell Site Stakeholder Group and covers activities associated with the regulation of safety at the Sizewell [...]
LC3 Consent to lease of building A709 to National Nuclear Laboratory Limited
Springfields Fuels Limited (SFL) wishes to grant lease of building A709 to National Nuclear Laboratory Limited (NNL).
West Cumbria Site Stakeholder Group Emergency Planning Working Group half yearly report
This report is issued as part of the Office for Nuclear Regulation’s (ONR) commitment to make information about inspection and regulatory activities relating to the above sites available to the public. Reports are distributed half yearly to members of the Emergency Planning Working Group of the West Cumbria Sites Stakeholder Group (WCSSG) and cover activities [...]
RR912 – Management of ageing: A framework for nuclear chemical facilities
Managing ageing plant effectively requires a paradigm shift in the way that asset condition is regarded, assessed and maintained.
Wylfa – 2011 periodic shutdown – consent to start up Reactor 1 following a periodic shutdown
Magnox Ltd, the site licence company (the Licensee) that operates and maintains Wylfa Power Station, has requested ONR consent to restart Reactor 1 at the end of its 2011 periodic shutdown in accordance with Licence Condition 30(3) of Nuclear Site Lice…
Berkeley Site – Agreement to proceed with Safety Category 2 or lower Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) retrieval works
This report considers a request from Magnox Ltd’s Berkeley site for ONR Agreement to the commencement of certain packages of work in relation to the retrieval and processing of ILW.
Quarterly statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations – October to December 2011
A statement on incidents at nuclear installations in Britain, which meet Ministerial Reporting Criteria (MRC), is provided to the Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Secretary of State for Scotland, and is publish…
Wylfa Power Station – Agreement to fitting new GSRV main filter assemblies
Magnox Ltd, the site licence company (the Licensee) that operates and maintains Wylfa Power Station, has requested ONR agreement to fitting new GSRV main filter assemblies with integral bursting discs on Reactor 1 and the removal of the auxiliary filters from Reactor 1 in accordance with its arrangements made under Licence Condition 22(1) of nuclear [...]
Office for Nuclear Regulation strategy
The strategy sets out the ONR Board’s broad medium to long term vision for the direction it wants the organisation to take.
Reports published on geological disposal of radioactive waste
The Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency have recently published two reports on work relating to possible disposal of most of the UK’s higher activity radioactive waste in a geological disposal facility deep underground.
Register to attend the Fukushima community briefing – 25 January, Bangor University
As part of its programme of community briefings on the response to the Fukushima event, the Office for Nuclear Regulation is holding a session in the evening of Wednesday 25 January, at Bangor University.
ONR leads international talks on changes to transport regulations
Danny Vince, head of engineering in the Radioactive Materials Transport team at the Office for Nuclear Regulation, explains how the UK continues to influence international regulators after campaigning for important legislative changes.
Nuclear Project Assessment Report (PAR) – Sizewell B
PAR for (EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd) Sizewell B [Nuclear Site Licence 63], now available online.
Joint regulatory guidance on radioactive waste management – Revised documents published
Guidance on radioactive waste management has been updated as a result of comments received since February 2010. Revised documents published November 2011.
Nuclear consultation – Table of responses
A consultation was held between 12 May – 30 June and ONR wrote to all nuclear site licence holders to consult them on possible amendments. A table of responses has now been published online.
