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ONR Quarterly Report Q2 2011/12 (July 11 – September 11) Office for Nuclear Regulation An agency of HSE Cover Hinkley Point C At a glance Programmes update News Stress tests Sites we regulate ONR Quarterly Report Q2 2011/12 (July 11 – September 11) next u ONR Quarterly Report Office for Nuclear Regulation Q2 2011/12 (July 11 – September 11) An agency of HSE Cover Hinkley Point C At a glance Programmes update News Stress tests Sites we regulate Hinkley Point C: what it means for ONR The consideration of the nuclear site licence n July, ONR received the first environmental protection and issues raised in Mike Weightman’s Isite licence application for a waste management. interim and final report into the application for Hinkley Point C is an important new nuclear power station in 20 As discussed by Paul Brown accident at Fukushima. milestone for ONR as we strive towards our years and it’s important that we in last quarter’s report, ONR has Looking at how this fits with reflect upon and celebrate how moved to programme working, the Hinkley Point site licence vision of becoming we got here. demonstrating how it can meet application, ONR expects the a world-leading The application from NNB the challenges presented by whole process to be complete Generation Company, or NNB new build regulation: working ahead of NNB GenCo’s plans to nuclear GenCo, is one of a number of effectively and efficiently, while start building the main reactor regulator, proposed new nuclear power being open and transparent. structures in 2013. But once stations in the UK. Over the next Being open and transparent is again, this depends on us writes Director 18 months we will assess NNB at the heart of ONR’s vision and being satisfied with the reactor of Nuclear GenCo’s suitability, capability it is with that same transparency designs through GDA. We will and competence to install, that GDA ensure the public is not allow industry to start New Build, operate and decommission a informed and able to comment building the reactors until all of Kevin Allars. nuclear facility. But this process on the process by publishing GDA issues have been cleared doesn’t work in isolation. extensive information relating to our satisfaction. It builds on the work we have to the reactor assessments, As we look ahead, it is been doing on the Generic including technical reports and important that we also reflect Design Assessment (GDA) regular progress updates. and take stock. The prospect programme over the last four In terms of timescales, of the first new nuclear power years in its assessment of two we’re on course to issue interim station in 20 years brings into new reactor designs, one of ‘certificates’ on both reactor sharper focus the gravity of which NNB GenCo intends to designs in December 2011 our work as an independent build and operate at Hinkley. and the end of next year we regulator of the nuclear industry. ONR is working jointly with aim to complete GDA on the With this process, as with the Environment Agency on the first design. Of course these everything we do at ONR, the GDA programme to ensure that milestones depend on the protection of people and society any new nuclear power stations reactor designers producing is at the heart of our work. built in the UK meet the highest acceptable solutions to www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/ standards of safety, security, outstanding issues. This includes hinkley-point-c page 2 t back next u ONR Quarterly Report Office for Nuclear Regulation Q2 2011/12 (July 11 – September 11) An agency of HSE Cover Hinkley Point C At a glance Programmes update News Stress tests Sites we regulate Quarter 2 at a glance /1 Chief inspector delivers Fukushima report Public consultation Site licence application received for Hinkley Point C launched on ‘bulk quantities’ rom 19 September – 12 FDecember, ONR is running a 12-week public consultation to clarify ONR’s interpretation of ‘bulk quantities’ relating to radioactive matter. The nuclear site-licensing regime currently applies to a set of defined activities, which includes the storage of bulk quantities of radioactive matter. However, there is no clear definition of what constitutes ‘bulk quantities’ of radioactive NNB GenCo’s proposed Hinkley Mike Weightman addresses matter, storage of which would Point C nuclear power station Fukushima workers during an IAEA need to be licensed. Further (image courtesy of EDF Energy) mission in May information is available under the bulk consultation pages of NR received an application capability and competence to n September, HM Chief Inspector been laid before Parliament. the ONR website. Ofrom NNB GenCo, a subsidiary install, operate and decommission Iof Nuclear Installations, Mike The report identified a total of www.hse.gov.uk/consult/ of EDF Energy, on 29 July for a a nuclear facility. If a site licence Weightman delivered his report on 38 recommendations for the UK condocs/cd-onr-bulk.htm nuclear site licence, relating to its is granted, the company will be lessons for the UK nuclear industry nuclear industry and regulator proposed development of a new subject to statutory obligations from the Japanese incident. and Mike Weightman will report nuclear power station in Hinkley and regulation by ONR under The report was presented to the again on implementation of the Point, Somerset. any condition attached to Secretary of State for Energy and recommendations in autumn 2012. It is anticipated that ONR the licence. Climate Change, Chris Huhne www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/ will spend up to 18 months www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/ and made public once it had fukushima assessing NNB GenCo’s suitability, hinkley-point-c page 3 t back next u ONR Quarterly Report Office for Nuclear Regulation Q2 2011/12 (July 11 – September 11) An agency of HSE Cover Hinkley Point C At a glance Programmes update News Stress tests Sites we regulate Quarter 2 at a glance /2 ONR Board appointed Corporate publications published Stress tests he full ONR Board came Paul Brown, Jon Seddon and NR’s first corporate plan he European Council requested Tinto effect on 25 July and Mike Weightman). Ofor 2011-2015 has been Ta review of safety at European comprises nine members: Nick Further information about the published on the ONR website. nuclear power plants. The Baldwin as the Chair, four other Board and minutes of the meetings The plan provides an insight European Commission supported non-executive members (Steve can be found under the Board into ONR’s strategic intentions by the European Nuclear Bundred, John Crackett, Paul pages of the ONR website. over the next five years and Safety Regulatory Group Kenny and Kevin Myers) and four www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/onr- how these will be resourced. (ENSREG), produced criteria executive members (Kevin Allars, board.htm See also page 11. www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/ and a plan for this review, corporate-plan-2011-2015.pdf now known as the ‘EC stress Also published on the test’. Participating nations, (from far left) website in September was including the UK provided Nick Baldwin the 2011 Nuclear Research progress reports in September (chair); Steve Index (safety of operating and will provide full reports Bundred; John Crackett reactors). Traditionally the in December. The UK report scope of the NRI is limited compiled and delivered by ONR to operating nuclear has been published online. reactors. Research work www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/ is done in other nuclear fukushima See also page 12. (from far left) areas, but is coordinated Paul Kenny; separately. Therefore Kevin Myers; the scope of the 2011 Kevin Allars NRI relates solely to the requirements for nuclear safety research relevant (from far left) to operating nuclear reactors. should be extended to cover Paul Brown; ONR is planning to undertake all areas of nuclear safety Jon Seddon; a review to identify the overall research. Mike Weightman requirements for nuclear safety www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/ research, including whether it nuclear-research-index.htm page 4 t back next u ONR Quarterly Report Office for Nuclear Regulation Q2 2011/12 (July 11 – September 11) An agency of HSE Cover Hinkley Point C At a glance Programmes update News Stress tests Sites we regulate Quarter 2 at a glance /3 NuGen signs up to regulatory protocol Nuclear Safety Directive and amended licence he latest organisation to and the Nuclear Safety Directors’ conditions Tpropose building a new and other regulators, RNIP is an nuclear power station has agreement between operators mendments have been passed an important milestone, and regulators which aims to find Amade licence condition 17 signing up to the Regulatory and implement effective ways of and 36 to allow the obligations Nuclear Interface Protocol, working, facilitate improvement of the Nuclear Safety Directive or RNIP. NuGeneration Ltd, or and open up strategic dialogue (NSD) 2009/71/Euratom, to be NuGen has announced its plans on key issues. This is all with the fully implemented in relation to to build a new nuclear power shared goal of enabling the Great Britain. In light of this, ONR’s station in Cumbria, adjacent to safe, secure effective use and licence condition handbook has the Sellafield site. control of nuclear technology. been updated and is available Developed between ONR www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/rnip via the ONR website. www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/ silicon.pdf In line with its policy of publishing justifications for regulatory decisions, ONR has also published a report detailing the work it has carried out in consulting on the changes. www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/pars Sellafield, Cumbria adjacent to NuGen’s NuGen’s Chief Operating Director, Olivier
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