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The Office for Nuclear Regulation has published its assessment of stress tests for UK non power generating nuclear facilities.
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The Office for Nuclear Regulation ONR is a major contributor to an international workshop to learn lessons from the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident by improving crisis communications.
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The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has published Quarterly News, the fourth quarterly news update, as part of efforts to carry out our work with greater openness and transparency.
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The Office for Nuclear Regulation ONR recently received an application for the transfer of the Sellafield Limited Capenhurst licensed site in Cheshire to Urenco UK Limited.
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A research report was published on 15 February on the management of ageing at nuclear chemical facilities.
A year on from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the UK’s Chief Nuclear Inspector and Executive Head of the Office for Nuclear Regulation explains how we are ensuring lessons are learned from Fukushima.
This is the latest routine quarterly report on the progress of Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of the AP1000® and UK EPR™ reactors. It follows the issuing of interim design acceptance by ONR and the Environment Agency in December 2011.
Magnox Ltd, 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 Licence 58A.
A report from Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) sets out the assessment of the treated pond water leak that occurred at the Magnox Limited Sizewell A site on 3 September 2011, the resultant enforcement decision, and related information.
Mark Foy, Superintending Inspector on the Sellafield programme, explains how his team works to improve safety and reduce risk at the site.
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