John on September 3rd, 2010

Four new reports are now available online, three for Capenhurst (Urenco UK Ltd) regarding construction requests and another for sub-underleasing at Harwell.

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John on June 28th, 2010

This builds on a discussion paper published in May 2009 and takes into account the feedback received from stakeholders. It sets out the outcomes that can be expected in June 2011, when we complete our assessment of the safety case of the designs.  

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John on May 20th, 2010

I would like to make you aware of our  Nuclear Industry Forum conference, which takes place on 15th and 16th June 2010.

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John on April 6th, 2010

HSE has advertised for a  number of Nuclear Inspector roles in a range of disciplines.

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John on March 11th, 2010

In February 2010, ND launched a brand new regular external nuclear stakeholder newsletter to ensure that anyone with an interest in what we do can keep up-to-date with developments in the Nuclear Directorate.

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John on February 16th, 2010

The HSE’s Nuclear Directorate, the UK’s nuclear safety and security regulator, has raised a Regulatory Issue (RI) against Westinghouse’s AP1000 nuclear reactor design, and in parallel, released a UK Regulatory position statement.

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John on February 12th, 2010

HSE has published the report for the Generic Design Assessment covering the period 1 October – 31 December 2009.

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on December 7th, 2009

Sellafield Ltd has been fined £75,000 after pleading guilty to breaches of health and safety law after two contractors inhaled radioactive contamination.

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on November 4th, 2009

HSE Press Release 2 Nov 09 The UK nuclear safety regulator (HSE’s ND), the French nuclear regulator (ASN), and the Finnish nuclear regulator (STUK) are currently working to assess the EPR Pressurised Water Reactor. In carrying out individual assessments, we have all raised issues regarding the EPR Control and Instrumentation (C&I) systems, which the proposed [...]

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