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Kevin Allars, Director of New Build GDA at the HSE, and Joe McHugh, Head of Radioactive Substances Regulation at the Environment Agency, have today published the third Quarterly Report for 2010 (July–September).

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John on November 2nd, 2010

HSE Nuclear Directorate’s thorough assessment of designs for new nuclear reactors in the UK includes looking at how the operators will deal with the radioactive waste they produce.

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John on November 2nd, 2010

The UK’s regulator of safety and security in the nuclear industry HSE is now recruiting professional engineers and scientists to join its team as inspectors.

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John on October 27th, 2010

New and revised pages about the Office for Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS) have been added to the HSE Nuclear website. 

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John on October 12th, 2010

At the centre of all work undertaken by HSE Nuclear Directorate is a policy to deliver greater openness and transparency. We want to keep you informed about our decisions and our work. This new e-Bulletin is part of the strategy.

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John on October 4th, 2010

The licensee, Magnox North Limited, has requested Consent to start-up Reactor 2 at Wylfa Nuclear Power Station from HSE Nuclear Directorate (ND) following the completion of its 2010 statutory outage.

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John on September 28th, 2010

British Energy Generation Limited, the licensee of Sizewell B nuclear power station, has requested agreement from HSE Nuclear Directorate to modifications to the reactor pressuriser.

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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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