What's new at HSE » Nuclear http://news.hse.gov.uk News and updates from the Health and Safety Executive Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:45:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en NUSAC annual report 2007/08 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/14/nusac-annual-report-200708-now-online/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/14/nusac-annual-report-200708-now-online/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:29:33 +0000 Stuart http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/14/nusac-annual-report-200708-now-online/ The Nuclear Safety Advisory Committe (NuSAC) which advises HSC/E on matters regarding nuclear safety policy and its implementation at nuclear installations annual report 2007/08 is now available.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/14/nusac-annual-report-200708-now-online/feed/ Nuclear Joint Programme Strategy and Operating Plan 2008 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/08/nuclear-joint-programme-strategy-and-operating-plan-2008/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/08/nuclear-joint-programme-strategy-and-operating-plan-2008/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:47:35 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/07/08/nuclear-joint-programme-strategy-and-operating-plan-2008/ This document sets out both medium term and longer term Nuclear Directorate (ND) Objectives in a format that is intended to provide much greater clarity of intent. Interested parties are welcome to comment on the document or raise suggestions for future ND attention.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/07/08/nuclear-joint-programme-strategy-and-operating-plan-2008/feed/ HSE Newsletter - June 2008 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/26/hse-newsletter-june-2008/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/26/hse-newsletter-june-2008/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:11:17 +0000 steve http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/26/hse-newsletter-june-2008/ Subscribe to HSE’s Health and Safety Newsletter and you’ll find out the best ways to tackle today’s key health and safety issues. In this months edition:

  • Who is responsible for what and when it comes to migrant workers,
  • what happens when an inspector calls,
  • Generic Design Assessment - the new process for assessing the safety, security and environmental aspects of new power stations in the UK.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/26/hse-newsletter-june-2008/feed/ LLC quarterly report Clyde http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/09/llc-quarterly-report-clyde/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/09/llc-quarterly-report-clyde/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:20:13 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/09/llc-quarterly-report-clyde/ Nuclear Local Liaison Committee report for the period, 1 January to 31 March 2008 for HM Naval Base Clyde is now available.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/09/llc-quarterly-report-clyde/feed/ Procurement of technical support services to the Nuclear Directorate http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/02/procurement-of-technical-support-services-to-the-nuclear-directorate/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/02/procurement-of-technical-support-services-to-the-nuclear-directorate/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:46:29 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/06/02/procurement-of-technical-support-services-to-the-nuclear-directorate/ HSE is seeking to appoint a number of suppliers to a framework agreement for the provision of technical support to its Nuclear Directorate (ND). The support will be required to enable ND to complete their programme of work relating to the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process and the subsequent site specific licensing process for Nuclear New Build.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/06/02/procurement-of-technical-support-services-to-the-nuclear-directorate/feed/ Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee (NuSAC) meeting papers http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/nuclear-safety-advisory-committee-nusac-meeting-papers/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/nuclear-safety-advisory-committee-nusac-meeting-papers/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 08:35:05 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/28/nuclear-safety-advisory-committee-nusac-meeting-papers/ Agendas, papers and minutes for the Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee (NuSAC) meeting on the 10th April 2008.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/28/nuclear-safety-advisory-committee-nusac-meeting-papers/feed/ HSE Executive Board meeting in April http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/27/hse-executive-board-meeting-in-april/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/27/hse-executive-board-meeting-in-april/#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 11:57:58 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/27/hse-executive-board-meeting-in-april/ Meeting papers are available, including “Chief Executive’s report”, “New Nuclear Reactors”…

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/27/hse-executive-board-meeting-in-april/feed/ LLC reports for GE Healthcare Ltd http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/llc-reports-for-ge-healthcare-ltd/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/llc-reports-for-ge-healthcare-ltd/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 08:21:15 +0000 phil http://www.hsenews.com/2008/05/23/llc-reports-for-ge-healthcare-ltd/ Nuclear Local Liaison Committee (LLC) quarterly reports for the period 1 January - 31 March 2008 for GE Healthcare Ltd sites, Grove Centre, Amersham and Maynard Centre, Cardiff  have been published.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/05/23/llc-reports-for-ge-healthcare-ltd/feed/ Nuclear LLC Q1 report Hartlepool http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/29/nuclear-llc-q1-report-hartlepool/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/29/nuclear-llc-q1-report-hartlepool/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:55:27 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/29/nuclear-llc-q1-report-hartlepool/ The Local Liaison Committee (LCC) quaterly report for British Energy Generation Ltd, Hartlepool for quarter 1,  January 1 - March 31 2008 is now available.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/29/nuclear-llc-q1-report-hartlepool/feed/ Nuclear permissioning inspection assessment http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/25/nuclear-permissioning-inspection-assessment/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/25/nuclear-permissioning-inspection-assessment/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:27:15 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/25/nuclear-permissioning-inspection-assessment/ Guidance is now available on preparation and issue of licence instruments and associated project assessment reports.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/25/nuclear-permissioning-inspection-assessment/feed/ NuSAC agenda and papers http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/24/nusac-agenda-and-papers-2/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/24/nusac-agenda-and-papers-2/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:22:09 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/24/nusac-agenda-and-papers-2/ The revised agenda and papers for the meeting of Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee (NuSAC) held on 26 October 2007 are now available.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/24/nusac-agenda-and-papers-2/feed/ Nuclear SSG/LCLC/LLC reports and meetings procedures http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/23/nuclear-ssglclcllc-reports-and-meetings-procedures/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/23/nuclear-ssglclcllc-reports-and-meetings-procedures/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:47:23 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/23/nuclear-ssglclcllc-reports-and-meetings-procedures/ Updated procedures for the format and content to be adopted when producing any of the HSE Nuclear Installations Inspectorate’s (NII) quarterly reports for Stakeholder Sector Group (SSG), Local Community Liaison Council (LCLC) and Local Liaison Committee (LCC) .

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/23/nuclear-ssglclcllc-reports-and-meetings-procedures/feed/ Nuclear LLC reports Q1 Capenhurst http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/15/nuclear-llc-reports-q1-capenhurst/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/15/nuclear-llc-reports-q1-capenhurst/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:54:10 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/15/nuclear-llc-reports-q1-capenhurst/ Local Liaison committee quarterly reports for period 1 January  to 31 March 2008 quarter 1, for Capenhurst (Urenco Limited) and Sellafield Limited Capenhurst Works are now available.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/15/nuclear-llc-reports-q1-capenhurst/feed/ Human costs of a nuclear accident report amended http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/15/human-costs-of-a-nuclear-accident/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/15/human-costs-of-a-nuclear-accident/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:52:21 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/15/human-costs-of-a-nuclear-accident/ This report is to advise on the valuation of health effects of exposure to radiation, to inform a model being developed by the Health Protection Agency to assess the economic consequences of an accidental release of radioactive material. Amended version now available.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/15/human-costs-of-a-nuclear-accident/feed/ New build technical reports http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/11/new-build-technical-reports/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/11/new-build-technical-reports/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:27:39 +0000 Peter http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/11/new-build-technical-reports/ A series of detailed technical reports  prepared as part of the initial assessment of the four nuclear power station designs now available.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/11/new-build-technical-reports/feed/ AECL withdraw from GDA process http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/11/aecl-withdraw-from-gda-process/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/11/aecl-withdraw-from-gda-process/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:34:10 +0000 Peter http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/11/aecl-withdraw-from-gda-process/ On 4 April 2008, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) announced that the company were withdrawing their ACR 1000 design from the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/11/aecl-withdraw-from-gda-process/feed/ IAEA withdrawal notifications 2007 http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/10/iaea-withdrawal-notifications-2007/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/10/iaea-withdrawal-notifications-2007/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:57:46 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/10/iaea-withdrawal-notifications-2007/ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) information on advance notifications of withdrawals of nuclear material from safeguards made during 2007. The withdrawals involved small quantities of material for use in instrument calibration or radiation detectors, or as analytical tracers or radiological shielding or research and development.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/10/iaea-withdrawal-notifications-2007/feed/ OCNS sensitive nuclear information document updated http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/10/ocns-sensitive-nuclear-information-document-updated/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/10/ocns-sensitive-nuclear-information-document-updated/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:42:18 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/10/ocns-sensitive-nuclear-information-document-updated/ The Office For Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS) document ‘Management of sensitive nuclear information during the generic design assessment of nuclear technologies’ has been updated.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/10/ocns-sensitive-nuclear-information-document-updated/feed/ Nuclear SAPS document revised http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/08/nuclear-saps-document-revised/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/08/nuclear-saps-document-revised/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:11:39 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/08/nuclear-saps-document-revised/ The Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs) which provides inspectors with a framework for making consistent regulatory judgements on nuclear safety cases has been updated, a history of changes in revision 1 is also included.

The principles are supported by Technical Assessment Guides (TAGs), and other guidance.

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]]> http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/08/nuclear-saps-document-revised/feed/ Nuclear technical assessment guides (TAGS) http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/08/nuclear-technical-assessment-guides-tags/ http://news.hse.gov.uk/2008/04/08/nuclear-technical-assessment-guides-tags/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:54:55 +0000 Fiona http://www.hsenews.com/2008/04/08/nuclear-technical-assessment-guides-tags/ The Technical Assessment Guides (TAGs) are intended to give additional guidance to NII Assessors beyond that in the HSE Safety Assessment Principles for Nuclear Facilities (SAPs).

Following the completion of the revision of Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs) in 2006 (SAPs06), consideration was given to revising the supporting TAGs.  A TAG’s revision programme is also included showing projected publication dates.

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