Joint Regulatory Position Statement: EPR Pressurised Water Reactor
The UK, French and Finnish nuclear regulators are currently working to assess the EPR Pressurised Water Reactor. In carrying out individual assessments, we have all raised issues regarding the EPR...
View ArticleStep 3 reports – assessment of new nuclear power stations
HSE have published a number of reports following Step 3 of the assessment process for new power station designs. Step 3 provides an overall safety and security review and analysis of the proposed...
View ArticleHSE reports on nuclear reactor designs
Interim assessment reports for two nuclear power station designs being considered for construction in the UK have been made public today. Read the press release
View ArticleNGO’s seminar – Questions and Answers 25 June 2009
Questions and answers from the NGO’s seminar, attended by representatives from Non-Government Organisations, the Health and Safety Executive, the Environment Agency and the Health Protection Agency...
View ArticlePodcast – HSE in 2009
In this episode: HSE Chair Judith Hackitt reflects on the key events and changes to British occupational health and safety in the last 12 months. The podcast also features the online Strategy Pledge...
View ArticleFourth GDA Quarterly Report for 2009 published
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 fourth Quarterly Report for 2009...
View ArticleHSE raise Regulatory Issue (RI) against Westinghouse’s AP1000 nuclear reactor...
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...
View ArticleQuarterly Report for GDA published Jan-Mar 2010
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 first Quarterly Report for 2010 (Jan –...
View ArticleGuidance on the Management of GDA Outcomes
Guidance on the management of the outcomes of the Generic Design Assessment (GDA). This builds on a discussion paper published in May 2009 and takes into account the feedback received from...
View ArticleNew nuclear build stakeholder strategy
The Environment Agency has today published a document that sets out its approach to stakeholder engagement for its regulatory role in the development of any new nuclear power stations. How to get...
View ArticleEnvironment Agency consultation on its Generic Design Assessment findings so far
The Environment Agency has today launched a consultation on their preliminary conclusions following their detailed assessment so far of the EDF and AREVA UK EPR and Westinghouse AP1000 new nuclear...
View ArticleApril-June 2010 quarterly report for GDA published
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 second Quarterly Report for 2010...
View ArticleGeneric Design Assessment of new nuclear reactors seminar
This seminar formed part of our consultations on the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of two new nuclear reactor designs (AP1000 submitted by Westinghouse and UK EPR submitted by EDF and AREVA). The...
View ArticleThird Report of the GDA Process Review Board
The HSE has published its response to the third report of the independent Generic Design Assessment (GDA) Process Review Board Third Report of the GDA Process Review Board
View ArticleQuarterly Report for Generic Design Assessment (GDA) published
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...
View ArticleHSE close UK EPR Control and Instrumentation (C&I) Architecture Regulatory...
In April 2009 HSE’s Nuclear Directorate (ND) placed a Regulatory Issue (RI) on EDF and AREVA on the topic of the EPR Control and Instrumentation (C&I) System. The EPR is a reactor design submitted...
View ArticleAssessing designs for the UK’s next nuclear reactors
The Health and Safety Executive’s Nuclear Directorate (ND) and the Environment Agency continue to work together on the generic design assessment (GDA) of two new nuclear reactor designs that are likely...
View Article4th HSE/Environment Agency GDA Quarter Report for 2010
HSE’s main focus this last quarter has been on progressing the Step 4 assessments for both designs. This included a number of meetings with the Requesting Parties (RPs) to agree what further...
View ArticleONR publishes Quarterly News – Q1 2012/13
ONR has published its latest edition of Quarterly News, reflecting the key themes and developments in each programme from April – June 2012.
View ArticleONR grants nuclear site licence for new UK power station
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has granted the first new site licence for a UK nuclear power station in 25 years. NNB Generation Company (NNB GenCo) is proposing to build a new nuclear power...
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