Reactor design assessment – latest quarterly report
The Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency have today (14 August) published their latest Generic Design Assessment (GDA) quarterly progress report. It provides an overview of progress...
View ArticleTransport of radioactive materials – incidents report
A report on incidents and accidents during the transport of radioactive material last year has been published. Produced by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and commissioned by the Office for Nuclear...
View ArticleFive more GDA issues closed on new reactor design
ONR and the Environment Agency have closed five more generic design assessment (GDA) issues on the UK EPR reactor design, bringing the total number closed to nine and leaving 22 issues outstanding. In...
View ArticleLatest edition of ONR’s Quarterly News published
The latest edition of Quarterly News - an online and interactive news update on ONR’s activities between July and September – is now available. This edition provides an overview of the work of our...
View ArticleONR grants nuclear site licence for new UK power station
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has today granted the first new site licence for a UK nuclear power station in 25 years. The licence has been granted to NNB Generation Company (NNB GenCo),...
View ArticleONR publishes annual security report to Secretary of State
The Office for Nuclear Regulation has today published its annual report on security within the UK’s civil nuclear industry. The regulator routinely produces this report to provide an assurance to the...
View ArticleONR responds to letter in Daily Telegraph (Business)
Article: Not available Response date: 18 December 2012 Dear sir, Responding to Barrie Skelcher’s letter ‘ONR has much to prove’ (17 December), I would like to reassure your readers that the Office...
View ArticleONR Chair welcomes honour for Chief Nuclear Inspector
The Chair of the Office for Nuclear Regulation, Nick Baldwin, has welcomed the Honour for Britain’s Chief Nuclear Inspector. Dr Mike Weightman was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the...
View ArticleONR Quarterly News, October-December 2012
The UK’s nuclear regulator has published Quarterly News, its overview of key activities between October and December 2012. In this edition, find out more about how ONR is ensuring that proposed...
View ArticleONR Quarterly News (Q4) published
The UK’s nuclear regulator has published Quarterly News, its overview of key activities between January and March 2013. In this edition, read more about recent internal management changes in ONR; find...
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