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A new model and measure of safety culture, commissioned by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), has been made available for nuclear dutyholders in Great Britain to assess their organisational safety cultures and learn from others across the industry....
The UK’s Chief Nuclear Inspector has published his annual report detailing the performance of Great Britain’s nuclear industry during 2022/23 – with conventional health and safety and cyber security flagged as the two key industry themes for the year ahead....
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is working with Sellafield Ltd on the deployment of robots and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on the Cumbrian site. It is part of the licensee’s drive to accelerate hazard risk reduction through new and innovative approaches within the industry, which ONR supports....
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has launched a new dutyholder portal to streamline the reporting of incidents. This is accompanied by enhanced incident notification guidance reaffirming ONR’s reporting expectations....
The Office for Nuclear Regulation has published its Annual Report and Accounts covering 2021/22. The regulator said the report shows how it delivered its mission to protect society by securing safe nuclear operations and achieved the five priorities it set out in its Corporate Plan 2021/22....
Dr. Diego Fernandez Lisbona is a Principal Inspector and the Office for Nuclear Regulation's (ONR) Deputy Professional Lead for Internal Hazards. ONR is the UK’s independent regulator of nuclear safety, nuclear site health and safety, security, safeguards and safety of transport of nuclear and radioactive materials....
The UK’s Chief Nuclear Inspector Mark Foy published his annual report on October 12 detailing the performance of Great Britain’s nuclear industry during 2021/22....
The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has announced what it has called a “landmark moment” in the long-term clean-up of the Sellafield site after Sellafield Ltd safely removed the first batch of waste from one of the most hazardous buildings on the site, the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo (MSSS)....
Five nuclear sites have been subject to a ‘themed’ inspection carried out by the UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) during the last 12 months focusing on the management of ageing facilities. One of ONR’s key aims was to check that Britain has sustainable programmes for managing ageing nuclear facilities and ensuring licensees plan and respond to these inevitable changes....
On October 19, the UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) published its annual report detailing the performance of Great Britain’s nuclear industry during 2020/21. The Chief Nuclear Inspector, Mark Foy, reports that the industry has performed well overall and the required standards of safety, security and safeguards have been maintained....