Urenco UK issued with improvement notice for transport shortfalls
Sufficient checks had not been undertaken before shipping to meet correct legal requirements.
Welcome to the Office for Nuclear Regulation
We are the UK’s independent nuclear regulator for safety, security and safeguards. Our mission is to protect society by securing safe nuclear operations.
Latest news
BYLOR JV complies with two enforcement notices for fire safety shortfalls at Hinkley Point C
Bouygues Travaux Publics SAS and Laing O’Rourke Construction Ltd, the joint venture partners in BYLOR JV, have complied with two enforcement notices served for fire safety shortfalls at the Hinkley Point C construction site.
ONR signs Information Exchange Agreement with India’s AERB
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has signed an Information Exchange Agreement (IEA) with India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) to promote safety and security in nuclear operations.
ONR welcomes publication of OSART report
The Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) from the IAEA reviewed operations at Heysham 2.
Sites and facilities we regulate
We deliver five statutory purposes to ensure safe nuclear operations now and in the long term.
We have the legal authority to regulate nuclear safety, nuclear security and conventional health and safety at the 35 licensed nuclear sites in Great Britain. This includes the existing fleet of operating reactors, fuel cycle facilities, waste management and decommissioning sites, as well as licensed and, in part, authorised defence sites, together with the regulation of the design and construction of new nuclear facilities, including the supply chain.
Working for ONR
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Our work calls for a high level of expertise and a wide range of disciplines
All the technical skills found in any engineering based industry can be found in ONR, as well as reactor physics, radiological protection and a number of specialised areas. We are also supported by a corporate centre comprising of administrative public servants who are vital to the effective operations of ONR.
Our inspection records
Inspection records are written by our inspectors following visits to the sites and facilities that we regulate
They are used to record findings and, if appropriate, any significant actions we require the site operator to carry out in order to improve matters. Publishing executive summaries of these reports is one part of our aim to be open and transparent by helping all of our stakeholders, including the public, understand our work.
Our regulatory guidance
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TIGs/TAGs
We are committed to providing up to date, open and transparent content relating to our current internal instructions and guidance used to carry out our core operational work.
Generic Design Assessment (GDA)
Joint regulators
Alongside the Environment Agency, ONR developed the Generic Design Assessment process in response to a request from the Government following its 2006 Energy Review. We will not issue permits for new nuclear power stations unless a design and its potential operators meet the high safety, security, safeguards and environmental standards that we require.