The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) can confirm that Urenco ChemPlants Ltd has complied with an improvement notice after an acid pipework leak.
In recent months, the organisation, a tenant on the Urenco UK nuclear licensed site in Capenhurst, Cheshire, has made improvements to how they plan, organise and control future maintenance activities on its gas scrubber machinery.
This is used to treat waste gases and remove potentially harmful components before any release to the environment.
No workers were harmed as a result of the identified shortfalls, and there was no impact on the public or the environment.
ONR has worked closely with Urenco ChemPlants Ltd and is satisfied it has fully complied with the requirements of the notice, which was issued in August.
Mike Redmond, ONR principal inspector, said: “We are content that Urenco ChemPlants Ltd has now put in place effective risk control measures to ensure that such incidents do not occur in future."
The improvement notice was served due to breaches of Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and Regulation 5 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.