- Date released
- 2 February 2021
- Request number
- 202101060
- Release of information under
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
Information requested
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like some information on the following, which relates to this page on your website: https://news.onr.org.uk/report-a-concern/
Please could you provide me with:
- The number of ‘concerns’ reported to the ONR
- Of which, how many of these were investigated (or whichever phrasing/terminology you use)
- Of which, how many of these resulted in some sort of reprimand, penalty or sanction (or whichever phrasing/terminology you use)
- If possible, please could you provide the reason/category/nature of the reasons, that would be fantastic.
Please could you provide this data for the last 60 months (5 years) for which the data is available. Please use the most recent month for which you have data available as the latest month. There is no need to separate out by Quarter, unless that is the most granular level for which you have the data internally.
E.g. From this data I would like to ascertain, at the most granular level, for example: In October 2020 there were XX reports made to the ONR regarding [insert reason’ and in October 2017 there were XX reports made to the ONR regarding [insert reason].
To be clear, I do not require any detailed information about the specifics of each and every report.
Information released
I confirm that under Section 1 of the FOIA, we hold the information related to your request. The total number of concerns reported to ONR is published each year in the transparency section of our annual report and accounts. Please see below for further information. For this financial year, the total number includes concerns reported up to 31 December 2020. All concerns reported to ONR are considered.
| Financial year | Total number of concerns reported to ONR | Further information |
|---|---|---|
| 2016/2017 (https://www.onr.org.uk/documents/2017/onr-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-17.pdf)
|
25 | Page 53 |
| 2017/2018 (https://www.onr.org.uk/documents/2018/onr-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-18.pdf)
|
36 | Page 93 |
| 2018/2019 | 26 | Page 97 |
| 2019/2020 | 45 | Page 52 |
| 2020/2021 | 33 | 1 April - 31 December 2020 |
| Month received | Number of concerns received by ONR |
|---|---|
| Jan-16 | 0 |
| Feb-16 | 5 |
| Mar-16 | 1 |
| Apr-16 | 0 |
| May-16 | 0 |
| Jun-16 | 2 |
| Jul-16 | 1 |
| Aug-16 | 3 |
| Sep-16 | 0 |
| Oct-16 | 0 |
| Nov-16 | 0 |
| Dec-16 | 3 |
| Jan-17 | 2 |
| Feb-17 | 2 |
| Mar-17 | 12 |
| Apr-17 | 4 |
| May-17 | 3 |
| Jun-17 | 0 |
| Jul-17 | 2 |
| Aug-17 | 1 |
| Sep-17 | 11 |
| Oct-17 | 3 |
| Nov-17 | 2 |
| Dec-17 | 1 |
| Jan-18 | 4 |
| Feb-18 | 2 |
| Mar-18 | 3 |
| Apr-18 | 1 |
| May-18 | 2 |
| Jun-18 | 0 |
| Jul-18 | 2 |
| Aug-18 | 1 |
| Sep-18 | 3 |
| Oct-18 | 3 |
| Nov-18 | 3 |
| Dec-18 | 2 |
| Jan-19 | 3 |
| Feb-19 | 4 |
| Mar-19 | 2 |
| Apr-19 | 4 |
| May-19 | 6 |
| Jun-19 | 3 |
| Jul-19 | 2 |
| Aug-19 | 6 |
| Sep-19 | 6 |
| Oct-19 | 3 |
| Nov-19 | 1 |
| Dec-19 | 3 |
| Jan-20 | 1 |
| Feb-20 | 5 |
| Mar-20 | 5 |
| Apr-20 | 7 |
| May-20 | 2 |
| Jun-20 | 3 |
| Jul-20 | 4 |
| Aug-20 | 1 |
| Sep-20 | 3 |
| Oct-20 | 6 |
| Nov-20 | 5 |
| Dec-20 | 2 |
A concern would usually be a result of having been involved in or witnessed an incident, or becoming aware of an issue that has or could affect nuclear safety or security and has the potential to cause, or actually has led to harm to the public. Concerns can be raised by anyone and relate to a wrongdoing in a workplace in relation to a matter that we regulate (nuclear safety, nuclear security, radioactive materials transport, safeguards or health and safety on a nuclear site). When a safety or security risk arises, ONR inspectors take a measured approach and utilise a variety of regulatory tools to deal with it and ensure compliance with the law.
Exemptions applied
N/A
PIT (Public Interest Test) if applicable
N/A