Nuclear Industry

Principal Legislation
Regulations
Standards and Guidance
Other sources of information

 
Principal Legislation

Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (commencement No.10) Order 1965, HMSO, (S.I. 1965 No.1880)

The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

 
Regulations

The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999  SI 1999 No. 3232 http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1999/19993232.htm

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 - SI 2001 No. 2975  For further guidance see

Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations 1999, HMSO, S.I. 1999 No. 2892 http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1999/19992892.htm

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Standards and Guidance

1. General

The Safety of Nuclear Installations, Safety Fundamentals. IAEA Vienna (1992).

HSE Safety Assessment Principals for Nuclear Plants. HMSO ISBN 0-11-882043-5

HSE notes for applicants for nuclear site licensees. HS(G)120. HSE Books

HSE Criterion for de-licensing nuclear sites May 2005 http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/delicensing.pdf

2. Human Factors, Safety Culture, Management of Safety & Training

Advisory Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/hsc/iacs/nusac/index.htm

ACSINI Human Factors Study Group, Third Report: Organising for safety. Health and Safety Commission. ISBN 0-7176-0865-4.

3. Radiation Protection

Provision of Operational Radiation Protection Services at Nuclear Power Plants IAEA Safety Series No. 103, IAEA Vienna

Occupational Radiation Protection IAEA Safety Series No. RS-G-1.1, 1999, IAEA / ILO.

Handling and Storage of Plutonium. IAEA Safety Reports Series No.9 1998

Recommendations for the Safe Use and Regulation of Radiation Sources in Industry, Medicine, Research and Teaching. IAEA Safety Series No.102, 1990.

4. Radioactive waste and waste management

Code of Practice for the Management Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power Plants. IAEA Safety Series No69, IAEA Vienna.

IAEA Guide to the Safe Handling of Radioactive Wastes at Nuclear Power Plants IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 198 IAEA Vienna

Contaminated Land, S Tromas and R Turrall-Clarke, Sweet & Maxwell 1994.

Management of Abnormal Radioactive Wastes at Nuclear Power Plants IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 307 IAEA Vienna.

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Other sources of information

Examples of Safety Culture Practices

IAEA Safety Reports Series No. 1 IAEA Vienna     Guidebook on the Education and Training of Technicians for Nuclear Power

IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 306, IAEA Vienna    Potential Exposure in Nuclear Safety - A Report by the International Nuclear Safety

Advisory Group. INSAG Series No. 9 IAEA Vienna.   Management of Operational Safety in Nuclear Power Plants

IAEA INSAG Series No. 13, IAEA Vienna    A Report by the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group

The Law of Nuclear Installations and Radioactive Substances. S Tromans and J Fitzgerald. Sweet & Maxwell 1997. ISBN 0-421-53880-5

Useful Weblinks

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) http://www.iaea.org

International Labour Organisation (ILO) http://www.ilo.org

Role and tasks of euratom in the field of peaceful uses of nuclear energy.  F. Caccia Dominioni, DG XVII Director for non-fossil Energy Industries and Markets http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/dg17/26caccia.htm

Euratom Home Page http://www.cordis.lu/fp5-euratom/home.html

Nuc Net (World Nuclear News) http://www.worldnuclear.org/

Health Protection Agency – formerly National Radiological Protection Board Health Protection Agency | Radiation Protection Division http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) http://www.ukaea.org.uk/

British Nuclear Fuels Plc. http://www.bnfl.co.uk

HSE Nuclear Safety Directorate home page http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/

Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (RWAMAC) Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (RWMAC) | DEFRA http://www.defra.gov.uk/rwmac/

Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) Welcome to the CoRWM website http://www.corwm.org.uk/

Nuclear Industry Repository Executive NIREX http://www.nirex.co.uk

1). The list above is not an exhaustive list but is meant as an overview of information and links available.

Revised August 2005, January 2006
 

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