Licensing Nuclear Installations - 2019

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Office for Nuclear Regulationpage 1 of 80Licensing Nuclear Installations4th edition: January 2015Office for Nuclear Regulationpage 2 of 80Licensing Nuclear Installations 4th edition January 2015This guide provides an overview of the Nuclear regulatory regime and the processes for Licensing and delicensing Nuclear sites. It is published on the Office for Nuclear Regulation s website at for Nuclear Regulationpage 3 of 80Licensing Nuclear Installations 4th edition January 2015paragraph Section 1: The law and the regulatory regimeThe Health and Safety at Work etc Act1Reducing risk and the ALARP principle 2The Energy Act 2013 3 5The Nuclear Installations Act 19658The Nuclear site licence9 13Licensable activities (prescribed activities)14 15Licence conditions16 18Operational methods19 28 Assessment21 22 The safety case23 24 Inspection25 28Regulatory controls29 32Appeals33Regulatory costs34 35Other legislation relevant to the safety of Nuclear sites36 38Security39 40Transport41 46Environment47 49Regulation of sites operated on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority50Regulation of defence related Nuclear sites51 53International obligatio

and regulatory regime and how we work to deliver our mission of providing efficient and effective regulation of the nuclear industry, holding it to account on behalf of the public. Operators of nuclear sites have an obligation to protect their workforce and the public from risk so far as is reasonably practicable.

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