Consultancy report raises questions about UK nuclear safety regulation

Report by Large & Associates about regulator response to Sizewell radioactive discharge finds that plans to prosecute failed due to legal technicality and lack of resources

23-Jun-09 Consulting engineers Large & Associates were commissioned by a small NGO, Shutdown Sizewell, to examine why the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) – which is also frequently referred to as the “nuclear directorate” of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) - chose not to prosecute Magnox Electric for an uncontrolled spillage of 180m³ (40,000 gallons) of radioactive pond water on 7 January 2007. About a quarter of...

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