Review of the Regulation of Nuclear Safety and the Management of Radioactive Materials and Radioactive Waste within the United Kingdom: Structures and Principles of the Regulation of Civil Nuclear Licensed Sites

This joint Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee (NuSAC) and the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (RWMAC) Report sets out, for both nuclear safety and for the management of radioactive materials and radioactive wastes, the legislative bases of regulation, the principles upon which regulation is founded and current regulatory policy and practice.

The report compares the present regulatory arrangements with what the two Committees regard as 'ideal' regulatory arrangements, drawing out those aspects that fall short of the 'ideal'. The Committees have recommended to Government steps that could be taken to introduce greater clarity to the regulatory arrangements and remove the potential for conflict between the requirements of the different regulatory bodies.

See also this News Release.

This report is available in Adobe Acrobat format (550kb)