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Regulatory Inspection and Enforcement Colin Patchett, United Kingdom Contents • Site inspection and enforcement • Personal Experience 1987 to 1999 • Personal Experience 2000 to 2009 • Personal experience 2010 to 2013/4 Site Inspection and Enforcement • Site Inspection - Compliance with limits and conditions - Safe working - Interaction with Inspectors for, non nuclear safety, the Environment, Transport, Security and Safeguards • Team Inspections • Joint Inspection • Emergency exercises Enforcement • Site Inspector advice • Regulatory decision • Prosecution Sizewell B • What are the key safety systems, components and structures to inspect? • Inspection planning • Inspection by assessment inspector • Is the design replicated on site • Are the material specifications met • What are the NDT results, concrete tests Sizewell B • Are the detection systems installed • What are the results of the QA inspections • Components and material control on site • Containment, leak rate test, overpressure test • External hazards Hinkley Point A Personal Experience 1987 to 1999 Site Inspector Hinkley Point • Interaction with licensee • Structure of planned inspections • Development of the Basic Inspection Plan • Reactive Inspections • Emergency Exercises Planned inspections Site Inspector Hinkley Point A • Cover all 35 licence condition arrangements • Inspection of key safety systems for shutdown and hold-down • Frequency of inspection • Assessment Inspector support Personal Experience 1987 to 1999 Site Inspector experience • Team Inspections • Joint Inspections • Environment Agency Prosecution • Licensee site management Personal Experience 1987 to 2009 Site Inspector experience • Emergent Safety Issues 1994/5 • Plant shutdown • Events • Where to look • Legacy waste issues Personal Experience 1987 to 1999 Site Inspector experience • Team Inspections, more detailed and targeted • Report produced with recommendations • Joint Inspections with other Regulators, Environment, Transport, Asbestos, Security • Opportunity to work together, remove barriers Personal Experience 1987 to 1999 Site Inspector experience • Emergency Arrangements • Test all aspects over an agreed timescale • Severe accident conditions • Out of hours • During a Statutory Outage Hinkley Point A and B British Energy Share Sale Site Inspection approach • Site split for Magnox/AGR site • Common management • Training • Shared facilities, radwaste • Emergency response Personal Experience 2000 to 2009 Managing Regulatory Issues • Development of Site safety performance metrics • Joint safety/security exercises • Team Inspections • Generic safety Issues • Strategic Investment and planning Performance Metrics • What is your impact? • Is safety Improving • Licence condition compliance • Emergency Arrangements • Periodic Safety Review Safety and Security • Safety/Security event? • Challenges • Joint exercises • Site response • Training Safety Issues • Hartlepool/Heysham 2004/5 • Hinkley B/Hunterston B 2006/7 • Heysham 1/Hartlepool 2007/8 £1.6 billion cost Personal Experience 2010 to 2013/4 Leadership in the Regulator • Licensee interaction • New Build Licensing • Lifetime management • Emergency Response/Accident Management • Decommissioning strategies Lifetime management • Generic safety issues • Financial investment • Research and development • Procurement of equipment Emergency Response/Accident Management Fukushima Daiichi event • Reviews of nuclear power and chemical plant • Inspections/walkdown of existing plant • Inspection of modifications • Enhanced arrangements Personal Experience 2010 to 2013/4 Proposed new licensed sites • Early engagement • Site boundaries for existing site • Hinkley Point C Appointment of a site inspector • Meeting structure • Engagement with other Regulators