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<p> </p><p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) maintains a complaint log for three
years. Since June 2011, it has received 12 complaints from onsite Security Guards
about aircraft which they believe may have overflown their respective sites at low
level. The dates of these incidents were:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>12/06/2011</td><td>25/07/2012</td><td>25/08/2013</td></tr><tr><td>14/06/2011</td><td>02/01/2013</td><td>09/09/2013</td></tr><tr><td>24/06/2011</td><td>14/01/2013</td><td>03/10/2013</td></tr><tr><td>17/08/2011</td><td>15/08/2013</td><td>21/05/2014</td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>All these recorded incidents were investigated, but due to a lack of evidence
the only case which led to a successful prosecution occurred on 25 August 2013 and
involved the use of a small unmanned aerial vehicle.</p><p> </p><p>The need to report
to the CAA all aircraft which appear to be low flying is written in the nuclear site’s
security procedures manual. The successful prosecution demonstrates that the CAA
investigates all such reported incidents and that it will take enforcement action
when there is sufficient evidence available. In addition, both the CAA and the Department
for Energy and Climate Change seek to learn what they can from the investigations
into reported incidents.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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