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<p>They are answerable to an independent regulator – the Office for Nuclear Regulation
(ONR), which sets the standards by which the UK nuclear industry must operate.</p><p>We
have a strong regulatory system across all nuclear operators in the UK. The ONR operates
in line with international standards and the requirements set by the International
Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA).</p><p>The ONR operates transparently and provides
its assessment of standards at nuclear sites in its Annual Report and Accounts, which
is laid in Parliament every year. In the latest report, the Chief Nuclear Inspector
concluded that nuclear sites have satisfactorily achieved high standards of safety
and security, thereby protecting the workforce and the public from harm.</p><p>The
ONR’s Annual Report and Account sets out in some detail the ONR’s regulatory strategy
at Sellafield, which is designed to enable Sellafield Limited to deliver its remediation
programmes to reduce hazard and risk on the site, with a particular focus on accelerating
safe and secure retrievals from the legacy ponds and silos. The ONR reports that this
strategy is helping to secure “evidence-based confidence that the licensee is complying
with its statutory obligations and that workers and the public are protected from
the hazards of the site”.</p>
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