Structures and Principles of the Regulations of Civil Nuclear Licensed Sites

This report covers the first stage of work, which comprises a general review of the structure and of the principles behind the current UK regulatory arrangements.

It focuses primarily on the regulation for nuclear safety and for environmental protection, taken in this context to include radiation doses to members of the public, at civil nuclear licensed sites, with only limited reference to other sites where radioactive materials are handled.

However, it is the view of the two committees that many of the principles and recommendations discussed in the report should equally apply to the totality of operations with radioactive materials, including transport, in the UK.